YoYoSpin
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The first one of these was confiscated by SHMBO. This is #2 in the series...acrylic with an 16-spiral Pen Wizard basket weave embellishment.
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broitblat
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Gee, wiz...
OK, the pink is a bit much for me, but I can appreciated the great workmanship. Thanks for sharing.
-Barry
OK, the pink is a bit much for me, but I can appreciated the great workmanship. Thanks for sharing.
-Barry
ed4copies
Local Chapter Manager
Hey Ed,
May I suggest that you also indicate what gearing you used for your pens? That way, as more patterns are shown by you and others, the rest of the owners and watchers will get a handle on HOW a different look can come from the same machine.
Just a thought, as always, you are welcome to ignore!!!!
Oh, and GREAT pen. Your lines are sure clean!!
May I suggest that you also indicate what gearing you used for your pens? That way, as more patterns are shown by you and others, the rest of the owners and watchers will get a handle on HOW a different look can come from the same machine.
Just a thought, as always, you are welcome to ignore!!!!
Oh, and GREAT pen. Your lines are sure clean!!
Ed D, you certainly have mastered that gadget!!! :biggrin:But is it possible to set the stops on the PW so that the end of the cuts don't overlap? (clip end )
From your video's it appears that the cutter tilts into the blank rather than lowering into it. If this is true, does it leave a mark/cut as it goes in or out?
Ed B, not trying to be mean, but Ed D's videos are top class. Do you really need to make another one?:wink:
From your video's it appears that the cutter tilts into the blank rather than lowering into it. If this is true, does it leave a mark/cut as it goes in or out?
Ed B, not trying to be mean, but Ed D's videos are top class. Do you really need to make another one?:wink:
ed4copies
Local Chapter Manager
Many of the chapters are talking about demos of the PenWiz as part of their program. I thought the vid of one of these meetings MIGHT help, but I"m not married to the idea!
CaptG
Member
Nice job Ed. I can see why it got confiscated, The overlap on the finial end looks like hearts, and with the chosen color looks good.
YoYoSpin
Member
That little cross (hearts) of the spiral cuts on the clip-end is totally configurable. The stops can be easily adjusted to make the terminated spiral intersections look any way you want.
As for which gear combination was used on the pink acrylic pen (above)...12 on the primary, 40 on the secondary and 32 on the mandrel shaft, yielding about one complete spiral rotation per inch.
Note that there are eight different gears that come with the Wiz. They can be used in combinations of either 2 or 3 gears. That means there are around 16,777,216 possible gearing combinations...but I could be wrong about that
Here's another one, in Pink Ivory. It has two spirals in each direction and is using the most aggressive spiraling possible with the gears supplied...32 on the primary and 40 on the mandrel shaft, yielding 3.2 rotations per inch. Pretty cool, huh...
As for which gear combination was used on the pink acrylic pen (above)...12 on the primary, 40 on the secondary and 32 on the mandrel shaft, yielding about one complete spiral rotation per inch.
Note that there are eight different gears that come with the Wiz. They can be used in combinations of either 2 or 3 gears. That means there are around 16,777,216 possible gearing combinations...but I could be wrong about that
Here's another one, in Pink Ivory. It has two spirals in each direction and is using the most aggressive spiraling possible with the gears supplied...32 on the primary and 40 on the mandrel shaft, yielding 3.2 rotations per inch. Pretty cool, huh...
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toolcrazy
Member
Both are very nice pens, but I find it hard to like anything off the PW.
ed4copies
Local Chapter Manager
Thank-you Ed!!
The rotations per inch is VERY helpful and shows how you can "flatten out" a pattern.
Mr. Beall's instruction sheet shows about 8 possible configs of the gears, but I have not tried to dream up any other combinations, so I, also, have no idea how comprehensive it is.
Those cuts are really clean, too. Are you using the same bit, in both of the above, still the 1/32"?
The rotations per inch is VERY helpful and shows how you can "flatten out" a pattern.
Mr. Beall's instruction sheet shows about 8 possible configs of the gears, but I have not tried to dream up any other combinations, so I, also, have no idea how comprehensive it is.
Those cuts are really clean, too. Are you using the same bit, in both of the above, still the 1/32"?
YoYoSpin
Member
Yes, all of these pens were embellished with the same Foredom A-201 carbide bur found here: http://foredom.com/foundations/store/scresults.asp?category=192
angelofdeath
Member
Awesome looking pens...I might have to look into picking one of these little systems up..