BTW, thanks for making the image a bit narrower. My browser does not auto adjust, and when somebody posts a very wide image in the forums, I have to side scroll[V] to read the following posts.
Jeff, Ed is a terrific and talented guy, and we appreciate his tooting our horn. His compensation is in the mail! And, Jeff, your blanks are in the mail! Thanks for the order!
Boy I must be in the right swing, I am ordering the same thing the forum administrator orders! now to turn as well! If I gather the nerve when blanks and lathe arrive I may try to post a photo or two! best of turning Jeff. Keep up the terrific work Ed, thanks again Sheila.
I have to get an awning up on the house so when they get here I can dive for the epoxy then the lathe. My spalted maple and crotch walnut blanks keep calling to me, but i look forward to the BB's more.
Ed, Thanks for the inspiration. I also have picked up some clay to make one of your pens from the magazine.
BTW, How do you make the cuts in the top like that? I assume it is after turning, then bandsaw? It makes for a nice finish and I would like to do something similar.
Dog, you're referring to the bottle stopper's top? Yes, after turning and sanding on the lathe, cut the top on the bandsaw at about a 45-degree angle, then sand a nice curve where the cut was made using a drum sander.
Dog was referring to http://www.woodturningdesign.com/, a quarterly magazine dedicated to woodturning, published in the USA. There was an article on polymer clay pen making in issue # 2.
YoYoSpin, I your recent BB pen pictures you have contrasting colored rings. How did you do that. I almost thought you glued in rubber "o" washers but I've only seen them in black.
Bill, the red and black rings are common o-rings purchased from http://www.allorings.com/. The black one's are "Buna-N" and the red one's are "Silicone". They have dozens of different sizes...my pens are pretty thick (large), so I'm using a "-010" (in the photo below) and sometimes smaller, all the way down to a "-007". The 1/16†ring width is the smallest they make, and its still pretty wide. So, I always use a smaller ID o-ring, relative to the OD of the pen, that has to be stretched tightly around the piece, thus making the ring thinner, and I think...more attractive.