using left over pen blanks?

[hiharry626]

lets say you got some wood left over after cutting off a blank could you use those and scavenge other pieces the more you turn? And glue the left over pieces together and make a pen?

 

[Willee]

lets say you got some wood left over after cutting off a blank could you use those and scavenge other pieces the more you turn? And glue the left over pieces together and make a pen?

You are asking a question you could easily answer yourself.
So why ask ... go and do it.

Then post a photo of the pen right here on the forum.

 

[mredburn]

What you are asking is can you build a pen by segmenting smaller pieces together. Yes it is done all the time. Designs run from I just glued stuff together and it, well is ugly. to the Holy cow did that turn out nice. there are turners here that cut wood up into 1/8 strips and glue and recut them to make 1/8 squares. Then they make great boxes and pens and what ever they desire. Your design capabilities are your only limits.

 

[ThomJ]

All my "pieces" go to a neighbor who makes jewelry from them, both acrylics & wood

 

[monophoto]

This probably falls into the 'he's got too much time on his hands' category, but - - -

just out of curiosity, the other day I calculated how much of a pen blank actually remains in the final product.

Now, pens vary depending on the actual profile that the turner chooses. So any number is only an approximation. But my calculation showed that 85% of the original pen blank became chips and sawdust.

Amazing!

 

[rjwolfe3]

You could also turn fridge magnets. See the library for tutorial!

 

[snyiper]

You can do heychains and all kind of small projects with your scraps. You never know when youll need a oops band!!

 

[Monty]

You can do heychains and all kind of small projects with your scraps. You never know when youll need a oops band!!

What's a "heychain"? Is this something new? Who makes the kit? :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

 

[wood-of-1kind]

You can do heychains and all kind of small projects with your scraps. You never know when youll need a oops band!!

What's a "heychain"? Is this something new? Who makes the kit? :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

It's made in Canada, where else?:wink::biggrin: Name of the company is Hoser Inc.

 

[Pens By Scott]

Out west we just call it a EhChain, eh?

You can do heychains and all kind of small projects with your scraps. You never know when youll need a oops band!!

What's a "heychain"? Is this something new? Who makes the kit? :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

It's made in Canada, where else?:wink::biggrin: Name of the company is Hoser Inc.

 

[toddlajoie]

I've made a LOT of these types with acrylic.. I have not ventured into doing it with the vast pile of wood blocks near my saw, mainly because the possible combinations are staggering...

 

[Smitty37]

Is that all

This probably falls into the 'he's got too much time on his hands' category, but - - -

just out of curiosity, the other day I calculated how much of a pen blank actually remains in the final product.

Now, pens vary depending on the actual profile that the turner chooses. So any number is only an approximation. But my calculation showed that 85% of the original pen blank became chips and sawdust.

Amazing!

I'd have guessed more....

 

[Tanner]

You could also turn fridge magnets. See the library for tutorial!

Now that's one I've not heard of. I have a whole box of ends. Fridge magnets makes perfect sense. Off to the library.