Greetings from Dundee Scotland

[Eckspec2]

Hi and thank you for allowing me to join. I've been turning pens for almost 18 months so fairly new to it all. I started off on a little Chinese micro lathe and really caught the bug. It wasn't long before I moved on to a Proxxon hobby lathe and made my own compression mandrel. I've recently moved on to my new midi lathe. I started to make my own segmented blanks and have included a few pictures, hope you don't mind. I've just finished making some herringbone blanks, fairly basic but I do like a challenge so I'm looking for instructions or advice on how I can make 360 herringbone blanks if you can help?

Thanks Eric Irvine

 

[tomtedesco]

Welcome from Colorado, nice work.

 

[magpens]

Hello Eric !! . Warm welcome to IAP !! . .

For herringbone tutorial, try checking the "Resources" section of the IAP website .... I think there are helpful article(s) there.

Here's a link to get you started:

https://www.penturners.org/search/62830/?q=herringbone&t=resource&c[container_only]=1&c[title_only]=1&o=relevance

 

[Eckspec2]

Hello Eric !! . Warm welcome to IAP !! . .

For herringbone tutorial, try checking the "Resources" section of the IAP website .... I think there are helpful article(s) there.

Here's a link to get you started:

https://www.penturners.org/search/62830/?q=herringbone&t=resource&c[container_only]=1&c[title_only]=1&o=relevance

Thanks Mal

 

[Eckspec2]

Welcome from Colorado, nice work.

Thanks Tom

 

[Alan Morrison]

Welcome to the forum, Eric.
I like your 'Dark side' pen.

Alan

 

[Eckspec2]

Welcome to the forum, Eric.
I like your 'Dark side' pen.

Alan

Thanks Alan, it's a label cast I made to go with the "wall" segmented blank. It was a present for a friend who is a massive Pink Floyd fan. I also made this as an alternative

 

[howsitwork]

Welcome Eric and very nice work,

from North yorks

 

[Eckspec2]

Welcome Eric and very nice work,

from North yorks

Thanks Ian

 

[Jim15]

Welcome Eric. Great work on the pens.

 

[TDahl]

Hi Eric,

Welcome from California. Very nice work on those pens. It looks like you are off to a really great start.

 

[Eckspec2]

Welcome Eric. Great work on the pens.

Thanks Jim

 

[Eckspec2]

Hi Eric,

Welcome from California. Very nice work on those pens. It looks like you are off to a really great start.

Thanks Tim

 

[darrin1200]

@Eckspec2
Welcome aboard from Ontario, Canada, Eric
That some amazing work as an introduction. I'm very interested in the crenelated pattern, in the 2nd picture.
360 Herringbones aren't to hard, once you wrap your head around the glue up pattern. The key is keeping the pieces square. This is a library article I wrote.

360 Herringbone

Detailed description of the process for making a 360-degree herringbone blank. Click on the image below to begin download. Author: Darrin McArthur @darrin1200

www.penturners.org

 

[Eckspec2]

@Eckspec2
Welcome aboard from Ontario, Canada, Eric
That some amazing work as an introduction. I'm very interested in the crenelated pattern, in the 2nd picture.
360 Herringbones aren't to hard, once you wrap your head around the glue up pattern. The key is keeping the pieces square. This is a library article I wrote.

360 Herringbone

Detailed description of the process for making a 360-degree herringbone blank. Click on the image below to begin download. Author: Darrin McArthur @darrin1200

www.penturners.org

Thanks Darren, I downloaded your article and have started work already. 4 layers already assembled. It's a great article.

 

[Eckspec2]

Thanks Darren, I downloaded your article and have started work already. 4 layers already assembled. It's a great article.

For the cener

Thanks Darren, I downloaded your article and have started work already. 4 layers already assembled. It's a great article.

For the crenelated pattern I created a brick wall pattern and then trimmed the blank as close as possible to the veneer. Kind of like these blanks in the image

 

[darrin1200]

Thanks Eric, I hope it helps. I haven't done one for a while but keep the pieces thin and equal thickness.

Very cool idea for the crenellations. Your segmenting skills are excellent.

 

[RichAldrich]

Welcome from Colorado!
Great Pens!

 

[Eckspec2]

Thanks Eric, I hope it helps. I haven't done one for a while but keep the pieces thin and equal thickness.

Very cool idea for the crenellations. Your segmenting skills are excellent.

Hi Darren, first attempt done. Its not perfect by a long shot but learnt a lot and already have my next one started. Thanks for the advice and inspiration

 

[Eckspec2]

Welcome from Colorado!
Great Pens!

Thanks Rich

 

[jrista]

Welcome from Colorado! Your pens are excellent. Love that Dark Side of the Moon pen. My father would love a pen like that!

 

[Eckspec2]

Welcome Eric. Great work on the pens.

Thanks Jim

 

[Eckspec2]

Welcome from Colorado! Your pens are excellent. Love that Dark Side of the Moon pen. My father would love a pen like that!

Thanks Jon

 

[darrin1200]

Hi Darren, first attempt done. Its not perfect by a long shot but learnt a lot and already have my next one started. Thanks for the advice and inspiration

That is gorgeous Eric. I love the colour rows.
Next you should try thinking the pieces to about half what you have there. These ones are about 2.5mm. I cut them from square block, so that I have face grain on all the visible edges. It gets tricky cutting them, because the tend to break really easy. Usually one in five, unless there is a flaw (crack) in the blank, then they tend to all break. I still haven't perfected a jig for my tablesaw yet.

Keep up the awesome work.