My first homemade cast abalone blank

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I have been experimenting with casting lately and this is the first cast that I liked enough to post. I think that I still need to cut the strips more even and make sure the Gaps are uniform. I also made the cap strips larger than the barrell.

Please let me know what you think good or bad. I would like to improve upon this. I think I really need to nail cutting the strips. It is the hardest part in my opinion.

Thanks for looking.

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I am sort of in the middle of attempting the same thing myself. My failures have me put this project into the backburner.

I do have a nice way to accurately cut the strips. My problem is getting even placement on the tube. So how are you doing this? My approach was to make in indexing jig, allowing me to rotate the blank in even increments. Glueing them down one at a time.

I plan on getting back at this in a few weeks while I am on "vacation" (actually a mandatory vacation, more like a furlough).

tia, Carl
 
For the first one, that came out beautifully.
You did good with having the cap section. The larger strips make the overall pen look more symetrical to the size of the parts.

Where do you guys get your abalone pieces form?
 
Beautiful pen! I really like it.

If I made a pen like that I think I would only get to use it for a short time until it gets confiscated by either my wife or daughter. :smile:
 
Looks real good for being one of your first. The only thing I can think of for the gaps would be to cut your edges on a slight angle and not a straight cut. It should close up those gaps for you.
 
:biggrin: I'm so new at this, I don't even know what you're talking about. But, the pen looks great! Nice job!
 
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