Lengthwise segment

[Drstrangefart]

I think this is white oak and walnut. I was inspired by a couple of pens that were shown with other materials. I forget the posted them. I used 4 coats of thin CA and 5 or 6 coats of Medium CA. Ran into a few issues with usinf unfamiliar equipment, but nothing major. Dad made the blank for me after I described what I wanted to do. Pretty happy with the result.

 

[wiset1]

Sweet looking pen, I like how the lines are defined against each other and narrow. I did one more or less like this last week with Walnut, Spalted Maple, and Birdseye. See my gallery link below for the images. Awesome looking pen

 

[Drstrangefart]

Thanks! Dad took the scraps from the two blanks we made it with and pulled off an extremely nice cigar pen. I'm hoping he posts it.

 

[1080Wayne]

Could be , but I would have guessed maple and mahogany . I like the taper on the segments .

I think this is white oak and walnut.

 

[Drstrangefart]

Could be , but I would have guessed maple and mahogany .

I think this is white oak and walnut.

Mahogany could be it, too. The blanks were filed a while before Dad started writing the names of the wood on all of the blanks. They sat undisturbed for a while. The light stuff IS white oak. I can recognize the open grain on that one pretty easily. Nothing else I've hit with a tool has the grain of oak.

 

[PenPal]

Allan,

I too noted your Dads tapering of the contrasting wood, most successful way I have seen and
very subtle blending of colour. Well made and seen this is where excessive grain is not needed to create impact and interest.

Regards Peter.

 

[Drstrangefart]

Allan,

I too noted your Dads tapering of the contrasting wood, most successful way I have seen and
very subtle blending of colour. Well made and seen this is where excessive grain is not needed to create impact and interest.

Regards Peter.

I asked him if he thought we could pull it off, and he delivered. The taper NEEDS to have the drilling done perfectly on center. Found that out. I wanted to do it with acrylics, but that's a few bucks lost if it fails miserably. We picked out the best contrast we could find without being garish.

 

[ctubbs]

Good job Allen. Fine timber blank and the fit and finish is good also. That is one fine looking pen. Congratulations to you and your dad.
Charles

 

[bitshird]

Nice looking pen, good glue up, I also like the taper, Awesome job, keep them coming.

 

[Drstrangefart]

I will say that a thin-kerf blade on a good table saw makes this kind of segmenting a relatively painless process. Just gotta figure out how to do this kind of work in my shop with seriously basic power tools.

 

[bitshird]

Watch out for fingers, DAMHIKT

 

[Drstrangefart]

Watch out for fingers, DAMHIKT

ANNNNND That's why Chuck Norris invented push sticks. I don't do much without using push sticks. Especially not jobs like that where you have to cut through an entire blank with very little space around the blade. I'm kind of attatched to my appendages.

 

[Gary Beasley]

Thanks! Dad took the scraps from the two blanks we made it with and pulled off an extremely nice cigar pen. I'm hoping he posts it.

Will this do?

 

[Drstrangefart]

Thanks! Dad took the scraps from the two blanks we made it with and pulled off an extremely nice cigar pen. I'm hoping he posts it.

Will this do?

Yes, it will! I'm still a little green-eyed over it, too.

 

[Donnie Kennedy]

Those are both nice looking blanks... what is the material with the yellow in the second one though?

 

[Drstrangefart]

Those are both nice looking blanks... what is the material with the yellow in the second one though?

It's a material called Colorply. It's the rainbow variant. Stuff is EXPENSIVE. Also, I believe no longer in production. We figured out it looks insanely awesome as an inlay, but as an entire pen it loses a little of its edge. They do have other color combinations still for sale, though.

 

[Donnie Kennedy]

Those are both nice looking blanks... what is the material with the yellow in the second one though?

It's a material called Colorply. It's the rainbow variant. Stuff is EXPENSIVE. Also, I believe no longer in production. We figured out it looks insanely awesome as an inlay, but as an entire pen it loses a little of its edge. They do have other color combinations still for sale, though.

OK... I was thinking it was one of those dyed ply board products, but I'd never seen it used as an inlay before so I wasn't sure. I think you are right about it making a better looking inlay than an actual turned anything.

 

[Drstrangefart]

There's an entire pen made out of ColrPly. We had no clue at that point just how hard that stuff was to get. But, it still doesn't look bad. Used a Slimline kit for it.