Chubby slimline

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wicook

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I got brave today and decided to follow the example of a couple of other folks who've escaped the confines of the slimline kits. This one has a bit of a fit problem at the junction of the upper and lower barrels that I didn't notice till it was together. The barrels are not perfectly round, so there's a few thousandths of an inch ridge that shows up when the pen is twisted. [xx(] Oh well, next time I'll use my skew on both sides of the junction to make an additional groove so that won't be so noticeable. :)

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Very nice looking pen, Bill. Another option for you when you decide not to use a centerband is to remove the center bushing when you take the blank down to final size and sand.
 

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Good looking pen Bill. If you do what Lou said it'll make the turning much more even . That's what I had to do with the very first pen I ever turned , a Mont Blanc and I messed up turning the recess for the CB and ended up turning a straight MB pen instead .

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Thanks for the comments and suggestions everyone. The wood is an unknown from a cutoff bin. I think it's some variety of mahogany, but I'm not certain. I remember reading either here or in the Yahoo group that when not using a centreband, it's best to turn to almost final diameter, then make a quarter-rotation of one of the blanks, turn a bit more, then do it again to get a better match. Next time...
 

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Nice looking pen. I don't really like the slimlines on account of their "slimness" but your pen has changed my opinion.
 

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Nice looking pen Bill. It gives the slimline another dimension. Sure is a lot of good input and information on this thread for beginners like me. It looks to me that if you tried to do that with a pencil kit you would have to find some way of making up the difference of the band.
 
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