Denim Pen

[txcwboy]

Discovered how to make my own micarta and have been experimenting. This is from a pair of wrangler jeans. Comments welcome.

Dave
http://www.baldcowboy.com/images/denimpen.jpg

 

[RonSchmitt]

Nice job, very creative.

 

[epson]

Did you make the blank yourself? If so how did you do it? Looks great.

 

[txcwboy]

Yes I did. Its really pretty easy and will work with most fabrics.
Here is the tutorial.

http://www.northcoastknives.com/northcoast_knives_tutorials_hints_tips14.htm

or http://www.aescustomknives.com.ar/docs/tutorialmultilayer.htm

thanks !

Dave

 

[Penmonkey]

Redneck pen! I like it.[]

 

[smoky10]

Good looking pen. I have a couple of denim pens in my album and all I did was mount the tubes on the mandrel with the bushings and slowly turn the lathe by hand and glue strips of denim as I went. I used thin CA to glue the strips and thick CA to fill voids, let it dry, and turned it like a plastic.

 

[txcwboy]

http://www.baldcowboy.com/images/P7092525.JPG

two different colors of wranglers

 

[wdcav1952]

Nice work, Dave. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Ron Mc]

Very nice! Great tutorial as well. Thanks for sharing with us.[]

 

[johncrane]

love the pen and tutorial great creative.

 

[Pipes]

Nice job love the blank !! gota get some a those !! Is that one from AZ ?????





http://affordablepipes.com/

 

[txcwboy]

I made that blank myself. You can make it pretty thick if you work fast and keep the resin cool before mixing it. I left mine on the patio in TX heat and it started hardening in a few minutes once ! hehe OOPS

Dave

 

[Ron Mc]

Dave,
For crying out load, you life right down the street! Are you going to attend the Bubbasville gathering this Saturday?

 

[huntersilver]

Very nice and eco friendly pen[]

 

[alamocdc]

Cool! I have some red and some black denim that will work great for this.[]

 

[txcwboy]

I just saw yall were meetin'. Dont know if I can make it but ill sure try.I saw if you were to throw some corn ( yes corn on the outside of the material before you press it,you ll get a damascus type pattern thru out the material.Looks real neat.I can send pics to anyone that wants to see it but its inside a forum and I cant link to it.

Dave