Shoushan

[Gary Max]

I started this yesterday but it wasn't happy so I gave it the rest of the day off.
This morning the shoushan stone was acting better.
This pen is made of REAL stone-----Shoushan Stone
This stone came from Tibet

 

[maxman400]

Great Pen! Gary. Seems weird looking at it upside down. LOL.

 

[leestoresund]

Pen

Over in Tibet, the other side of the world, it's right side up!

Lee

 

[Noah]

Good job...
Is that the stone they sell in the malls at Christmas...?
They usually have lights or candles in them...
How did it drill and did it dull the tools much...?
Thanks
Ed

 

[sparhawk]

Nice looking pen.

 

[Chasper]

familiar looking stone, nice pen kit too

 

[Oldwagon]

I was going to say that pen looks familiar.I think you did a great job.I turned my computer upside down so it looked right. Todd

 

[Gary Max]

familiar looking stone, nice pen kit too

Yup----I kinda like the new plating on that kit---should of bought more of the Gold------------

 

[Gary Max]

Great Pen! Gary. Seems weird looking at it upside down. LOL.

Just for you----weird is taken care of

 

[Jgrden]

Good job...
Is that the stone they sell in the malls at Christmas...?
They usually have lights or candles in them...
How did it drill and did it dull the tools much...?
Thanks
Ed

My inquiring mind needs to know, as well.

 

[Gary Max]

I would guess most of the stone your are seeing at the malls is Marble of some sort.
I bought some diamond drills that should be used with water---I was just playing around yesterday and drilled this blank dry and slow.

 

[Rick_G]

I started this yesterday but it wasn't happy so I gave it the rest of the day off.

Surprising how a day off changes your attitude. Very nice pen Gary.

 

[johnnycnc]

Good looking stuff, Gary! That is definetly an alternative material.
I like it, and hope your customers do, too.

 

[Gary Max]

John that's the bigg problem----I like them more than the buyers do.
Kinda the reason I don't really make these anymore. That and shipping stone around the world thru a couple middle men was killing my wallet.

 

[Mrs Rojo22]

Very nice!

Robin

 

[Gary Max]

The white material I used for banding------Alt Ivory from my friend Ed Brown.
Super nice material to work with-----makes a cushion for the stone.

 

[Karin Voorhis]

Very nice... any other stone you have turned or was this your first? what tool did you turn it with?

 

[Gary Max]

Karin I have turned a couple dozen stone pens-----the most expensive one I ever made ended up as gift to a friend. No one wanted to pay for it so I gave it away.

 

[EBorraga]

Nice looking. After a few blowouts it turned out great.

 

[bitshird]

Nice looking pen Gary, sorry I couldn't make the meeting, I was stuck in a ditch.

 

[Gary Max]

Ken ---you wouldn't of caught me out driving in that weather either.
I still have one big block of stone left---it's been sitting on my desk for a long time now.

 

[LEAP]

Beautiful Job Gary! I've turned a couple out of some soapstone I got from NewLondon88. The drilling was not too bad but the turning was tough. It ate carbide like I was trying to turn a file. The sandpaper hardly touched it. I'll have to give it another go with some ceramic cutters.

 

[Ligget]

Lovely work Gary!

 

[Gary Max]

Phil that's the down side of the pen---they take a lot of time to make, you have to remove material very slow of you loose the blank.