Pen Stand

[papaturner]

Made this pen stand this afternoon. Have an invite to put pens in a local art gallery so I`ll need some way to display. Used 2 Slimlines for the post. Made of red oak and the pens are Brazilian Cherry.
Thanks for looking and comments welcome.

 

[camb]

Very nice they will make for a great display

 

[walshjp17]

Clever use of the ubiquitous Slimline.

 

[Rockytime]

Very clever and very nice. I am envious of those who have the equipment and skill to do projects like yours. At my age it is a little late to set up a complete wood shop. I do love to look and admire those projects.

 

[papaturner]

Thanks for looking and the kind words Folks.
Btw Les Doesn`t take a great many or even fancy tools. Give it a shot you may be suprised how easy it is.:biggrin:

 

[Bob Wemm]

Those are really good looking.
Great job.
Thanks for sharing.

Bob.

 

[MarkD]

Very creative! Nice work!

 

[turncrazy43]

Nice work Perry. Novel use of the slim lines as supports.
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[Chatham PenWorks]

Very creative. I like it a lot, but do have a couple concerns. 1) I hope you've got some similar slimlines for sale. Since everyone who looks at the display will see those 2 pens, someone's bound to want to buy buy one of them. That leads me to.... 2) What's to stop someone from picking up one of those "pens", lifting the whole display, and launching your inventory onto the floor?

Let me say again, that I really like what you've done here. In thinking about "borrowing" your design for a sales display, these were a couple questions that came to mind.

 

[endacoz]

how did you send the rounded edges from the holes that you cut so well?

 

[papaturner]

Very creative. I like it a lot, but do have a couple concerns. 1) I hope you've got some similar slimlines for sale. Since everyone who looks at the display will see those 2 pens, someone's bound to want to buy buy one of them. That leads me to.... 2) What's to stop someone from picking up one of those "pens", lifting the whole display, and launching your inventory onto the floor?

Let me say again, that I really like what you've done here. In thinking about "borrowing" your design for a sales display, these were a couple questions that came to mind.

Hey Yussef I too ask those questions. The first I did make a couple of pens like the ones used for supports. But the other is still a question. I guess its like ed4copies says "thats the cost of doing business".
Thanks for looking and the comments.

 

[papaturner]

how did you send the rounded edges from the holes that you cut so well?

Ethan, I actually I sanded the holes by hand. However I made a number of passes with my router to get the desired size on the round over. That lessens the need for a lot of sanding.
Thanks for looking.

 

[fitzman163]

Very sharp and neat idea!