Timebandit
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Hey guys!!! I just thought i would show off a few more pictures of the PITH pen that i sent to Bob. This pen has acrylic inserts throughout and has a natural finish. No CA, just polished up. Even the voids were left to give it some character.
Now, originally he was going to get one made from Amboyna. But during the turning process, i messed it up and had to start over. So DIW was the next choice in line. This pen was also supposed to be a 12mm pen like the first one, but i ended up not paying attention and went with the 14mm. This caused a problem, because i have to use the acrylic as an insert into the cap. Well, with the 14mm tap for the cap, you need to drill a 33/64" hole just for the tap. This means that the insert has to be larger than this. Well i dont have any bits larger than 33/66" so in order to make it work i had to sand out the inside of the cap to fit the insert. This took a long time. It also almost became the end of this pen. The piece of wood for the cap was so small that when i finially got it to the finished diameter inside so that the insert would fit, there was barely any wood left on it. All i had to do was taper the top a little bit and just sand the rest of the cap and it was done. Im taking maybe a 32nd of an inch worth of DIW burl with cracks and voids in it. It was scary. If this messed up, bob was getting a kit pen
So here it is.
All Comments Welcome
Thanks For Looking
Justin
Here is the insert for the barrel
And the front section
And the front section screwed into the barrel insert
Now, originally he was going to get one made from Amboyna. But during the turning process, i messed it up and had to start over. So DIW was the next choice in line. This pen was also supposed to be a 12mm pen like the first one, but i ended up not paying attention and went with the 14mm. This caused a problem, because i have to use the acrylic as an insert into the cap. Well, with the 14mm tap for the cap, you need to drill a 33/64" hole just for the tap. This means that the insert has to be larger than this. Well i dont have any bits larger than 33/66" so in order to make it work i had to sand out the inside of the cap to fit the insert. This took a long time. It also almost became the end of this pen. The piece of wood for the cap was so small that when i finially got it to the finished diameter inside so that the insert would fit, there was barely any wood left on it. All i had to do was taper the top a little bit and just sand the rest of the cap and it was done. Im taking maybe a 32nd of an inch worth of DIW burl with cracks and voids in it. It was scary. If this messed up, bob was getting a kit pen
So here it is.
All Comments Welcome
Thanks For Looking
Justin
Here is the insert for the barrel
And the front section
And the front section screwed into the barrel insert
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