My bash prize

[Rick_G]

My pen won the 3rd place prize in the antler, bone and horn contest during the bash. CaptG kindly donated the blanks for the prize and I finally got the nerve to turn them today. I used my home made round carbide tipped tool and the blanks turned very easily with no chip out at all. Almost lost it when I showed it to my wife. I only touched metal a couple times and since I was nearly done anyway I switched to sandpaper for the remainder. A few coats of med. CA fixed everything up nicely.

The pens turned out great thanks once again Gary.

 

[Indiana_Parrothead]

Very nice, you did a great job turning it, probably not as hard as you thought it was, of course after you finish. CaptG did a great job on the blank too.

Mike

 

[Rick_G]

Very nice, you did a great job turning it, probably not as hard as you thought it was, of course after you finish. CaptG did a great job on the blank too.

Mike

Nowhere near as hard. I figured it would be like some of the other acrylics I have done and they were brittle like glass.

 

[skiprat]

Even with the pucker factor, and even touching metal a couple of times, I'm glad you didn't chicken out and end up with a fat wasp shape. The almost B2B suits that blank and kit well. :good:

 

[Dalepenkala]

Great looking pen Rick!

 

[johncrane]

Excellent!! i luv the fine detail that Gary puts into these blanks, great job in turning/finishing.

 

[gimpy]

You should be very proud of the pen, awesome job........
I would say that will be your carry pen

 

[Rick_G]

Even with the pucker factor, and even touching metal a couple of times, I'm glad you didn't chicken out and end up with a fat wasp shape. The almost B2B suits that blank and kit well. :good:

Gary did a good job and kept everything low so no problems. I figured at 2500 rpm and very light cuts with a carbide tool the worst I would do is shave a little metal which is what happened. Easy to repair with a few layers of CA. Have another with a real scorpion in it. I did chicken out with it because I knew if I touched it there would be no way I could do a invisible repair. It got the wasp shape.

 

[mikespenturningz]

That came out really nice Rick. These clock pens are really something.