Anyone want to help?

[its_virgil]

IAP Friends,
I will be doing penturning demos at the Turn On! Chicago 2010, SouthWest Association of Turners (SWAT), and the Desert Woodturning RoundUp symposiums. One of my demo topics will be "Alternative Materials for Making Pens". I am working on a PowerPoint presentation. I would like to have as many pictures of pens made from "alternative materials" as I can find and have time to show. Instead of browsing the photo library and "stealing" pictures and using them without permission, I thought this would be a better and faster way. Here is what I need:

I need pictures of pens made from alternative materials. Send any description of the pen you want and I will include it with the picture. Also send your name and I will include your name with the picture of your pen. I would like to have the pen kit name also.

I have plenty of pen pictures made from PR and Alumalite cast materials but send whatever and I will use them if I have a place for them. I would like to get pictures of pens made from materials like bone, metals, and other alternative materials. Any help is greatly apprediated.

I will make the powerpoint presentation available either here (if possible) or on my website once it is finished.

Thanks in advance to all who choose to help. Send the pictures and info to my email at don[AT]RedRiverPens[DOT]com replacing [AT] with @ and [DOT] with .

Email or PM me any questions.

Do a good turn daily!
Don

 

[hunter-27]

Let me know if my pic did not come through.

 

[its_virgil]

Got it, Landon. Thanks for the help.
Don

Let me know if my pic did not come through.

 

[bruce119]

Hi Don

I just sent you 7 photos with some details. I sent at full resolution so you can size them. As I said in my email you are welcome to use or not what you want.

Let me know if you didn't get them.

thanks

 

[Marc Phillips]

I sent a couple... let me know if you need more info on them.

 

[its_virgil]

Thanks Bruce and Marc...both emails and attachments came through just fine. They are examples of exactly what I'm trying to find.
Keep'em coming. I thought several members have posted pens made from all sorts of bone...Go Gators!:biggrin::biggrin: ...and giraffes!
Do a good turn daily!
Don

 

[bruce119]

Thanks Bruce and Marc...both emails and attachments came through just fine. They are examples of exactly what I'm trying to find.
Keep'em coming. I thought several members have posted pens made from all sorts of bone...Go Gators!:biggrin::biggrin: ...and giraffes!
Do a good turn daily!
Don

He is on a road trip I just saw it looks sweat :tongue:

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[its_virgil]

Maybe after a few more Cuban Sandwiches he will find his computer and rejoin us here. :wink:
Do a good turn daily!
Don

He is on a road trip I just saw it looks sweat :tongue:

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[Mickey]

Picture sent.

Mickey

 

[wood-of-1kind]

SOAPSTONE

Hi Don,

have submitted a photo of SOAPSTONE pen. Hopefully the link to your e-mail addy will get through.

Regards,

 

[its_virgil]

Got it. Thanks Mickey.

Got yours also Peter. thanks.
Don

Picture sent.

Mickey

 

[maxman400]

e-mail and photos sent.

 

[its_virgil]

Bump. Thanks for the help but I could use more ... alternate unconventional ... pen making material.
I really appreciate all of the help so far.
Do a good turn daily!
Don

IAP Friends,
I will be doing penturning demos at the Turn On! Chicago 2010, SouthWest Association of Turners (SWAT), and the Desert Woodturning RoundUp symposiums. One of my demo topics will be "Alternative Materials for Making Pens". I am working on a PowerPoint presentation. I would like to have as many pictures of pens made from "alternative materials" as I can find and have time to show. Instead of browsing the photo library and "stealing" pictures and using them without permission, I thought this would be a better and faster way. Here is what I need:

I need pictures of pens made from alternative materials. Send any description of the pen you want and I will include it with the picture. Also send your name and I will include your name with the picture of your pen. I would like to have the pen kit name also.

I have plenty of pen pictures made from PR and Alumalite cast materials but send whatever and I will use them if I have a place for them. I would like to get pictures of pens made from materials like bone, metals, and other alternative materials. Any help is greatly apprediated.

I will make the powerpoint presentation available either here (if possible) or on my website once it is finished.

Thanks in advance to all who choose to help. Send the pictures and info to my email at don[AT]RedRiverPens[DOT]com replacing [AT] with @ and [DOT] with .

Email or PM me any questions.

Do a good turn daily!
Don

 

[hunter-27]

Perhaps you might put a list of what you currently have and we could all go from there. Needn't be anything other than a materials list.

 

[BRobbins629]

Picture of casein pen sent

 

[its_virgil]

Good idea. Currently, I have pictures of pens made from casein, coffee beans, pasta, rebar, abolone, mother of pearl, coconut shells, cast $$$, rifle cartridge, antler, corian and other solid surface material, water pipe (PVC), 50 caliber shell, bamboo, cork, bowling ball, aluminum, soapstone, various home cast PR, worthless wood, various amalgam Muts, pine cone, corn cob, wood from driver (golf club), circuit board, segments with pick guard, diamond wood, historical woods, glass, carbon fiber, snake skin, bog oak, M3composites, various true stones, stamps cast in PR, feathers cast in PR...

