From Sewage to Pencil

[keithlong]

I was gifted this pen blank from my good friend David, it is a piece of sewage pipe. It turned out nice. I made it for a friend of mine who is a plumber. He really liked it. He had asked me to make him a pencil a little on the big side because he has big hands. It turned out nice.

 

[bruce119]

I have a ton of this stuff in blue, green and purple it turns great and polishes up very nice and holds a shine very nicely.

Great for the plummer

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[PaulDoug]

Looks nice. In our part of the country that is fresh water pipe. Purpleish pink is sewer. No matter it all makes nice pens. Great work.

 

[Jgrden]

I know you can buy the pipe at Lowe's but where can you get a turnable chunk?

 

[louisbry]

Keath that is one nice looking pencil. What kit did you use?

 

[bruce119]

take a look at the link below I still have plenty left of all 3 colors

http://www.penturners.org/forum/showthread.php?t=53880&highlight=water+pipe

 

[Hucifer]

The blue is typically PVC watermain. It's referred to as C900 or DR18 which refers to the wall thickness. It's thick because it's rated for high pressure. I asked my pipe foreman to save me anything he has left over in off cuts so I can get some to play with. I have a bunch of it sitting in the yard but it's old and has bleached in the sun. I'm thinking of trying it anyway to see what it looks like...

 

[OLDMAN5050]

looks good Kieth, thank Louis he gave me a few peices of this stuff and you got one of them. I'm sure the plummer will love it..