Horse blank

[Joemac8]

I was at Rockler today and saw a blank with a hgalloping horse laser cut out. There were small pieces of contrasting wood in the package. The clerk said that you glue the contrasting pieces in and then sand the blank- no turning. He also said that you need a "Sierra" pen kit or a "Gatsby"? He had neither kit.

Is this correct? I am new to turning. How difficult is this project?

The kit was $25. Is there somewhere else to buy a kit with a horse on it? (My daughter LOVES horses)

 

[hewunch]

http://www.lazerlinez.com/proddetail.asp?prod=Horse01

Constant is a member here. He makes several of the laser blanks for Rockler and Woodcraft.

 

[Holz Mechaniker]

it all depends on how well you can put puzzles together... I don't do puzzles well so I don't make them.

 

[Displaced Canadian]

They are fairly easy to do. You could sand them all the way down to size, but I turn them. Just follow the instructions and it will turn out well.

 

[bitshird]

+ 1 for Lazerlinez and your sales person was a bit off base, there are great instructions on Constants site for the correct way to assemble the Laser cut inlays, You COULD glue it together than sand it, but you could just sand all of your penblank. You do need to turn them with either a very sharp skew or an extremely sharp scraper or a Carbide insert type tool

 

[sgimbel]

I've built a couple of the horses. Get from Lazerline and Constant's directions are very very good.

 

[bobjackson]

I sand them first to eliminate and rough edges that might catch on you chisel, then turn lightly to size. Good luck.

 

[sbwertz]

Smitty47's LeRoi kits are the same size as the sierra.

http://www.smittyspenworks.com/servlet/the-483/pen-kits,-pen-blanks,/Detail

 

[ssajn]

Joe,
Come to our meeting in January in Milwaukee. We're going to be working with laser inlay kits.
PM me if you want more information.

 

[ssajn]

Joe,
Come to our meeting in January in Milwaukee. We're going to be working with laser inlay kits.
I turn all my laser kits with a skew. If your tools are sharp there's no need to sand first.
PM me if you want more information about the meeting.

 

[Joemac8]

Dave, I plan on being there but January follows Christmas & I wanted the pen for my daughter for Christmas. Oh well, maybe I'll be there and present an example of what can go wrong???

 

[ssajn]

Dave, I plan on being there but January follows Christmas & I wanted the pen for my daughter for Christmas. Oh well, maybe I'll be there and present an example of what can go wrong???

Joe I'm sure you won't have any problems. Just follow the instructions from Constant and use a sharp chisel. You'll do fine.

If you do have any questions let me know. If you happen to be in town between now and Christmas bring it with and we can work on it.