Scalloped CE Jr Victor
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OKLAHOMAN
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Skippy's back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Younka
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WOW! fantastic job on the pen!!
You just had to take it there didn't you, ha ha ha!
Looks fantastic! Happy to see this take on it and the gold and black together really adds a punch to the feel of the pens look.
But I'll take a bet that mine looks different to your method:biggrin: Mine looks like an unrecognisable mess just before it gets drilled and rounded.
( LOL, ok, some might say it still looks like a mess, so I'll say it first!!:biggrin
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Robert111
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GREAT design and execution! Love it!
Robert111
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Looks fantastic! Happy to see this take on it and the gold and black together really adds a punch to the feel of the pens look.
But I'll take a bet that mine looks different to your method:biggrin: Mine looks like an unrecognisable mess just before it gets drilled and rounded.
( LOL, ok, some might say it still looks like a mess, so I'll say it first!!:biggrin
What the hell is that????????
Drstrangefart
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firewhatfire
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I like it.
Looks fantastic! Happy to see this take on it and the gold and black together really adds a punch to the feel of the pens look.
But I'll take a bet that mine looks different to your method:biggrin: Mine looks like an unrecognisable mess just before it gets drilled and rounded.
( LOL, ok, some might say it still looks like a mess, so I'll say it first!!:biggrin
That looks awesome! Just a ball of scalloped coal waiting to be pressed into the diamond. Unless you've done it you can't appreciate the effort, so this looks crazy with an amazing final product. You're right though...I couldn't leave it like this:biggrin:
broitblat
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Very elegantly (and precisely) done, as usual.
It's hard to tell, is your picture after the first layer of scallops, or all of them?
-Barry
It's hard to tell, is your picture after the first layer of scallops, or all of them?
-Barry
Thanks all:wink:
Barry, the pic is after all the scallops ( 16 ) are glued in place. They each start off as random thicknesses and each successive cut with a router takes care of the precision. I use a 1/4 router with a 19mm bit. If I could use one of my big 1/2 router then I could use a wider bit and it would look neat as it was being made. :wink:
Barry, the pic is after all the scallops ( 16 ) are glued in place. They each start off as random thicknesses and each successive cut with a router takes care of the precision. I use a 1/4 router with a 19mm bit. If I could use one of my big 1/2 router then I could use a wider bit and it would look neat as it was being made. :wink:
jasontg99
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That is gorgeous. The perfection level was just raised!!!
BSea
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Ohhh. . . . . . . . .Now I get it.Mine looks like an unrecognisable mess just before it gets drilled and rounded.
bluwolf
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firewhatfire
Member
Now that I have time to look at that mess as you call it, I can agree it is something. Now I gotta go start my whole scalloping carreer over if I am ever gonna figure that mess out. The only part I have down is making a mess.
Impresssive work
Phil
Impresssive work
Phil
bitshird
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Nice one Skip. Good to see you back!!!
76winger
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Seeing all the recent great scalloped pens inspired me to do one today.
This is a Jr Victor ( Jr Retro ? ) I like the gold and black. Hope you like
Not just scalloped, I think your headed toward fish scales with that one! :wink:
Who's going to be the first to do this all the way down the body? :biggrin:
woodgraver
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That is truly a work of art...amazing job. Wish I could get my mind around how you do that!
NewLondon88
Local Chapter Leader
I don't think "more is better" in this case. This is subtle and elegant. Putting
the scales all the way down the tube might be a great challenge, but I
don't see the end result looking better. (feeling better for having done it,
perhaps.)
Looking at the picture of the chuck, I'm pretty sure nature did the scalloping
and Skippy just mounted the raw ore on the lathe. :tongue:
Freethinker
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Skiprat, I hope you don't mind a question here....
...do you use CA, or epoxy? It seems that to do that many levels (unless you take a looong time between each piece) would require CA, but I'm afraid that if I used CA, the router would eventually "catch" and knock off the piece being glued.
Parson
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Is that brass or aluminum you segmented with? I can't tell from the pix.
.. and here-in lies the trick:wink:
My reason for the bulky butt ugly blank is so that the glue joints offer more resistance to seperating than a smaller neatly made blank.
I learnt that trick from a Big Bird from South Carolina:wink:
He used to wrap gauze or even paper around fragile blanks and use liters of CA to re-inforce the outside surfaces. Now the inside can be drilled ( or routered ). Of course, once the tube is glued in it re-inforces from the inside and the outside can now be turned.
I started off using the 'best' brand name CA I could find.
Now I use this cheap no name contractor brand that is sold for mitre joints. It is pretty thick and I use it for everything....Stainless, wood, plastic, aluminium, brass etc etc. I use it for a finish too.
I use it in my shop which is unheated and is .....freezing at the moment.
No issues.
Their 'Super-Glue' version is much thinner and I use it if I need it to stabilize porous wood as I turn.
Edit in; Randall, it's brass shim. CA finish to stop it tarnishing
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Ligget
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Beautiful work Steve, looks very classy with that colour combination, just perfect my good friend!
mrburls
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Sweet Steve. Good to see you back on the IAP.
Keith "mrburls"
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TucsonCyclist
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I look a lot but don't comment that often, but that looks fantastic. Scallops are on my 2012 bucket list and this might be the one that motivates me to get on it.
GrantH
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I'm lost, amazed, and in love. This is my favorite on the forum (aside from the cigar replicas) by far.