A valentines gift of segments.

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Dale Lynch

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Here is a photo diary of how my valentines gift and entry to the itermediate contest was made.

All materials and cuts were made using my vintage mitresaw.

Time to get cutting with the 1st series of celtic knots.Swap the woods back and forth with an inlay inbetween.Do this 4 times.

Now determine what kit you are using and locate where the end of one of the barrels will be and repeat the previous process.

If you haven't glued yourself to the blank by this point,kudos.

Finish that side now.

Locate the opposite end of the other tube and repeat the process again.

Cut the blanks allowing room for a tenon for this particular kit.

Drill,glue,and take the corners off.Then clean up the tubes and do some preliminary squaring.I do my finla squaring up while on the lathe.I turn between centers.

Turn and sand the barrels to 320 grit lengthwise.

Removed the barrels to admire my handywork,only to find out my math sucks.Oh well no stopping now.

Now appl a CA finish to all the parts and wet sand them through 2500 grit wet/dry.

Buff with plastic buffing compound,assemble and show them off.
 

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Brooks803

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Congrats on the win! It's always great to read through a persons story of how their work came to be. The final product is awesome to say the least! The two side by side is very cool indeed.
 

ossaguy

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Those are gorgeous,Wow!

I really enjoyed looking at the pictures of how they progressed through the steps.It sorta makes sense to me.I hope to learn Celtic knots someday.

Steve
 

Dale Lynch

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Congrats on the win! It's always great to read through a persons story of how their work came to be. The final product is awesome to say the least! The two side by side is very cool indeed.

I told you it would.Probably would have got me 1st place if you'd have let me enter it that way.

just giving you a hard time there.

This set was a personal challenge to use the oldest tools I have and with as little horsepower as possible.What I forgot to get was a pic of the file I used to keep things somewhat flat after each glue-up.
 

tgsean

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Wow I love those pens, well worth the hard work. I am tempted to try basic segmentation not done any so far. Very inspiring. Thanks for sharing the process
 

Krash

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Nice nice nice! What a grrrrreat looking set of pens! (As Tony would say!)

Thanks so much for taking a slurry of pictures for us beginners so we can see how others do it. Love it!

Kelly
 

OZturner

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Beautiful Work Dale.
Thank you for the Process explanation and photographs.
Your Craftsmanship is Superb,
Excellent Fit and Finish on all the components, resulting in,
Magnificent Pens.
Brian.
 

Fishinbo

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Beautiful pair, like the attractive wood combo, unique segmented pattern and awesome finish. Love the step by step photos. Impressive work!
 
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