ROUND #2 BALL POINT PEN VOTING
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pen 2
I used the Artisan Deco pen kit. I made it from a solid bar of copper that was drilled out and glued the tube in to make sure the parts fit right, then turned it on the lathe with carbide tools and polished on lathe, then buffed out. After buffing I used a ball peen hammer and peened the entire surface which took forever by the way.
I used the Artisan Deco pen kit. I made it from a solid bar of copper that was drilled out and glued the tube in to make sure the parts fit right, then turned it on the lathe with carbide tools and polished on lathe, then buffed out. After buffing I used a ball peen hammer and peened the entire surface which took forever by the way.
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pen 3
Majestic Squire Junior
My initial idea was to turn a pen from a single piece of Malachite, but in the end I decided to make it more interesting by adding some brass and a different shade of the semi-precious stone to the ends. The stone was drilled with a standard HSS drill and the initial turning was done with P80 sandpaper with a piece of plywood backing. Finished of with carbide tipped tools. No Finish was required as buffing brought out the beauty of the stone.
Majestic Squire Junior
My initial idea was to turn a pen from a single piece of Malachite, but in the end I decided to make it more interesting by adding some brass and a different shade of the semi-precious stone to the ends. The stone was drilled with a standard HSS drill and the initial turning was done with P80 sandpaper with a piece of plywood backing. Finished of with carbide tipped tools. No Finish was required as buffing brought out the beauty of the stone.
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pen 8
Inlace Acrylester "Molten Metal"
After choosing to enter an Art Deco ballpoint in black titanium and gold I had to find the perfect pen blank with complementing colors. The blacks and golds in the Molten Metal black caught my eye and its dark ambers matched the amber crystal in the pen clip. After turning the blank with carbide cutters, the barrel was sanded with 400 and 600 grit Abranet sanding screen and then polished using the full range of Micromesh. The final polishing was done with Meguiar's Plastx.
Inlace Acrylester "Molten Metal"
After choosing to enter an Art Deco ballpoint in black titanium and gold I had to find the perfect pen blank with complementing colors. The blacks and golds in the Molten Metal black caught my eye and its dark ambers matched the amber crystal in the pen clip. After turning the blank with carbide cutters, the barrel was sanded with 400 and 600 grit Abranet sanding screen and then polished using the full range of Micromesh. The final polishing was done with Meguiar's Plastx.
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pen 9
The kit is a two-toned chrome cigar kit. The wood used for this pen is white oak. I laminated 1/64" aluminum and 3/128" blue veneer to make sheets for the segments. For the upper barrel, I cut ¾" squares of the lamination, and glued them with epoxy in an arrangement that creates a 360° herringbone pattern when turned. After gluing together the herringbone, I had to carefully turn the assembly to rough round in order to make sure the herringbone section was perfectly centered. Once rounded, I filled in one end of the herringbone pattern with end grain white oak, placed the rough rounded aluminum and veneer section in a scroll chuck, and rough turned the wood portion of the upper barrel to rough round. I repeated the same process for the other end of the upper barrel. Then I glued blue dyed and stabilized maple pieces on the ends. Drilling for the tube was a slow process, even with a freshly sharpened bit. I made the lower barrel blank by cutting slots in the blank and filling them in with strips of the five-layer aluminum and veneer. Turning required a light touch with a round carbide cutter. After final shaping and sanding, I applied a CA finish, sanded and buffed to final.
The kit is a two-toned chrome cigar kit. The wood used for this pen is white oak. I laminated 1/64" aluminum and 3/128" blue veneer to make sheets for the segments. For the upper barrel, I cut ¾" squares of the lamination, and glued them with epoxy in an arrangement that creates a 360° herringbone pattern when turned. After gluing together the herringbone, I had to carefully turn the assembly to rough round in order to make sure the herringbone section was perfectly centered. Once rounded, I filled in one end of the herringbone pattern with end grain white oak, placed the rough rounded aluminum and veneer section in a scroll chuck, and rough turned the wood portion of the upper barrel to rough round. I repeated the same process for the other end of the upper barrel. Then I glued blue dyed and stabilized maple pieces on the ends. Drilling for the tube was a slow process, even with a freshly sharpened bit. I made the lower barrel blank by cutting slots in the blank and filling them in with strips of the five-layer aluminum and veneer. Turning required a light touch with a round carbide cutter. After final shaping and sanding, I applied a CA finish, sanded and buffed to final.
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pen 25
My entry is a titanium and platinum cigar. The body is a hybrid blank stabilized in cactus juice and cast by me. The wood is olive wood burl. The resin is Alumilite pressurized to 60 psi. Turned by me with a magic
skew, sanded and coated with approximately 10 coats of thin CA. Sanded to 800 grit again then polished with buffing wheels
My entry is a titanium and platinum cigar. The body is a hybrid blank stabilized in cactus juice and cast by me. The wood is olive wood burl. The resin is Alumilite pressurized to 60 psi. Turned by me with a magic
skew, sanded and coated with approximately 10 coats of thin CA. Sanded to 800 grit again then polished with buffing wheels
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markgum
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we have some great artist in this group. hard to pick
WE HAVE A TIE
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Please go here for round #3 and our tie breaker
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Congratulations to our 1st and 2nd place winners....whoever they may be for the time being~