lyonsacc
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This pen did not want to be made, but I finally completed it last night. I had a customer ask for a green computer chip pen with a gun metal finish. So, I ordered a blank, which I promptly screwed up on the lathe (my fault), and a pen kit - which was the wrong finish (again, my fault). Ordered the right kit and picked up a new blank. Turned it down to the right size and set it down on my work table. Got up to get some sandpaper and bumped into a saw horse, which made my dust collector hose slide off, which hit a spare piece of wood on my table, which fell onto the freshly turned pen blank, knocking it over, which caused it to roll onto the hard cement basement floor. I've dropped plenty of blanks and never had a problem. Well, this one hit the floor just right a cracked. I tried to fix it with CA, but you could still see the cracks when it was polished up. Finally picked up another blank last weekend. Had a few moments last night to turn it and finish it up. I think it turned out OK. Not the happiest with the curve of the blank on the writing end, but had to get it down to size without catching any of the fun little computer things on the blank. I ended up spending more on blanks and kits than I sold the pen for, but the customer will be happy. I will add, it was very relaxing to turn and finish this one last night. I don't have much extra time right now (work is pretty busy), but it really enjoyed the time in the turnery.
Dave
Dave