pen stand

[Rick_G]

Found a couple places that want to sell my pens on consignment. So I needed a display stand. After searching around the net I found one I liked and made one a little like it. I'll make a few changes to the next two but this will do for the first place.

 

[altaciii]

not bad at all. Pretty cool actually. If you find something better you can always send that to me and I will dispose of it properly.

 

[GoodTurns]

nicely done. you might consider adding a card slot in the front center to hold business cards as well.

 

[Rifleman1776]

It certainly looks good and displays your pens very well. However (Yep, with me there often is another side to things), wood pen stand can have a downside. Some woods, or finishes, will damage the finish on the pens. This happened to me with some red cedar stands I made. Damaged the finish on every pen where it touched the stand. Suggest you not leave the pens in there longer than necessary. e.g. If a two day show, take out at night.

 

[Texatdurango]

Rick,

Just something to consider. I too was searching for some stands to display my pens and made a few from mahogany. They really turned out nice but I found my pens were competing with the stand! A few savvy members who do a lot of shows recommended the clear stands and I'm glad they did.

I don't think displaying pens on acrylic stands cheapens them at all, afterall, if a jewelry store can display a $10,000 necklace on an acrylic stand, it's good enough for my pens. Now I think they actually show the pens off nicer.

Some look cheap, some look nice, I waited for a %20 off sale then purchased mine from Craft Supply and am tickled with them.

 

[Rick_G]

Frank I should be ok there the stand is walnut with a water based poly and all my pens are CA finish.

After seen the ones posted by Tex in the reply after yours I took a chance and ordered a couple of them. Biggest problem here is the border police, or companies that ship via UPS even though you tell them not to. UPS has been known to charge $50 on a $20 item for clearing customs. Finding things like this in Canada is not easy.

 

[workinforwood]

I like the curved style but what I don't like is the fact that the stand hides the center band of the pens. Only thing I would have done different would be to cut that part open into a slot rather than a hole.

 

[hunter-27]

Originally posted by Rick_G

Frank I should be ok there the stand is walnut with a water based poly and all my pens are CA finish.

After seen the ones posted by Tex in the reply after yours I took a chance and ordered a couple of them. Biggest problem here is the border police, or companies that ship via UPS even though you tell them not to. UPS has been known to charge $50 on a $20 item for clearing customs. Finding things like this in Canada is not easy.

If you need help with that US-->Canada thing, shoot me a PM and I'll help you out if I can, sometimes the extra shipping this may cause is actually a lot cheaper than some alternatives.

 

[Texatdurango]

Originally posted by Rick_G

Frank I should be ok there the stand is walnut with a water based poly and all my pens are CA finish.

After seen the ones posted by Tex in the reply after yours I took a chance and ordered a couple of them. Biggest problem here is the border police, or companies that ship via UPS even though you tell them not to. UPS has been known to charge $50 on a $20 item for clearing customs. Finding things like this in Canada is not easy.

Rick, Craft Supply will mail orders to if you request it.

These stands have a shallow hole in the base and pens with blunt ends tend to tip out easily so I modified my stands by using a forstner bit to make the hole a bit deeper. Now, they stay in place and the point made by the forstner bit acts as a center point for the pointed pens. Here is a photo of what I am talking about, look closely at the holes in the base.

 

[Rick_G]

I did specify that they ship by mail and that shows on the order, although it does not show as shipped yet.

Thanks for the offer on shipping, I should be ok. My son works in the States crossing the border every day doing robotics programming. If it's something I have to have I can have it shipped to his place of work and he will bring it home with him.

I agree with you Jeff, it was a first try. If I build another I will do it that way.