Look Ma No Joints!!!

[UKpenmaker]

Just having a play whilst i am waitng for the Gas man to come and fit a new meter.
I have done captive rings on Goblets before, and somebody mentioned about one on a pen a while back so i thought i would give it a go.

Red Dyed Maple from BigRob

Not really a pratical pen, but good fun doing it

Close up of the Ring

I am going to sit down now and try and do the 'Swirling Segments' tutorial for those who requested one.

PS The Gas man still hasn't arrived[]

 

[johncrane]

good to have some fun Andrew well done l like it []

 

[NavyDiver]

Nice pen. Making the ring would be much too delicate for my ham fingers [].

 

[Tangboy5000]

I think the captive ring looks great on pens, and adds just a hint of fun. I think these would sell like crazy.

 

[Penmonkey]

Man that's really neat! Is it very fragile?

 

[dscott]

love the pen
if you have not sent the 'Swirling Segments' tutorial out yet i would like oe also
nice pen

 

[TBone]

Nice touch on the ring. I think that would sell too, great conversation piece to have to show anyway. Are you going to post the tutorial in the library?

 

[JimGo]

That's really GREAT!

 

[drittz]

Great job! Being still green myself, does the ring make the pen hard to finish? Your finish looks great.

 

[gerryr]

Very nice job. That looks great.[]

 

[emackrell]

I like the captive ring! Like Drittz I'd be interested in knowning how you finished the pen once you'd turned the ring.

cheers Eileen [8D]

 

[pete00]

well it looks great to me and i also think you could sell these........

 

[Geo in Winnipeg]

Hi Andrew, could you please send me a copy of your 'Swirling Segments' tutorial when you get it done? Thanks.

 

[Skye]

Jude would love that pen. I love your camera!

 

[YoYoSpin]

Extremely well done...innovative and challenging skill building design.

 

[UKpenmaker]

Many thanks for the comments.
The wood is Stabilized Red Dyed MAple from BigRob, so all it really needs is sanding down all the way to MM 12000 and you have a very fine gloss finish then a quick coat of Ren-Wax. I think it would be very hard to do if you were trying to use some form of finish which relies on frition to build up its finish.
Travis, it is a fairly small ring but it seems resonably sturdy, i think it being stabilized probobly helps.

I have emailed Jef about submitting the 'Swirling Segments' tutorial, and will keep you posted about it.

 

[bob393]

Nice work. I wish I could do it.
I'm interested in the tutorial also when you get it posted.

 

[Ligget]

Fantastic captive-ring Andrew, excellent work as always![]

 

[kent4Him]

Don't care for the pen, but I love that ring.[]

Just kidding. Very nice. I would have no patients for that.

 

[csb333]

That is very cool!!

 

[JudeA]

finaly someone else is going out the box . I have done some captive rings on pens and yes they are fragle and they do sell.I usaly do not put the clip on so ya can play with the ring more.
Ya did a great job with that one. Very elegent great job on yer finishing. Keep it up