First for me

[jaywood1207]

I made this pen for a Christmas pen swap and the recipient has received it so I can post it now.

I started out with a blue blank and wanted to put a snowman on it. I cut the blue blank in half and then scrolled out the snowman and poured the white resin. Once cured I moved onto the mittens and scarf and then finally the hat. I then glued the blank back together, drilled, tubed and turned. Unfortunately the glue line let loose when I was almost at final diameter but fortunately the snowman wasn't damaged. I moved onto plan B which was to cut the wavy line under the snowman, glue the remaining blue blank with the snowman in it to the brass, plug the tube and pour white resin around it in a mold. Once cured I turned as normal. After final size I drilled out the holes in the blue and filled those with white tinted epoxy and then did the same for the buttons and face with black tinted epoxy. Cleaned it up with a skew, sanded, buffed, and assembled to a black titanium Elegant Beauty.

I have scrolled names on blanks off and on for 4 years now but this was a first for a shape. This was also the first time I have used any type of resin for casting. This was a fun pen to do and I think it turned out great.

Any and all comments are welcome. Thanks for looking.

 

[navycop]

Looks great. I want to get into resins. I don't I can attempt anything that good...

 

[jimm1]

Very cool.

 

[alphageek]

Cool! Look out Jeff! You're gonna have to fight for your title

 

[WoodNutOntario]

Well done Jamie!
A very chrismassy pen indeed!!!

I too have just started dabbling in the scrolling part of pens!
It's a lot of fun!

Hope you do well with all your shows on at this time of year!

PM me where you are going to be locally!
Would love to stop by and support you!

Andrew

 

[jaywood1207]

Thanks for the comments.

Dean there won't be any fighting for the scrolling title. Jeff is light years ahead of me.

Andrew I did Delhi last weekend, Woodstock yesterday, and will be in Tillsonburg next weekend. So far both Delhi and Woodstock have been a bust. I'm hoping Tillsonburg will be much better next weekend.

 

[wiset1]

So creative! This would be a fun pen to own just for the sake of owning it. All I can say is WOW. Awesome work

 

[Mark]

It looks great. Scrolling opens up soooo many possibilities. Add custom casting on top of that and the list is endless... Nicely Done...

 

[jttheclockman]

That came out very well. You learned a few things along the way so now that step will open alot more posibilities. The sky is the limit when it comes to scrolling and pen making. Thanks for showing. Nice job.

 

[gketell]

That is really nice!!

 

[jaywood1207]

Thanks again for all the nice comments. After Christmas will be play time for me and we'll see what else comes out of the scroll saw.