I have bought a lot of these kits from Fritz over the last year and a half but I have never made this pen as designed.
I decided to make it something a little special.
My Dad died 32 years ago today and like the good Catolic he was he decided to go on All Saints Day.
A little information about the blank.
The inlay was done before the blank was drilled.I decided to see how accurate my drill press was.(Ryobi benchtop)I drilled it with no problems, a "V" block and a machinist vice.No stop block at the bottom of either one of the blank.I used no special treatment before gluing in the tubes(I didn't drizzle thin CA in the hole as I normally would.I did plug the tubes with parafin and put thick CA in the hole of the blank rather than on the tube only.From the time I cut the blank to putting it on the mandrel and start turning it was less than 20 minutes.
Actual width of the bloodwood inlay is.27" and the width(thicknes of the cross is .050"
Comments about the pen are welcome
I decided to make it something a little special.
My Dad died 32 years ago today and like the good Catolic he was he decided to go on All Saints Day.
A little information about the blank.
The inlay was done before the blank was drilled.I decided to see how accurate my drill press was.(Ryobi benchtop)I drilled it with no problems, a "V" block and a machinist vice.No stop block at the bottom of either one of the blank.I used no special treatment before gluing in the tubes(I didn't drizzle thin CA in the hole as I normally would.I did plug the tubes with parafin and put thick CA in the hole of the blank rather than on the tube only.From the time I cut the blank to putting it on the mandrel and start turning it was less than 20 minutes.
Actual width of the bloodwood inlay is.27" and the width(thicknes of the cross is .050"
Comments about the pen are welcome