I'm missing something here.......
Why are you cutting the blanks at an angle? I understand the bullet casing being cut that way......
Why not just use the Ironwood instead of having the mahogany glued to the tubes?
I understand what you're doing and the tutorial is well done......just don't know why you're doing some things.......ie the reasons behind doing it that way.
THANKS,
Barney
Barney, if both ends of the blank were square then you COULD just use the DIW, cut tenons on the ends to fit in the casing and not use the mahogany. BUT, since I have an angle on one end it makes it impossible to cut a tenon on that end.
Sorry Rick looking again your pen parts I do have a question : do your CB is a bit slopy I mean moving around it seem to me that the CB ID is bigger than the mecanism oR do the bottom barrel is long enought to act as a tenon ?
Serge, the mahogany insert was left a little long to act as a tenon for the CB but it is a bit small. The CB was not glued in when I took the photo and it moved. I have since glued it and it fits fine.
This brings up a sticky situation, glue.:biggrin: :wink: I absolutely HATE using glue to hold a pen together. NOT for segmenting and the like but STRUCTURALLY holding the pen TOGETHER. I think it's cheating and unprofessional
BUT MORE THAN THAT I worry about the pen FALLING APART in the customers HAND.
That's why this will become a PERSONAL pen and not offered for sale.
Thanks to all of you who commented, it means ALOT to me.:biggrin: