work in progress

[Polemos213]

work in progress....UPLOADED FINISHED PICTURE

My first attempt at making a segmented pen. Just finished the lower and I had to put it up. I'll update when I'm finished with the upper. How'd I do?
Woods are brown mallee and Wenge. Copper circuit board sheeting and white plastic sheet.

 

[magpens]

Very nice !!!! ... the copper adds a lot to it ... a little subtle though, but very nice.

 

[Jim15]

Looks great so far.

 

[Sappheiros]

Great!

 

[gimpy]

NICE !!!. you are off to a great start. What type of fish are you using.

 

[bpgoldo]

The choice of materials, the contrast and the dimension are perfect. You may have opened a door thru which your creativity and craft have passed. Welcome to the challenge of making what might be good....great. Welcome!

 

[Polemos213]

CA finish. 3 thin. 7 medium. Polished and 4 coats renaissance.

 

[Sataro]

Looks good!

 

[lhowell]

How did you do!? That pen looks great! Very very nice job! I've been wanting to try a segmented pen! This just makes me want to start now!

 

[OZturner]

Very Well Indeed, Michael.
Excellent Segmenting, Fit and Finishes,
Great Contrast and Selection of Materials.
I don't know if there was a Special Reason for the Bulbous shape of the Lower Blank.
For my taste it is in conflict with the Top Section, which is more conventionally shaped.
Never the Less a Great Job.
Congratulations,
Brian.

 

[Polemos213]

Very Well Indeed, Michael.
Excellent Segmenting, Fit and Finishes,
Great Contrast and Selection of Materials.
I don't know if there was a Special Reason for the Bulbous shape of the Lower Blank.
For my taste it is in conflict with the Top Section, which is more conventionally shaped.
Never the Less a Great Job.
Congratulations,
Brian.

Brian, I should have known better. I turned the lower and upper at different times and I never compared them before assembly. I know better than this. I became consumed by what I was doing. It's was certainly a costly oversight. The picture doesn't show it. However, in my childlike frenzy, I drilled the upper out of center. I conscripted this one to my box of prototypes and general blunders. It fitting both categories.

Thankfully, I live to fight another day with people like you by my side. Yet, now I know what I'm capable of.

Thank you and everyone else for your kind words, thoughts, and constructive critique.