Ken Wines
Member
While at MOVPTG this year I had the opportunity to attend a one on one session with Jim Godoy and Leon Klepin of Cocoon Blanks on how to make a scalloped segmented pen. When I signed up for the class Leon told me that he had picked out some "special" materials we would use to make the blanks. Anyway, I'm sorry I don't remember what burl was used for the main body of the pen but the scallops and end caps are aluminum honeycomb cast with resin. I've never turned a blank before with embedded aluminum and was quite apprehensive as I turned the blanks to shape. I took my time and gradually got the end caps and scallops turned down using my trusty skew til they mated nicely with hardware. I opted to do a matte finish on the burl. I am very happy with how well they turned and grateful for not having a blowout from the embedded aluminum.
I recently purchased a sliding table for my Jim Byrnes 4" table saw and hope to do more of this type segmenting in the future.
I recently purchased a sliding table for my Jim Byrnes 4" table saw and hope to do more of this type segmenting in the future.
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