weekend corian

[Glenn McCullough]

A friend gave me a fair amount of corian, so I made a pen for him in return. The first one, without the centerband, was too feminine IMHO, so I made the balck chrome from another blank. The sierra is in blue dyed maple burl.

 

[OKLAHOMAN]

Glenn,
Like the second corian better than the first but the maple sierra is my pick and I would have no problem carrying that short pen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Penmonkey]

Very nice! I like the sierrra the best.

 

[hilltopper46]

Question - do you cover the cap on the second corian or do you replace the cap with a piece of turned blank material?

I like it the best of the two corians - in fact, I like it a lot. I want to do something similar to the cap on it with some of my pens and would like to know the technique.

 

[elody21]

Very beautiful job on your pens! You are right the first one is a girly pen! The second looks more like it is for a man

 

[bjackman]

Glenn,
Nice job on all. I like your matching finial on #2!

 

[EPC]

How the heck do you turn Corian?

 

[Firefyter-emt]

On a lathe silly... []

Not bad, I am curious on the 2nd cap.. Nice job
Have you been drilling 1/2" blanks for the slimlines? it is tight but it will work and there are no seams to worry about.

 

[emackrell]

Very nice pens! I really like the "feminist" pen. Any idea what the name of the sparkly corian in it is? Have to see if I can scrounge some somewhere. The Sierra is also very classy!

cheers Eileen [8D]

 

[Glenn McCullough]

Originally posted by Firefyter-emt
<br />On a lathe silly... []

Not bad, I am curious on the 2nd cap.. Nice job
Have you been drilling 1/2" blanks for the slimlines? it is tight but it will work and there are no seams to worry about.

Yes, these are 1/2 inch, and it is tight. My friend is going to get some color coded glue so I can laminate them to be larger.

 

[Glenn McCullough]

Originally posted by emackrell
<br />Very nice pens! I really like the "feminist" pen. Any idea what the name of the sparkly corian in it is? Have to see if I can scrounge some somewhere. The Sierra is also very classy!

cheers Eileen [8D]

I have about 6- six inch pieces of about 8 patterns. No idea of pattern names. If you need some, e mail me, we'll work something out.

 

[Glenn McCullough]

Originally posted by Firefyter-emt
<br />On a lathe silly... []

Not bad, I am curious on the 2nd cap.. Nice job
Have you been drilling 1/2" blanks for the slimlines? it is tight but it will work and there are no seams to worry about.

You can get cap studs and a mandrel from CSUSA (pg. 110), intended for a euro. If you do a slimline, you must turn a "shoulder" to fit into the clip ring as it is larger than the stud. If you dont it will move about.

 

[Jeff-in-Indiana]

I use CA and clamps after a light sanding on the 'face' side, and have never had a seperation or failure ...

Nice pens, by the way.