McBryde's PITH

[maxman400]

Now that my PITH partner has his Pen and packing Materiel, I thought I would post it. Since the theme is construction materiel (pine) I went to home depot and got a 12' length of pine trim that was 1 5/8" wide and a 1/4" thick. I glued black plastic from a drop ceiling panel to it then ripped down to 3/4" strips which I then cut using a sled in to 3/4" X 3/4" squares. Once it was all glued up, I turned it round and drilled it on the lathe to ensure I got it dead center. It has 5 coats of thin CA and 5 coats of thick CA and has been wet sanded to 12K and Plastix polished. It is on an El Grande kit from Wood Craft.
Emerson I hope it serves you well for a long time.
Comments welcome, and Thanks for Looking. :biggrin:

 

[Drstrangefart]

Wow. I don't think my current workshop will ever produce something like that. That's nuts, dude.

 

[KenV]

Nice way to use the 360 herringbone pattern -

Interesting effect with the dual tones of the black with the trim strips.

Good idea and it should be treasured.

 

[Finatic]

Incredable amount of work. That's way above my pay grade!

 

[Rick P]

Very cool!

 

[workinforwood]

Looks just like a rope from a ship. I'm jealous..you da man!

 

[boxerman]

Wow sweet pen.

 

[robutacion]

Now...! who said, Pine is no good for making pens...! :biggrin:

Smart way to create that extra "look" on a well know segmenting...!

Well done, mate...!

Cheers
George

 

[lorbay]

Max did you use the same style herring bone set up that is in the library??
Nice pen BTW.

Lin.

 

[Robert Sherlock]

Awesome! Neat what can be done with Pine

 

[maxman400]

Max did you use the same style herring bone set up that is in the library??
Nice pen BTW.

Lin.

I did the first row that way to set my base, I made sure that that row was square all the way around. Then I Glued up the rest of the pieces to make the "L" shape part, and attached them to the base row. It takes 3 "L" shapes per row, a total of 6 pieces. As I put an "L" shaped piece on the blank I use an extra piece as a spacer so the next "L" shape piece will slide under the first one. NOW if all I did was confuse you LOL... send me a PM I will go take some Photos so I can show you what I am babbling about. It works better for me like this because I am only trying to keep 2 pieces square at a time instead of 6.

 

[rizaydog]

That is fascinating. I love your pen.