jttheclockman
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I have put out a few pms to get an answer to this question but have yet to hear back so I thought I would just make a general request. I know there are still a few old time members here that remember a person who was known as Eagle on this site. He made a pen and actually a couple different versions but the one that interest me right now was called the LITEBRITE pen. It was made from colored toothpicks.
It has been my ambition to over time pay homage to some well known pen turners that have past through this site and may still be members. My goal is to take a pen that they made and try in some way to duplicate or replicate to the best of my ability the craftsmanship that went into them. These are pens that you just do not see every day and just stand tall and can not be mistaken. This will take quite a bit of time but my goal is to have something in the works as i also progress with my own designs.
This particular pen has been on my watch list for a long time. I have Eagle's description of how he made it but what I do not have and hoping someone has or can suggest, the way he went and dyed the toothpicks. To get color throughout the toothpick is not an easy thing to do. What dyes did he use or what wood was those tooth picks. The ones I am playing with are beach every day wood toothpicks. I have tried waterbased dyes, oil based dyes, alcohol based dyes and nothing will fully penetrate. Have not tried vac or pressure yet.
Any thoughts or links to a thread that can give me some clues would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
It has been my ambition to over time pay homage to some well known pen turners that have past through this site and may still be members. My goal is to take a pen that they made and try in some way to duplicate or replicate to the best of my ability the craftsmanship that went into them. These are pens that you just do not see every day and just stand tall and can not be mistaken. This will take quite a bit of time but my goal is to have something in the works as i also progress with my own designs.
This particular pen has been on my watch list for a long time. I have Eagle's description of how he made it but what I do not have and hoping someone has or can suggest, the way he went and dyed the toothpicks. To get color throughout the toothpick is not an easy thing to do. What dyes did he use or what wood was those tooth picks. The ones I am playing with are beach every day wood toothpicks. I have tried waterbased dyes, oil based dyes, alcohol based dyes and nothing will fully penetrate. Have not tried vac or pressure yet.
Any thoughts or links to a thread that can give me some clues would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.