Excellent as always. I assume you used the stave method??? What are you using to cut the rings??? Bandsaw??? What glue was used??? What was the reason for not using a tube if I may ask??? Thanks for showing
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John, They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Something I learned as a newspaper pressman for years is that a larger picture could be worth 2000 words. All depended on space and time for that publication. Anyway I'm going to attach a photo of what's left from my blank.
I made it extra long so that I could make another. I started with a piece of Satin wood about 7/8" square and a foot long. Cut in half lengthwise and glued in a piece of veneer. After drying a couple hours I did that again so that now looking at the end there is a veneer cross. Next I cut lengthwise corner to corner. Step and repeat opposite corner. I used a 14" bandsaw for these long cuts using a homemade fence.
After drying over night this time I cut my blank in half and turned the 6" blank round. Using my pen blank drilling jaws I drilled a 1/4" hole down the middle. I cut the small disks with my small 10" bandsaw using a sled.
These pieces were assembled then on a 1/4" bolt using nuts to apply clamping pressure. I only glued about an inch at a time. Accent pieces added and redrilled using the step drill.
This project probably should have had a tube in for strength but this pencil was just a challenge to myself and won't be used or sold. If I missed something anything please ask again.