Ray's Pen

[Jim in Oakville]

Hi All,

Recently I had the great oppertunity to attend Indy Fest at Ray Thompson's in Anderson Indiana. It was a two day eventy with many demostrations and great people.

I was asked to give a few demo's, I did one on hand cut half bilnd dove tails and one on turning solid end pens.

I turned a Tru Stone Malachite as my demo piece.

Again a version I Junior Gent, I have three kit's left!

Anyway, As soon as I finished the pen I gave it to Ray as a gift of my appreciation for what he does for the woodworking community (WoodCentral) that we are a part of, hosting a large gathering like he and his wife Lynn do annually is really a very generous gift of bringing many wonderful people together to share great times.


I didn't have time to make images of the finished pen, Ray sent me these images yesterday.



Thanks Ray!

 

[Ligget]

What a fantastic looking pen, I am sure he will treasure it for many years![]

 

[bgray]

Great pen, Jim!

Curious how you finished the tru-stone.

I have some blanks waiting to be turned, and I'm thinking that I'll finish them by wet-sanding to about 2000 grit, then 20/20 polish, then some PPP wax.

Thoughts? How did you do yours?

Thanks,

Brian

 

[Jim in Oakville]

Originally posted by bgray43050
<br />Great pen, Jim!

Curious how you finished the tru-stone.

I have some blanks waiting to be turned, and I'm thinking that I'll finish them by wet-sanding to about 2000 grit, then 20/20 polish, then some PPP wax.

Thoughts? How did you do yours?

Thanks,

Brian

Hi Brian,

I have worked my process now to a basic forumla, and I only now turn materials that work with it.

I wet sand using ABralon from 500-4000, then move to Micro mesh, wet sanding 6000-12000, then I use Novus 2 scratch remover and I'm done...sometimes I will use the LV Conservetors Microcrystaline wax....simple as that. On some woods I will use Mylands sealer and friction polish if I want a gloss look,


Hope that helps[]

 

[alamocdc]

That's purty, Jim!

 

[bgray]

Sounds good, Jim!

Thanks,

bg

 

[Penmonkey]

Very purty!

 

[angboy]

Very, very purty!!! [][]

 

[Jim in Oakville]

Thanks all,

I know Ray is enjoying it.
This was my other demo, hand cut half blind dove tails..

kind of different to do with out your own work bench, I used a bench with no face vice.

Just thought I'd share a bit of the process

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and the result prior to the final clean up, not perfect, but okay.

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A little glue, a little sawdust and a few passes on the side with a smoothing plane and it would be done!

Gatherings and doing demo's are a fun time and a great way to exchange ideas and learn from each other.

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