I call this pen "I'm SOOOO Bored!!"

[MatthewZS]

So 2 weeks from my move, my lathe and all my tools have been sent off already and I sit twiddling my thumbs. So I went out to the shop today, used the big lathe, some improvised closed end mandrels and some make shift finishing supplies to produce this. I still need to make a cap for it. Be gentle, this is a chewing gum and bailing wire pen if ever there was one

Oh, the wood is a nicely figured bit of mesquite.

 

[el_d]

Very nice. I love Mesquite.

 

[Padre]

Hey, if you need to cut down on the cost of the move, send me that gum and wire pen! Or better yet, send me the PARTS of so I can make my own gum and wire pen!

Wow, for a 'put-together' it is fantastic. I never would have guessed if you hadn't said something.

Where are you moving to?

 

[MatthewZS]

Thanks The drill bit that I drilled out the blank with became the Mandrel that I Turned it on.... so VERY gum and bailing wire.

I'm actually moving back to oregon. I'd lived there for 11 (12?) years and when the economy fell apart I moved back to texas where I grew up to re-connect with friends and family but after a year and a half I realize I was suffering from some sort of clinical psychotic episode when I made the decision so I'm moving back

 

[Padre]

Holy cow! That is innovative! Using the drill bit....how cool.

Texas--Oregon--Texas--Oregon. Not bad!! Much warmer in Texas though. Has the economy picked up in Oregon?

 

[MatthewZS]

the employment has improved some, so I suspect the economy some too... but I work online so I could move to guam and do ok. Plus I've got friends in the craft show circuit up there and I've done some shows myself before.... just not for pens.

 

[MatthewZS]

Oh, and the nice thing about using the drill bit is if you manage to BEND the mandrel..... . You're doing something wrong