Slimline Fun

davinci27 · 12-27-2008, 11:04 PM

So here I am posting to SOYP again. This is my favorite forum. I love seeing what folks are making, and I love getting new ideas from comments people leave about the pens I've made.

I volunteered to help out with the CSUSA turning demo at the Atlanta Wood Show. Kirk said they would be making slimlines, and I thought it might be fun to make a few different types of pens all using the basic slimline kit. Here are the 4 I've made so far. I'm also going to make a couple of euro style pens using the slimline kit.

1. Masur Birch and Black Walnut - high offset twist
2. Aboyna Burl and Zircote - low offset twist
3. Cherry - recessed finial and clip with a twist nib
4. Cocobolo - twist nib

toolcrazy · 12-28-2008, 02:19 AM

Very nice batch of pens. Good work.

talbot · 12-28-2008, 04:38 AM

My slimlines experience has been restricted to standard two piece pens so i've got to ask, how you do the one piece with a twist nib?
Excuse my ignorance but I can't see how its done.
Lovely looking pens as well as clever use of a very standard kit.
regards, Bill

scotirish · 12-28-2008, 06:44 AM

Beautiful work!!

I also would like to know about the twist nib.

davinci27 · 12-28-2008, 07:54 AM

Here's another post where I describe how I did this.

http://www.penturners.org/forum/show...20&postcount=8

I mention in the post about filing down the ridges on the transmission. I did that for these 2 pens, and it works really just takes a couple of quick passes on each transmission and they slide in and out without issues.

Here's an another picture of the 2 twist nibs with the transmissions out

doddman70 · 12-28-2008, 09:28 AM

Veery Nice!! Great Job

PaulDoug · 12-28-2008, 09:47 AM

Really nice work! Thanks for the how-to description. I have to give it a try. Really like the ones you made.

broitblat · 12-28-2008, 10:52 AM

Wow, that looks like a quadruple salchow with a twist! Nicely turned variations.

-Barry

talbot · 12-28-2008, 11:00 AM

Thanks for the explanation Ben, must give that a try.
regards,Bill

areaman · 12-28-2008, 11:33 AM

Ditto on the explanation, love the one piece design.

12-27-2008, 11:04 PM	#1
davinci27 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Franklin, GA Posts: 495 Photos: 9	Slimline Fun So here I am posting to SOYP again. This is my favorite forum. I love seeing what folks are making, and I love getting new ideas from comments people leave about the pens I've made. I volunteered to help out with the CSUSA turning demo at the Atlanta Wood Show. Kirk said they would be making slimlines, and I thought it might be fun to make a few different types of pens all using the basic slimline kit. Here are the 4 I've made so far. I'm also going to make a couple of euro style pens using the slimline kit. 1. Masur Birch and Black Walnut - high offset twist 2. Aboyna Burl and Zircote - low offset twist 3. Cherry - recessed finial and clip with a twist nib 4. Cocobolo - twist nib Attached Thumbnails __________________ Ben Franklin, GA www.artturned.com - Coming not quite so soon "I've read about the bog people before, but I'm not sure they would make very good pens."

12-28-2008, 02:19 AM	#2
toolcrazy Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Port Orchard, WA Posts: 4,945 Photos: 6	Very nice batch of pens. Good work. __________________ Steve - Port Orchard, Washington TFW Web Services - Web site hosting and Domain Names. Wood Craftsmen Online, come join us. TFW Designs - Handmade Pens.

12-28-2008, 06:44 AM	#4
scotirish Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Macomb Twp., Michigan, USA. Posts: 283 Photos: 5	Beautiful work!! I also would like to know about the twist nib. __________________ scotirish Work safe! SUPPORT OUR TROOPS! If pro is the opposite of con, is progress the opposite of congress?

12-28-2008, 07:54 AM	#5
davinci27 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Franklin, GA Posts: 495 Photos: 9	Here's another post where I describe how I did this. http://www.penturners.org/forum/show...20&postcount=8 I mention in the post about filing down the ridges on the transmission. I did that for these 2 pens, and it works really just takes a couple of quick passes on each transmission and they slide in and out without issues. Here's an another picture of the 2 twist nibs with the transmissions out Attached Thumbnails __________________ Ben Franklin, GA www.artturned.com - Coming not quite so soon "I've read about the bog people before, but I'm not sure they would make very good pens."

12-28-2008, 09:28 AM	#6
doddman70 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Oregon, USA. Posts: 971 Photos: 0	Veery Nice!! Great Job __________________ Shane Dodd Member of - pntpa.org Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. - Henry Ford

12-28-2008, 04:38 AM	#3
talbot Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Flintshire,UK Posts: 396 Photos: 0	My slimlines experience has been restricted to standard two piece pens so i've got to ask, how you do the one piece with a twist nib? Excuse my ignorance but I can't see how its done. Lovely looking pens as well as clever use of a very standard kit. regards, Bill

12-28-2008, 09:47 AM	#7
PaulDoug Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Benton City, WA. Posts: 1,783 Photos: 3	Really nice work! Thanks for the how-to description. I have to give it a try. Really like the ones you made. __________________ Paul Benton City, WA

12-28-2008, 10:52 AM	#8
broitblat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bellevue, WA, USA. Photos: 281	Wow, that looks like a quadruple salchow with a twist! Nicely turned variations. -Barry __________________ Nice play! (well, it's not exactly work, is it?) Barry Roitblat Bellevue, WA http://thepenmall.com http://adifferentturn.1000markets.com

12-28-2008, 11:00 AM	#9
talbot Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Flintshire,UK Posts: 396 Photos: 0	Thanks for the explanation Ben, must give that a try. regards,Bill

12-28-2008, 11:33 AM	#10
areaman Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Ft Morgan Colo Posts: 225 Photos: 4	Ditto on the explanation, love the one piece design.

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