Hi all
I've tried to make the most of my time in the workshop recently, after a period away. This is one of my Hex shaped pens that I made today.
In terms of my process the principle is the same as a normal pen however there are additional steps which add quite a bit of time.
I've mentioned before that I achieve the facets using a vertical mill. I don't have a cnc or a power feed on the mill so it's a lot of winding the table back and forth. This takes forever as I take several passes to get down to the correct size. I have ways I can speed this up but it needs a bit of extra work up front.
I then remount on the lathe to create the tapered, cylindrical ends. It's quite important to retain concentricity which, in itself, adds a few minutes of dialling in to get it back on an accurate centre.
Then the facets are all individually sanded through several grits and then all individually buffed. So I reckon it takes about an additional 2 - 2.5 hours to make this model. I like the outcome but it does make it a little dearer than usual.
Pen details:
Acrylic and sterling silver.
13mm triple lead cap threads.
Barrel and cap are around 14 and 16 mm across flats. Pen is around 135mm closed.
Jowo no 6 nib fed by c/c.
Cheers
Ash
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I've tried to make the most of my time in the workshop recently, after a period away. This is one of my Hex shaped pens that I made today.
In terms of my process the principle is the same as a normal pen however there are additional steps which add quite a bit of time.
I've mentioned before that I achieve the facets using a vertical mill. I don't have a cnc or a power feed on the mill so it's a lot of winding the table back and forth. This takes forever as I take several passes to get down to the correct size. I have ways I can speed this up but it needs a bit of extra work up front.
I then remount on the lathe to create the tapered, cylindrical ends. It's quite important to retain concentricity which, in itself, adds a few minutes of dialling in to get it back on an accurate centre.
Then the facets are all individually sanded through several grits and then all individually buffed. So I reckon it takes about an additional 2 - 2.5 hours to make this model. I like the outcome but it does make it a little dearer than usual.
Pen details:
Acrylic and sterling silver.
13mm triple lead cap threads.
Barrel and cap are around 14 and 16 mm across flats. Pen is around 135mm closed.
Jowo no 6 nib fed by c/c.
Cheers
Ash
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