Kirk,
Beautiful colors! I can hardly tell that the segmentation is off. To me with my bad eyes this jet lagged morning, it looks square.
What I recently learned about segmentation is that it can be done several ways. Many fellows are super good a precise cutting; most have great jigs that aid in the precision. For me, I can't even get it right even with jigs most of the time! [xx(]
Below is how I did this one.
(click here!) I started with a great blank and an out-of-round bushing that I thought I had thrown away. One end ruined and the blank was set aside for several months. Then the idea for segmenting came to mind about a month ago. Below is the procedure that came out of that for some other pens and I am VERY happy with the squared up results.
1. I started with the main body on the blank glued onto the tube, ends milled and put onto the lathe.
2. I turned down the blank to the general size and did the END cutting with the parting knife while on the lathe. It made for a <b>square</b> cut.
3. Next I took the blank off the lathe, added the brass rings and the end pieces, which were intentionally about 1 mm too long.
3. I glued them up and pressed them lightly with a squared vise.
4. Lastly, I milled the ends and put the blank back on the lathe and finished the pen. ALL squared up.
I had to leave "cutting from a squared saw" off of my methods as it don't work for me consistently.
The top pick quard is off center (hidden in picture) Also not happy with the way the big leaf maple came out. Other than that I like the color matching. Kirk[8D]
