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UKpenmaker

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Here are another couple of Aluminum pens.
Aluminium Blanks from John Gooden (johnnycnc), cheers John:)
First one with a arcylic centre band

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And the next with a closed acrylic end and custom cap finial.

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I am really startign to enjoy working with the aluminium blanks, they are a lot easier to work with than what i imagined them be like.
A bit harder to get a really good finish on them , and they do mark fairly easy.
But still worth doing:D

A nightmare to try and photograph[:p];)
 
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Nice work Andy, I like the acrylic you added to the closed end and finial.[:p]

Wonder if it would look better with jet black acrylic though!

I have still to sand the aluminium Baron that I turned ages ago to finish it.[:I]
 

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Wow, I really like the acrylic ends, did you turn a tenon and press it in?

Mark, I think you are wrond on the black... It needs that see thru transparent amber stuff on the ends!! I might just give that a try myself~!
 

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Originally posted by UKpenmaker
I am really startign to enjoy working with the aluminium blanks, they are a lot easier to work with than what i imagined them be like.
A bit harder to get a really good finish on them , and they do mark fairly easy.
But still worth doing:D
If you left out the plstic parts or avoided turning together - clear powdercoating would preserve the mirror finish. A brushed finish is another option you could consider - mirror polish is impossible to maintain...
 

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I could have sworn that you said I could have the green one on Friday when you were here. [}:)] After you left, I searched in my garage for ages but couldn't find it.

I've seen both these cool pens so I can safely say;

Andy, sorry buddy, but your photos are crap:D
 

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Nice stuff,Andy.
I like the acrylic mix you did,
and the grip grooves,also.:D
Scubaman is right on about powdercoating.
If you can't do that,a clear lacquer is a
big improvement over nothing,(or just wax).
 

UKpenmaker

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Thanks for all the comments, (apart from Skiprat, even though he is right they are a bugger to photograph well[:p])
Lee - Yes i did turn a tenon then just push fitted it.
I wil have to try some clear laquer on the next one i try, i have already got one in mind.:)
 
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