combining material

[wickford]

Just wondering if anyone combines acrylic and wood to make pens? I have some small cut offs that I hate to throw away, but I wasn't sure if the two would stick together?

Thoughts/ideas/suggestions??

Thanks!!

 

[RONB]

I DO, AND USE 5 MIN. EPOXY TO PUT THEM TOGETHER. I LIGHTLY SAND THE ACRYLIC TO GET A GOOD BOND.

 

[rherrell]

If you stick with this so called "hobby" for any length of time you will eventually be overrun with small cut offs. I just recently threw away half of a 5 gal. bucket full. Save 'em if you want, but remember this post when you get tired of lookin' at 'em!

 

[pipeyeti]

I have done it many times with my pipe tampers and I think it looks great as long as its done with taste. Ca or epoxy will work.

 

[rherrell]

Oh yeah, as to your question, it's done all the time. Watch when you sand 'cause the wood disappears faster than the plastic.

 

[jhs494]

Yes you can combine acrylic with wood. I have made segmented pens from pieces that were just too small to use by itself and added a strip of acrylic on an angle, and made an accent stripe. Once it is done nobody knows what you started with.

But I will say that at some point you must get rid of some of the really small stuff, even if it kills you.

Keep in mind also that there are some kits that use smaller sections.
Teachers pen, Sierra, Carbara to name a few.

 

[jwoodwright]

A lot of folks use them for oops bands...

Also great for making a truelly unique pen! We always seem to have an ugly pen contest going...

 

[JayDevin]

here is an example...most of us call it worthless wood

 

[marionquill]

I've done many pens with acrylic and wood combined. Sometimes it looks awesome, and sometimes I won't even give it to my 9 year old. I use 5 min epoxy. I did try once to bond a piece of soda can to wood to make a neat little band...it didn't work. Anyway, you have to be really careful when sanding since the acrylic is much harder.

 

[Hello]

I've taken cut-offs of acrylic and wood, cut them down to 1/4inch in length and turn them (half to do half a pen at a time, short mandrel with the nut tunred really tight because I don't glue the pieces together, nor do I glue them to the tube). when I put the pen together I have the acrylic and wood going one after another....wood, acrylic, wood acrylic, wood acrylic etc. and the pieces can spin on the tube

 

[jwoodwright]

Micah, what an interesting concept. Outside the box for sure.

 

[Larry Gottlieb]

I combine acrylic, corian, truestone, antler, bone, pickguard, copper, brass, aluminum, and pieces of my wife's plastic cutting board with wood using polyurethane glue on the surfaces and the tube.

Larry