Crucafix rotacrylic blank on a Faith, Love, Hope kit

[MyKidsDad]

I wanted to make my wife one of the Faith, Love, Hope pens from PSI. Cruising the exotic blanks site, I came across the Crucafix rotacrylic blank under their Guest Artists' blanks section (MasterScroller Artworks) and thought this would be the perfect blank to put on this pen kit. I was a bit comprehensive about the blank working as it says it's designed for a midsize kit (Jr. Gent II, etc.). After checking and finding that the bushings for this kit are only very slightly smaller than the bushings for the Jr. Gent II I decided to give it a shot. I think it turned out pretty nice. The length of the top tube cut it a little close but it worked out and the wife is happy with it.

I don't typically show many of my pens here but thought I'd show this in case someone else wanted to try it but wondered how the blank fit the kit.

 

[triw51]

Thank you for sharing that is a beautiful pen. I did a few of those pens in olive wood and they came out nice but yours is fantastic.

 

[workinforwood]

Looks great! If drilled straight through the center, any pen that spins out larger than 3/8 diameter will work. So a sierra will work too and its much smaller. But...larger pens reveal more image to the eyes without rotating pen so much, and larger pens have more tolerance to drilling errors.

 

[Cwalker935]

Very nice

 

[tgsean]

Fantastic turned out really well.

 

[Tom T]

Very nice for sure. Beautiful work.