Billet Rings II

[mark james]

Padauk and Black veneers. Slots were .077" . I started with 1/16" Padauk and had to sand it down to about .04" to allow the inserts to fit. Black veneers were about .023". The 4 1/2" long blank will probably accomodate 2 more pens; although I think a format with the rings on just the top blank will be nicer. Then there will not be the difference in the inlays as the diameter difference makes this noticable (not bad, but kind of bugs me).

I think I liked the thinner billets on the first pen, but this came out nice.


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[mbroberg]

Outstanding work, as always Mark!

 

[jttheclockman]

Looks very good Mark. Thanks for showing.

 

[Jim15]

Awesome work.

 

[m4skinner]

they look great

 

[Dalecamino]

Beautiful Mark!

 

[TattooedTurner]

Amazing work. I wish I still lived in Ohio so I could bribe you into taking me on as an apprentice.

 

[farmer]

Look great

Very professional looking .......................

The slotted rings normally look better if they are not real wide .
I have made that mistake several times myself
I have also seen where guys double up on the trim rings and they don't look so good either.

Billet rings ,,, a cue make developed using slotted trim rings in pool cues , he was copying poker chips............:wink:
Mark You have done a great job on your billet rings ..

Ever thought of using brass shim stock :wink:

 

[mark james]

Amazing work. I wish I still lived in Ohio so I could bribe you into taking me on as an apprentice.

Arizona is close to Ohio, no???... No apprentice needed! Ask away, PM Q's, this is not a secret technique; as you can tell, I am getting advice from several great sources - This is so cool!

If you really want to make these... What equipment do you have?

 

[Dale Lynch]

Looking good Mark.

 

[jeff]

Wow!

 

[TattooedTurner]

Amazing work. I wish I still lived in Ohio so I could bribe you into taking me on as an apprentice.

Arizona is close to Ohio, no???... No apprentice needed! Ask away, PM Q's, this is not a secret technique; as you can tell, I am getting advice from several great sources - This is so cool!

If you really want to make these... What equipment do you have?

My setup is basic: 2 lathes 10" & 12", a table saw, compound miter saw, router, disc sander and drill press. Adding a bandsaw soon, eventually followed by a planer & jointer. I like your technique using the router for segmented pieces that look like they were made with small staves. It's on my to do list.

I'm sure you need precision equipment for that type of segmenting (as well as a good amount of skill and experience). What do you recommend?

 

[SteveJ]

Mark

You are doing some great stuff. First the chevrons and now the billets - well done.

 

[mark james]

Amazing work. I wish I still lived in Ohio so I could bribe you into taking me on as an apprentice.

Arizona is close to Ohio, no???... No apprentice needed! Ask away, PM Q's, this is not a secret technique; as you can tell, I am getting advice from several great sources - This is so cool!

If you really want to make these... What equipment do you have?

My setup is basic: 2 lathes 10" & 12", a table saw, compound miter saw, router, disc sander and drill press. Adding a bandsaw soon, eventually followed by a planer & jointer. I like your technique using the router for segmented pieces that look like they were made with small staves. It's on my to do list.

I'm sure you need precision equipment for that type of segmenting (as well as a good amount of skill and experience). What do you recommend?

The chevrons should be doable with what you have got. You will need to stay with stock thicknesses for the brick assembly. Not sure if you saw it, but here is a link:

http://content.penturners.org/library/pen_blanks/chevron_blank.pdf

PM me if you have any questions.

Making the billet/trim rings requires an accurate indexing head, or you use the stave method, or you'll need to be a magician. :tongue:

 

[Curly]

Brandon Wong could recalled a magician I think.

http://www.penturners.org/forum/f179/white-stripe-styrene-jr-gent-pro-v1-112735/

http://www.penturners.org/forum/f179/pinstripe-panache-108904/

http://content.penturners.org/library/tools_and_jigs/jig_sucks_thin_strips.pdf

 

[mark james]

Brandon Wong could recalled a magician I think.

http://www.penturners.org/forum/f179/white-stripe-styrene-jr-gent-pro-v1-112735/

http://www.penturners.org/forum/f179/pinstripe-panache-108904/

http://content.penturners.org/library/tools_and_jigs/jig_sucks_thin_strips.pdf

HI Pete:

Yea, I tried his method last summer and have a whole coffee can of staves that were not accurate enough IMO. He does "magical" work for sure!

A few came out OK, but my failure rate was pretty poor.

 

[jttheclockman]

The key thing with staves is to get the correct angle. It really is an easier way of doing them but you would probably could not go below 12 staves. It would be a challenge.

 

[TattooedTurner]

Amazing work. I wish I still lived in Ohio so I could bribe you into taking me on as an apprentice.

Arizona is close to Ohio, no???... No apprentice needed! Ask away, PM Q's, this is not a secret technique; as you can tell, I am getting advice from several great sources - This is so cool!

If you really want to make these... What equipment do you have?

My setup is basic: 2 lathes 10" & 12", a table saw, compound miter saw, router, disc sander and drill press. Adding a bandsaw soon, eventually followed by a planer & jointer. I like your technique using the router for segmented pieces that look like they were made with small staves. It's on my to do list.

I'm sure you need precision equipment for that type of segmenting (as well as a good amount of skill and experience). What do you recommend?

The chevrons should be doable with what you have got. You will need to stay with stock thicknesses for the brick assembly. Not sure if you saw it, but here is a link:

http://content.penturners.org/library/pen_blanks/chevron_blank.pdf

PM me if you have any questions.

Making the billet/trim rings requires an accurate indexing head, or you use the stave method, or you'll need to be a magician. :tongue:

Thanks for the link Mark. I'm going to have to take my time on this, I know I don't have the skill yet but there's only one way to acquire it. I hope to eventually have a chevron pen worthy of showing.