Quite an assortment..thanks. But in this demo I will probably not be doing any turning. I just plan to show as many pens made from these materials as I can get and answer any questions I can about them.

Thanks to all who have sent pictures. I really appreciate the help. This is saving me tons of time looking through albums and asking permission to use the ones I find.

Still no bone, yet. I guess I dreamed about pens made from bone.:biggrin::biggrin: Maybe a pen made from a Cuban sandwich will get posted later in the week.:biggrin::biggrin:
Do a good turn daily!
don







quote=hunter-27;1056096]Perhaps you might put a list of what you currently have and we could all go from there. Needn't be anything other than a materials list.[/quote]

 

[Timbo]

pen pic

Let me know if you got the pic/description I sent you. Thanks.

Tim

 

[SkookumPens]

Alternate Materials

Here are a few I have done. They are Cat Tail, Grass Tree from Australia, and Caribou (reindeer).

Craig Chatterton
Puyallup, WA

 

[ldb2000]

I have a couple pictures of kitless Aluminum and Brass if they will help .

 

[its_virgil]

I would love to use them, Butch. thanks and send them. My email is in the original post.
Do a good turn daily!
Don

I have a couple pictures of kitless Aluminum and Brass if they will help .

 

[its_virgil]

Got them, thanks.
Don

Here are a few I have done. They are Cat Tail, Grass Tree from Australia, and Caribou (reindeer).

Craig Chatterton
Puyallup, WA

 

[its_virgil]

Got the email but could not open the picture. Thanks. Maybe you can try again.
Don

Let me know if you got the pic/description I sent you. Thanks.

Tim

 

[Sylvanite]

Still no bone, yet. I guess I dreamed about pens made from bone

Don,

I emailed you a photo of a bone pen, along with a couple others. I didn't include any cartridge pens (I figured you had plenty of your own already), but I could send one of a fired blank from a military funeral, or cast gunpowder.

Regards,
Eric

 

[holmqer]

Here is a link to my Re-bar pen if that's of interest. If necessary, I can see if I can find a bigger photo.

http://www.penturners.org/forum/showthread.php?t=53381

 

[louie68]

virgil i send you pen made from meganite which is counter top material was sent with my email loubuf1@gmail.com let me know that you receive it.
louie56

 

[ldb2000]

Don , were the attachments ok ? if the files are too small , I have the original RAW files on a memory card , I think . If you need bigger pics let me know .

 

[Tanner]

I don't know if you needed them, but I sent a few pictures.

 

[Rob73]

I'm in Chicago area never heard of this.. This a public event or is there a fee to get in?

 

[its_virgil]

There is a fee. The symposium info is here: http://www.turnonchicago.org/
I hope you can find a way to make it. Take a look at what is being offered.
Do a good turn daily!
Don


[quotee=Rob73;1056360]I'm in Chicago area never heard of this.. This a public event or is there a fee to get in?[/quote]

 

[seamus7227]

Don if there are any pics that you can think of from me, let me know.

 

[OKLAHOMAN]

Don, just got back and will send some photos of the best college mascot , the tallest animal and maybe even a bakelite or two if you still need them....

 

[its_virgil]

Roy,
I do...I do...I do! Thanks Roy. Thanks a lot. I hope your trip was a good one and you left some Cuban sandwiches for the visitiors this week.
Don

Also, I got several emails today and all of the attached pictures came in just fine. I'm under the gun with a deadline and will acknowledge the pictures that came in today later. Thanks for all who are helping.
Do a good turn daily!
Don

Don, just got back and will send some photos of the best college mascot , the tallest animal and maybe even a bakelite or two if you still need them....

 

[its_virgil]

Seamus,
I'll get with you later this week. Just got home from Red River and I'm busier than a one armed wall paper hanger.
Got the message about SWAT.
Do a good turn daily!
Don

Don if there are any pics that you can think of from me, let me know.

 

[low_48]

Here's a link to some Environ pens I did.

http://www.penturners.org/forum/showthread.php?t=27304&highlight=environ

 

[OKLAHOMAN]

Don, some sent this AM any problems LMK and I'll send more....

 

[Jon-wx5nco]

Don, I also sent a few. Hopefully you can use them as well
Jon

 

[Dalecamino]

I sent a couple too. First time attaching since I switched to DSL so I hope they came thru ok.

 

[TellicoTurning]

Don,
I sent you a few picts last night in case you still needed some... didn't post here that they went... if you don't need them or they aren't good enough, I won't be offended... good luck on the presentation.. wish I could get up there to see it.

 

[its_virgil]

All of the emails came through fine along with the attachments. Now I have a bunch of pictures to sort through, categorize and assembled into a power point presentation. Thanks for all of the help. I do appreciate it. It made collecting pictures of pens from alternative materials easy and quick. Thanks again.
Do a good turn daily!
Don

 

[bruce119]

Hey Don is this presentation going to public will be able to see. I am just curious sounds kind of neat what you are doing. I'd be interested in seeing the finished product.

thanks