alfa189
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This may be very easy, but I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around this thing. I'm a basic pen turner and am slowly getting better. Mostly I have just turned PR and wood cigar and slim lines. But a friend of mine asked if I could make him a University of Oregon themed pen. And I (like many of you) automatically jumped at the opportunity to challenge myself on a new pen design, without really thinking it through first. And it slowly starting to dawn on me what I had taken on. Doh!
What I'm thinking is this: Cigar pen, acryluster type blank (his preference) in an emerald green/black/yellow combo. Wasn't able to find one, so I bought an emerald green/black accent blank and a yellow blank. My plan was to to cut and inlay the yellow blank into the green one, kind of like a celtic knot idea, but with a yellow "O" instead. I would also really like to outline the "O" in a black.
I've exhausted my tired brain trying to figure out how to do this. The only thing I've thought of is two diagonal cuts (like an X", and then rip the back half off (so it doesn't go all the way through), and then glue another uncut piece of green on the backside. Havnt tried it yet as my shop is currently undergoing a remodel. But i would like to hear if anyone else has any ideas on something like this or has tried something similar.
Thanks.
Tyler
What I'm thinking is this: Cigar pen, acryluster type blank (his preference) in an emerald green/black/yellow combo. Wasn't able to find one, so I bought an emerald green/black accent blank and a yellow blank. My plan was to to cut and inlay the yellow blank into the green one, kind of like a celtic knot idea, but with a yellow "O" instead. I would also really like to outline the "O" in a black.
I've exhausted my tired brain trying to figure out how to do this. The only thing I've thought of is two diagonal cuts (like an X", and then rip the back half off (so it doesn't go all the way through), and then glue another uncut piece of green on the backside. Havnt tried it yet as my shop is currently undergoing a remodel. But i would like to hear if anyone else has any ideas on something like this or has tried something similar.
Thanks.
Tyler
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