jttheclockman
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Well took some time in the shop today and wanted to finish this pen to see what it would look like. Now just a side note, many of the pens I will be doing in the near future is using materials that you do not see much of and hopefully it will open avenues to others to try and expand on. These are not new on the market materials but stuff we do not associate with pen making I guess. We as pen makers are constantly looking at things with a different eye than most people. WE are or at least I am always asking, can I cast that, can I glue that and segment it, can I turn that small enough to fit a pen kit.
This pen is made from guitar picks, aluminum strips and some red celoplast acrylic material. All glued with epoxy. turned and polished on a wood lathe. Again I will use this disclaimer ahead of time for this pen and all pens I make, They are all hand made. They are all done using woodworking tools and machines. No CNC or metal lathe work here. Are there flaws in the pens, I am sure they are and not from a lack of not trying to make them flawless. But again read disclaimer above. Hand Made. These picks are the ones that are celluloid and multicolored. They have the pearlescent look to them for a lack of a better description. Get them on ebay for cheap and these are the heavy duty version. I had to make a jig to hold the picks to drill them on my drill press because they will crack easily. Found the best way is to build the stack and then drill. Had to make sure stack was plumb on all sides which they were. The rough blank was shown in my other post about returning to the shop. Thanks for looking and any comments or questions are always welcomed. Maybe I should have taken photo out in the sunlight. It would really pop because it looks better in person. May do that when it gets sunny again here. Rain tomorrow.
This pen is made from guitar picks, aluminum strips and some red celoplast acrylic material. All glued with epoxy. turned and polished on a wood lathe. Again I will use this disclaimer ahead of time for this pen and all pens I make, They are all hand made. They are all done using woodworking tools and machines. No CNC or metal lathe work here. Are there flaws in the pens, I am sure they are and not from a lack of not trying to make them flawless. But again read disclaimer above. Hand Made. These picks are the ones that are celluloid and multicolored. They have the pearlescent look to them for a lack of a better description. Get them on ebay for cheap and these are the heavy duty version. I had to make a jig to hold the picks to drill them on my drill press because they will crack easily. Found the best way is to build the stack and then drill. Had to make sure stack was plumb on all sides which they were. The rough blank was shown in my other post about returning to the shop. Thanks for looking and any comments or questions are always welcomed. Maybe I should have taken photo out in the sunlight. It would really pop because it looks better in person. May do that when it gets sunny again here. Rain tomorrow.
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