90 ft of material to make 1 pen,really!?

[Jjartwood]

you would think that you could get masking tape in a smaller roll.

Wife says "NO MORE WOOD!!! a guy has to do what he can

Mark:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

 

[Kenny Durrant]

Sorry but that might partially my fault. I think "they"know I'll mess up more than needed so "they" sell everyone some extra. But 90 feet is a little much. I never made that big a mess at least not at once.

 

[firewhatfire]

I like your banding there. You are just full of good ideas aren't you. I don't know if 90 ft is enough for me, I might get one blank from a that roll.

Phil

 

[jttheclockman]

OK now that you have been cute are you saying you made the pen from masking tape and if so can you explain in more detail about the pen??

 

[Jjartwood]

OK now that you have been cute are you saying you made the pen from masking tape and if so can you explain in more detail about the pen??

covered the tubes in masking tape used a pen to add some wood grain colored the masking tape to taste and cast it in resin,

 

[Glenn McCullough]

you sure know how to doll up some cheap tape...well done!

 

[Bigj51]

That's just crazy! I thought that was real wood! Great job. Beautiful pen.

 

[thewishman]

So is this Scotch(r) wood or 3M(r) burl? :biggrin:

 

[Andrew_K99]

Based on your description I was 100% sure if it was made with masking tape or you just used that much to hold things together. I would never have guessed that that isn't wood, it looks very, very real. Great job! You are certainly being very innovative!

AK

 

[airborne_r6]

OK now that you have been cute are you saying you made the pen from masking tape and if so can you explain in more detail about the pen??

covered the tubes in masking tape used a pen to add some wood grain colored the masking tape to taste and cast it in resin,

Seriously? Wow!! I had no idea. That's pretty cool.

 

[SteveG]

The sellers of fine BURLS are about to go out of business!! :biggrin:

 

[Jjartwood]

So is this Scotch(r) wood or 3M(r) burl? :biggrin:

More like old phone pole on a roll,It's an old technique from the 70's small pieces of masking tape (torn ) into about 1/4" odd shapes and stuck to a bottle then brown shoe polish is applied to make it look like a cork bottle.
Drop in a candle and there ya go.

 

[gwilki]

Pure genius.

 

[BSea]

Heck, if you were going to copy wood, why not make 2 toned amboyna?:biggrin:

Very cool BTW.

 

[ghostrider]

I wonder how well the resin saturates in the tape. Won't masking tapes adhesive dissolve over time?

Nice looking pen BTW.

 

[Jjartwood]

I wonder how well the resin saturates in the tape. Won't masking tapes adhesive dissolve over time?

Nice looking pen BTW.

I don't know but I would think that the hardware at the ends of the tube would hold everything together,no?

 

[mikespenturningz]

Wow that is just great! That pen looks like some really nice wood! Incredible! Great pen great idea!

 

[mikespenturningz]

So this makes those fancy burls almost worthless. But I may be willing to give you all .01 on the dollar just to help you all out so you can purchase some masking tap and markers! Just sayin tryin to help!