Mesquite burl, CA with square threads

[BRobbins629]

Bill Sampson gave this piece of mesquite burl at a Richmond penturners meeting and challenged me to make a kitless pen from it. Don't think I've ever fought a more difficult piece of wood. Every time I touched a tool to it it seems a crack or hole would open up. Its an old piece of wood from furniture I think and didn't appear wet, but in the end with the help of a bottle of CA I think I may have won the battle. Also I've been playing with square threads for the cap which also seemed to work. Dan Symonds uses this style on most of his pens, I thought it was cool looking, and I wanted to give it a try. All comments welcome.

 

[skiprat]

Very nice Bruce !! How did you do the Acme thread? Manually or Electronically?
I'm torn between the superb shape when the pen is closed to the biggish step when it's open.

 

[wizard]

That's a beautiful pen.:good: :good: !!!! I can't even imagine trying to thread wood. Regards, Doc

 

[Bill Sampson]

Bruce,
The pen looks great! Actually, this wood came from a several pound chunk of Mesquite burl that a burl collector gave me some time ago. He said it was 35/40 years old. I'm glad you turned this old piece into a work of art. I'm waiting to see what Tim Wise and John Penberthy do with the pieces I provided for them.

Bill Sampson, Richmond

 

[BRobbins629]

Very nice Bruce !! How did you do the Acme thread? Manually or Electronically?

This one was done on the CNC, but I'm pretty sure I could also do it on the metal lathe with the right gears.

 

[jasontg99]

That sure is nice. I need to get a few more kitless pens under my belt before trying something like this.

 

[its_virgil]

Good going Bruce.. I really like mesquite, especially a burl piece. The pen's shape and size seem to fit each other. And, I've liked square threads ever sense I experienced them on some of Dan's first pens. The square threads seems to work well with pens and they look cool and are a bit different from other pen's threads. Thanks for sharing.
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don