Walnut with copper

[laspringer]

Turned a walnut polaris pen with two 28 gauge copper wire twists in it. Thanks for looking. Alan

 

[lkorn]

WOW! Very nice. How did you create the inlay?

Originally posted by laspringer
<br />Turned a walnut polaris pen with two 28 gauge copper wire twists in it. Thanks for looking. Alan

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[jwoodwright]

Nice, Very Nice... Like the Copper.

 

[Tom McMillan]

Nice work on that---looks great!!!

 

[pastorbill1952]

Excellent work. I am also interested in hearing how you did the inlay.

 

[swm6500]

Very nice, and how did you do that?

 

[darbytee]

Very cool Alan. Very, very cool.

 

[WoodChucker]

Nice job, it looks beautiful!

 

[DCBluesman]

A strikingly handsome pen, Alan. What finish did you use to prevent tarnish?

 

[woodscavenger]

Come one, give it up. How did you do it?

 

[laspringer]

How did I do it? To be honest I didn't know how it would turn out at first,that is why I used walnut, because I have a lot of it. First you need to turn the wood almost to the bushings. With the blank still on the lathe use a string to twist around the blank and mark with a pencil. Then I used a very small file and followed the markings. On the ends of the pen I took the blank off the lathe, took the bushings off and filed the ends so that the wire would be in between the metal ends. Then I CA'd the wire to the blank,put it back on the lathe and sanded to the finished size. What finish did I use to prevent tarnish? I never thought of about the copper tarnishing until DCBluesman pointed it out, thanks. For the finish I used polyurethane clear gloss. Thanks everybody for your kind comments Alan

 

[DCBluesman]

The poly should seal it just fine, Alan. Again, a striking pen!

 

[Travlr7]

THAT is a GREAT LOOKIN' pen.

Bruce

 

[KKingery]

Nice work! Very creative!

 

[JimGo]

Wow! That's some fine work Alan! Thanks for sharing your technique!

 

[woodscavenger]

Well done. It's good to see some spirals coming back. They were pretty hot here for a couple of weeks.

 

[rtgleck]

Wow, that is a fantasic looking pen. I really like the Copper inlay on it. Great work.

 

[PenWorks]

Good looking pen Alan, and fine job on the inlay, very classy touch.
Nothing like hand work to add to a piece.

 

[Gregory Huey]

Very nice pen and a great idea.

 

[opfoto]

Wow... Nice idea. Great looking pen.

 

[mik]

Nice job - perhaps try routing with a min drill ie Dremmel?

 

[Fleabit]

I like it! Nice job on the inlay.

 

[driften]

That was a great idea! You did a wonderful job on it. Thanks for sharing.

 

[old folks]

I really love the way you did your pen !