My first pen ever!
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Looks like Lacewood...little undercut at the nib end. Try to keep slimlines slim...and I apologize if anyone is offended by this, you end up with the "fat lady" syndrome. Make a Slim, slim isn't as easy as it looks! Good lookin' first effort!
Hexhead
Member
Nice job! I wish my first then looked that good. Your design already shows me your thinking outside the box a little trying to experiment. I've made my share of cookie-cutter pens, finally I just started turning them every which way, and had a lot of happy customers because of it.
Keep up the good work.
Keep up the good work.
angboy
Member
Great job!! You're headed down the slippery slope now...
plantman
Member
Wow !! That takes me back a few years.
Good start, it will only get better. Jim S
Good start, it will only get better. Jim S
SDB777
Member
Well done!!!
You'll have to keep that one for future reference.....trust me, your addicted now and it will never end.
Scott (if only I hadn't bought the lathe, I could be fishing) B
You'll have to keep that one for future reference.....trust me, your addicted now and it will never end.
Scott (if only I hadn't bought the lathe, I could be fishing) B
markgum
Member
great start. looking forward to seeing your next one(s)
wiz9777
Member
Awesome job. I'm still trying to get the slim line pens to look as good as this.
pauly99
Member
Great job! I just showed my first 3 pens the other day and I have to say that you are light years ahead of my first pen. It is fun playing with the shapes of the pens and learning to turn (trying my first acrylic now).
How did the finishing go for you? What did you use to finish?
How did the finishing go for you? What did you use to finish?
McBryde
Member
Nice job Adam. I wish my first looked that good!
Fit issues will come with time and practice, as well a finish issues. I can see lines in the pen finish that go around the barrells. Be sure to sand with the grain of the wood when you are sanding with each grain of the sandpaper, or those lines will stay in the wood and the ca finish. That is a tip that has helped me along the way, and hopefully will help you as well.
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Fit issues will come with time and practice, as well a finish issues. I can see lines in the pen finish that go around the barrells. Be sure to sand with the grain of the wood when you are sanding with each grain of the sandpaper, or those lines will stay in the wood and the ca finish. That is a tip that has helped me along the way, and hopefully will help you as well.
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Randy Simmons
Member
What a great first start! Make sure you keep that one. You are lightyears ahead of where most of us started...
Tom T
Member
Nice pen, I made two slim line last week as some co-workers wanted slims.
Keep it up. Now you will have to number each post. First pen, second pen, third pen etc.
Can't wait to see number two.
Keep it up. Now you will have to number each post. First pen, second pen, third pen etc.
Can't wait to see number two.
Talfalfa33
Member
Nice looking for your first, give it just a short few and you'll catch things yourself and think,( how can I make this different or better). Also you'll start seeing the wood and visually seeing how it's going to end up. But GREAT start, and keep going.
swanny70
Member
From one newbie to another...make sure when you are turning wood, don't turn the wood down to the bushings. Sand down to the bushings. Nice job for your first pen. Oh, I always us my digital caliper to measure my pen parts. Then I make sure to match the blank to the pen parts.
Fishinbo
Member
Refined and classic.
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RussFromNH
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Looks better then my first (second, third) one... 