turned a wall street II this morning

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edfarmer67

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After getting the pen drill vice from rockler I finaly was able to complete this wall street II pen with out errors.
The previous atempts were not good due to woodcraft pen vice moving while drilling, causing the drill bit to enlarge the hole too much.
The pen blank would always blow apart on me when i was almost finished turning it. after looking at the blank blow up i relized that the hole drilled was too loose and not let the glue completely adhere to brass tube and wood.
this is when i decided the woodcraft pen vice would have to go. the rockler vice does not move.
once i get the right setup i will drill on lathe and see how that goes.

bethelam carob is the wood i used for this wallstreet II pen.
wondering if i should have used the gold pen instead but this is all i have.
what do you guys think?
 

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I agree it does look good in chrome. just wondering if it might look better with gold finish.

Now that I can actually drill the material for this pen correctly, I am starting to like the feel of this pen.
 

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I think the chrome kit is the way to go with that wood. I like to have a contrast between the wood and the kit finish and for me there is to much yellow in the wood to go with gold. I think you used the right kit here.
 
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