Follow the Yellow Brick Road

[bonsaibill]

Chrome sierra Paduak and Oak bricks and pickguard road

Wish I could get better pictures---but wife would kill me if I wanted to buy a new camera.

 

[emackrell]

Very cool pen! How did you do the bricks?

cheers Eileen

 

[myname1960]

Well your camera was able to catch the best part of the pen.
Very nice.
Were the bricks done by slightly rotating each segment layer?

 

[OSCAR15]

AWESOME WORK....Looks super...Very unique pen!

 

[bonsaibill]

I cut the paduak into strips 1/4" and then glued them back together with veneer between them. Then cut those glued up strips crosswise 1/8" thick. Then alternated strips with veneer between them. These layers were alternated to give the brick look. I will next try a pen with bricks all the way up.

 

[gerryr]

Very nice pen. I don't think you need a new camera, just a light box which you can make yourself, and some lights. The box and lights are way cheaper than the camera.

 

[johncrane]

great looking pen mate.

 

[Jim15]

Great looking pen, nice work, it looks hard to do.

 

[Glenn McCullough]

very nicely done....what did you use for veneer between layers?

 

[DFM]

Good job. The proportion of the grout joint to the brick looks a little thick.

On your next pen, try a little thinner veneer for that piece for better proportion.

 

[alamocdc]

That looks great, Bill!

 

[huntersilver]

Wow, nice work!!

 

[blacksmith2461]

unusual good idear nice pen nice work.the photos pretty good don't let you'r wife scare you

 

[chigdon]

That is excellent. Send me the pen and I will take a picture of it for you -- and I MIGHT send it back!

 

[thewishman]

Cool effect, nicely done.