Made with bowling ball.

[Paul in OKC]

A couple of (old style) Sierra click pens. Picked up 5 bowling balls from some neat people and offered them a gift instead of cash. A piece of each ball in each pen.

 

[jrista]

Neat!

So, basically....ebonite? I am curious.......how did you cut the balls into pieces for blanks?

 

[TDahl]

Very cool. They both look great.

 

[Paul in OKC]

Neat!

So, basically....ebonite? I am curious.......how did you cut the balls into pieces for blanks?

I have had a couple of balls that I think were ebonite-ish. Definitely hard rubber. Most are an acrylic of some sort, some turn easy, some brittle. Most times I start the cutting at work on a 12" capacity horizontal metal saw, then finish on my band saw. These were around 1/2" thick. Some are as thin as 1/4", rare find is 1 1/2". Only found one that thick, so hard to make a complete pen out of one.

 

[sorcerertd]

These are great! With the material being so thin, it must be great for segmenting. I wonder how hard it would be to make a barrel in a pattern similar to a traditional bowling shoe?

 

[Dalecamino]

Good use of scraps Paul. I've been looking into turning the pieces you sent me. When it warms up a little more, I'll do something with them.

 

[Woodchipper]

Nice pens. Those are right up your alley!

 

[Fine Engineer]

This is a great illustration of looking for material well outside of normal channels or consideration. With such small quantities of material needed for a pen, the options are really extensive as to what can be used effectively. Thanks for showing these.