My latest set of Pens

[Jayman72]

Hey all,

I have been busy....

I was lucky enough to get to make 3 VERY DIFFERENT pens this week.

All three are things I have wanted to do but never made the time or had the opportunity.

1) Spectra Ply Pen

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Made from the Purple and Silver Spectra Ply with Lilac Corian in the cap.

2) A pen made from Recycled Wood - It came from a chair that I believe was 80+ years old so there is no telling how old the wood actually is.

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I think its a type of Oak. (Smelled like it while I was cutting it down to size) But it could be Maple.

3) My first Celtic Knot pen - I finally decided that I was ready to give it a shot.
Rather pleased with how it turned out.

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Made from Ipe wood and the Knot itself is Birch Ply.

All pens have a 20 coat CA finish MM'd to 12K

Thanks
Jay
Tampa, FL

 

[Sappheiros]

All three of those are really quite amazing! I myself have some corian I bought on eBay that I'm pretty excited to play around with. Fantastic!

 

[Heartwoodturning]

They really are great pens. I have been thinking about making a plywood pen recently. I think the best way for me would be to buy some spare tubes and give it a go rather than committing a kit to it. I might cut it at diagonals to get cool colour hoops. I really like the colour of the recycled wood pen. Is it american white oak?

 

[Jim15]

Those are great.

 

[Jayman72]

They really are great pens. I have been thinking about making a plywood pen recently. I think the best way for me would be to buy some spare tubes and give it a go rather than committing a kit to it. I might cut it at diagonals to get cool colour hoops. I really like the colour of the recycled wood pen. Is it american white oak?

To be honest we are not sure.

It is a very dense wood. Smelled like Oak when I cut it.

I am hoping someone sees it and can tell from the picture what species it is.

Thanks
Jay
Tampa, FL

 

[jttheclockman]

There is some nice segmenting in there too. Good job.

 

[Jack Parker]

Very nice work on all three!