A few pendants

[MarkD]

A few weeks ago I picked up a box of pendant blanks from one of our members who makes pretty nice pen blanks :biggrin: Though I would show a few of them I have turned.
Your comments and critiques are welcome.

 

[Hess]

Mark they all look great how do you place them on the lathe to turn them?

 

[MarkD]

Mark they all look great how do you place them on the lathe to turn them?

I bought one of the deluxe pendant backer plates.

 

[ctubbs]

Beautiful job, Mark. Thanks for showing and telling how you made them.
Charles

 

[JimB]

Very nice with a good variety of colors.

 

[seamus7227]

Very nice Mark!! those will go well with something i am making for you! LOL

 

[MarkD]

Very nice Mark!! those will go well with something i am making for you! LOL

Your wife said she would like one of Christmas...maybe we should do a trade! LOL

 

[Dave Winters]

Nice!!

Great colors and beautiful pendants!! Good solid work.

 

[jbswearingen]

Mark they all look great how do you place them on the lathe to turn them?

I subscribe to this guy on YouTube; he has a LOT of great, simple projects that I wouldn't have tried without his "prompting". He shows how to make a simple jig for doing off-center turning on discs or pendants.


http://www.youtube.com/user/haydenHD#p/u/32/zFM0zhpFpJ4

One way to turn a pendant "round" is to use double-sided tape to apply the blank (with a flat back, of course) to a backer board, turn it round, profile it, whatever, then use the jig described in the video to add embellishments and even drill/turn the mounting hole.

 

[sailing_away]

Very nice. I like the colors. The custom castings really take it to the next level.

 

[Brooks803]

Oh Wow! Those came out amazing Mark. My wife was drooling over the 3rd one when I showed her. Very cool! I can't wait to see how some of the others turn out!

Oh, I didn't mark all of them, but some of those blanks are suspended animations. It'll be a color swirl in clear and then I recast it on a solid background. Something to keep an eye out for :wink:

 

[animefan]

Those pendants should sell like hot cakes.

 

[MarkD]

Great colors and beautiful pendants!! Good solid work.

Thanks!
The pictures you posted of your pendants has inspired me to make the holes in the pendants larger than I did with these initial pendants. That make a big difference in the look of the pendant.

 

[glycerine]

All very nice, but I like the last one the best!

 

[Dave Winters]

Larger Holes..

Yeah, design-wise, I think it actually adds to the asymmetrical spirit of the thing- and looks more like what it is.. a multi axis turning. Gives new meaning to the phrase "Less is More"!
-Dave

 

[philb]

Those are stunners!!

Now if I could just figure out what Brooks was describing for his Suspended Animation blanks, I'd be half way there!!

 

[MarkD]

Now if I could just figure out what Brooks was describing for his Suspended Animation blanks, I'd be half way there!!

The following is a link to one of his suspended animation pen blanks....it should give you an idea.
http://www.penturners.org/forum/showthread.php?t=79383&highlight=suspended+animation

 

[MarkD]

Thanks for all the complements. Of course, it helps when Johnathon makes the blanks.
Turning these pendants was been another fun learning experience....luckily I have hardly put a dent in the box of blanks, so I have lots of fun yet to experience.