spaceengravers
Member
Here's my son's second pen. It turned out pretty good. I helped him drill the blank (using the lathe this time) but the rest he did while I was washing the car...He had some frustrations along the way...he had two blanks blow out while trying to square the ends (some kind of stablized wood, not sure why) and then one of Padauk blanks blew out while turning close to the nib end...but I explained that it happens to all of us no matter how many we do...so he selected the Zebra wood for the other end of his pen and started again. It was amazing how much faster that half went...so he's definitely improving...He kept this pen for himself.
Slimline pen from IAP member
Padauk and Zebra wood
Enjoy and comments are welcome! BTW, he also took this picture so he could post it on Facebook...didn't do a bad job of that either! Can you tell I'm a proud father?
Mike
Slimline pen from IAP member
Padauk and Zebra wood
Enjoy and comments are welcome! BTW, he also took this picture so he could post it on Facebook...didn't do a bad job of that either! Can you tell I'm a proud father?
Mike