Kaspar
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Thanks for all the very encouraging comments!
I thought it was a pretty good idea, and I am most pleased with how well the equipment I spent so much money on worked. I was able to achieve a degree of accuracy with this pen that lived up to the billing of the Byrnes Saw and Sander. You won't find any glue lines on this baby. I can heartily recommend this equipment to anyone. (No, I don't get any money for saying that either. I wish I did. :biggrin: Seriously, folks, that's good, hyper-precise equipment, and I can't say enough about it. Wait till you see what I'm going to do using the compound angle table on the sander. Keep "Watching This Space.")
Also, Ed "The Resinator" Brown's Zebra blanks (@ www.exoticblanks.com) are just wicked cool.
Of course not. It's not up in Gisi or Grayson Tighe range, but I'm going to make one for myself at some point, and I wouldn't part with it for less than a nice, three-figure sum.
Thank you for the kind comment and especially the critique. I definitely considered staying with turquoise all the way through. When I make mine, I might do that just to see how it looks.
My reasoning for adding the green was this: The Zebra blank is bold, and so is the Turquoise. That is a loud, eye-grabbing blue. Adding the Varasite softens it a bit, but it's also a trustone web so it still fits right in. The same thing, only different.
Sometime, I'm going to do something that uses the Turquoise and the Emerald Web tru-stones too. I may use the Varasite for veneer. You can slice trustone very, very thin. I've cut pieces to .020" with no problem. I wish I could say that about the Italian Onyx. It shattered when I tried to get it thin. That's why I had to use the Gabon Ebony, and had to put a CA finish on a mostly acrylic pen.
I thought it was a pretty good idea, and I am most pleased with how well the equipment I spent so much money on worked. I was able to achieve a degree of accuracy with this pen that lived up to the billing of the Byrnes Saw and Sander. You won't find any glue lines on this baby. I can heartily recommend this equipment to anyone. (No, I don't get any money for saying that either. I wish I did. :biggrin: Seriously, folks, that's good, hyper-precise equipment, and I can't say enough about it. Wait till you see what I'm going to do using the compound angle table on the sander. Keep "Watching This Space.")
Also, Ed "The Resinator" Brown's Zebra blanks (@ www.exoticblanks.com) are just wicked cool.
PLEASE...don't tell me you're selling it for $49.95 or something ridiculous like that.
Of course not. It's not up in Gisi or Grayson Tighe range, but I'm going to make one for myself at some point, and I wouldn't part with it for less than a nice, three-figure sum.
It is extremely outstanding workmanship. I think the only thing that throws it off for me is the green sections, inbetween the centerband, down by the final..should have stayed blue in my opinion. You are quite the inspiration for others!
Thank you for the kind comment and especially the critique. I definitely considered staying with turquoise all the way through. When I make mine, I might do that just to see how it looks.
My reasoning for adding the green was this: The Zebra blank is bold, and so is the Turquoise. That is a loud, eye-grabbing blue. Adding the Varasite softens it a bit, but it's also a trustone web so it still fits right in. The same thing, only different.
Sometime, I'm going to do something that uses the Turquoise and the Emerald Web tru-stones too. I may use the Varasite for veneer. You can slice trustone very, very thin. I've cut pieces to .020" with no problem. I wish I could say that about the Italian Onyx. It shattered when I tried to get it thin. That's why I had to use the Gabon Ebony, and had to put a CA finish on a mostly acrylic pen.
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