Three Artist Pencils

[Gary Max]

These are becoming one of my best selling items. It is from CSUSA and called a Artist Pencil. Made three of them today---Red Mallee--Cherry--and Ebony. I was so dang happy that the ebony made it that I tried something different---Flat black.

 

[smoky10]

Nice pens Gary, but as you know all you have to do is wait for the ebony to crack- tomorrow, next week, or next month. I hope you beat the odds and it doesn't crack.[][]

 

[Rifleman1776]

Very attractive. I hope it's the photography playing tricks, but the wood doesn't seem to line up with the hardware, top or bottom on any of them.

 

[PenWorks]

Nice pencils, yep they are great sellers.
Frank, I think that is Gary's trick photography your seeing. []

 

[Gary Max]

Frank I ain't got any ideal how the pic is doing that---heck even the lead looks off center.

 

[Rifleman1776]

Originally posted by Gary Max
<br />Frank I ain't got any ideal how the pic is doing that---heck even the lead looks off center.

I'm sure it's the photography. []

 

[Bev Polmanteer]

Nice job. I may just have to do some of those. The long barrel really shows off the wood![8D]

 

[Gary Max]

Bev I just listed some of this Red Mallee burl for sale.
I cut the blanks oversized to make them easier to drill

 

[KenV]

Gary -- I am just jigging up on turning some of those. The instructions call for epoxy setting the threads into the wood.

I also have the "woodworkers pencil version which uses tubes. I noted that the threads on the artist version threads into the tubes nicely (yes, the tubes are thick and one is threaded). I am drilling the lower portion for the threaded tube and avoiding the epoxy setting the threads.

Are you finding the drilling a finished 4 9/16 blank to be a challenge? That is a long way with the bits I have.

Love the look of the ebony -- you keep the bar high.

 

[Gary Max]

Ken drilling just got easier over here--I just bought a nice floor model drill press.
Personally I do not glue the treads in place---heck I have never had one come loose yet.
There's a funny to these three pencils.
All the same price---first one to sell.
----Cherry---

 

[KenV]

I went back and checked the instruction sheets - I was close but no cigar --

CUSA sells three variants on this 1/4 inch pencil. Artist, woodworkers, and deluxe wood workers.

The woodworkers pencil is the "tubeless" one - the deluxe woodworkers has a center band and tubes. The lower tube is threaded. The artist has the long tube and bushing with threads.

There are a bunch of mix and match combination with these. but I like the long-dude appearance of the single piece of wood. I just grind off the center band when I want a one piece grip. That works with the PSI 2mm pencil too.

Sorry for creating confusion above --

 

[Gary Max]

Ken the biggie that I like about the artist pencil---don't laugh---but with the clip it doesn't roll of the desk.

 

[KenV]

You will get no laughter from me -- I agree!! and it looks better than sticking a nut on the pencil so it will not roll away.....

and Cherry is nice, but that would not have been my first choice.

 

[jdavis]

super quality pens