Captive diamonds

[DCBluesman]

Baseball fever or a girl's best friend, this is a first effort at segmentation. With a base of cocobolo, the cocobolo diamonds are captured by the aspen.

Comments and critiques are welcomed. As always, thank you for looking. [8D]

 

[vick]

very nice Lou.

 

[YoYoSpin]

That's extra cool...

 

[WoodChucker]

Very nice, but a little over my head! []

 

[JimGo]

Wow Lou, that's a beauty! Are the diamonds end-grain?

 

[dougle40]

Now THAT is very sharp Lou !!!!![^][^][^]

 

[badwin]

Very cool design.
Brian

 

[woodman928]

That is one nice looking pen Lou. You have really up the anti with this one. [][]
Jay

 

[rtjw]

very nice. Way to hard for me.

 

[DCBluesman]

Thank you all for your generous comments! Jim--I got so turned around with this pen that even I'm not sure [], but I don't think there's any end grain...just a lot of itty-bitty pieces that came from some extras I got from Bill in Idaho.

 

[PenWorks]

Very nice Lou, to many little pieces for me to try that. Good job.

 

[Tom McMillan]

Very, very sharp Lou!!! That's a "home run" for sure----hmmmmmm, Girl's best friend too huh Lou---well, it is Spring, huh? []

 

[Ken Massingale]

Wow, that's awesome, Lou.
ken

 

[Ligget]

WOW, superb work as always, you da man Lou![]

 

[Mudder]

Very nice pen Lou,

How many hours did you invest in it?

 

[jvsank]

great looking pen, Lou

 

[darbytee]

Beautiful Lou. If this is your first attempt at segmenting I can't wait to see where you go with it from here.

 

[Gregory Huey]

You remember when I said you were to hot to handle, well this just proves it! Diamonds, Girls, are you tring to tell us something?

 

[DCBluesman]

Thanks, again, folks. At this time of year my fancy actually turns to baseball but it wouldn't hurt my feelings to have one of those female creatures to warm the seat next to me. [] Mudder, there were a number of days involved, but the actual time was just a couple of hours. There were 5 separate steps in the glueing to create the diamond as opposed to just a square on its side.

 

[Rifleman1776]

Outstanding!

 

[btboone]

Great Job Lou. From the title, I thought you were getting into jewelry. []

 

[DCBluesman]

Originally posted by btboone
<br />Great Job Lou. From the title, I thought you were getting into jewelry. []

If you can move into pens, maybe I should try the jewelry route! [] Not with diamonds--although I do have about 80 small garnets from my last visit to Prague that might brighten up a few pens. [8D]

 

[btboone]

That would be a nice project. I'd like to see it!

 

[Paul in OKC]

Wow, as usual Lou[]

 

[ed4copies]

Lou,

Having attempted that design (very unsuccessfully), I can only say WOW. Nice job.

I may try again when I have several hours with nothing to do!

 

[DCBluesman]

Thanks, Paul. Ed--I had a few failures along the way. []

 

[JimGo]

Lou, sounds like Bruce felt threatened! []

 

[Ron in Drums PA]

Excellant Lou!

Tell us how you did it.

 

[Fleabit]

I can only say WOW since that is WAY over my head! Any hints on the steps? I think I have most of them figured out but a couple are still eluding me (which means they are the easiest steps)!

 

[DCBluesman]

Ok, this is from memory...and remember that I told you I had some failures. There are two key elements. The first is that I used 60-degree angles to form a diamond. 90-degree angles form a square. The second key element is that the width of the diamonds needs to be kept at 1/4 inch. By using 1/4 inch, the entire diamond is viewed as though it is on a single plane (i.e. it does not wrap).

When I do this again, I'll use a table saw instead of a bandsaw. I have way too much play in the angles and alignment from using a bandsaw.

 

[woodscavenger]

I think that is awesome. Is the inlay on both sides? My only criticism would be that I would prefer that the clip not cover the upper inlay. I would have rotated the clip 90 degrees. Otherwise really cool.

 

[swm6500]

That is an awesome looking pen Lou. I agree with Shane about the position of the clip.

 

[JimGo]

I came back and looked at it again; I agree with Sam and Shane. Also, Lou, what's the line that runs circumferentially just below the end of the clip?

 

[Fleabit]

Like I said....the easy steps were the ones I kept overlooking. Thanks Lou. You did an outstanding job!

 

[DCBluesman]

Thanks, Shane and Sam. I tried the clip at the other 90 and didn't like it at all...to each his own! [] I'm glad you found the "easy" steps, Rick. Now can you tell me? [] And Jim--it's coming and it's a secret! [}]

 

[Darley]

Very nice pen Lou, good wood combination ( cocobolo and aspen )I like it, did you cut the diamon shape from a board or pen blank ?

Serge

 

[driften]

That is very very nice. I think I would not have put the clip over the diamons though. The work is too nice to cover up.

 

[DCBluesman]

The entire piece was made from blanks, Serge, although the next time I will use board lumber. Thanks, Jeff!

 

[JimGo]

Lou, have I ever mentioned that I don't really have patience? []

 

[MDWine]

That's a really beautiful pen, Sensei... really beautiful!!
It makes me want to work harder, but I need to work SMARTER!!
I really want to do the fancy work, but I need to concentrate on just making a good pen with a good finish... fancy will have to wait... I can't be a "Lou" overnight, darn it!!! []

You keep kickin' it up a notch! That cookin' guy has NOTHING on you! BAM!!![]