woodscavenger
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I bought a few of the Carpenters/Woodworkers pencils from CSUSA. These will be gifts for a few fellow woodworkers. These were fun to do. I did them a little different that the directions. The woods are cocobolo, walnut, bocote, cherry (from the firewood pile).
My modifications.....
1) I used a 3/8 inch drill instead of the 10mm because the thread were very sloppy in the end and I didn't have any epoxy on hand. 3/8 was a tight fit that requiered a little use of a rasp to open the end up just a touch so I could use medium CA to glue it in place.
2) I am cheap so I passed on the bushings. I used a slimline tube and blank that was leftover from a blowout and turned the O.D. of the blank down to 3/8 to just slide inside the 3/8 inch hole. I cut the slimline tube in half so I had about 1" on each end of my project blank.
3) I used some spacer 7mm bushing and a couple of larger bushing from a random kit to lock it in place with the slimline adapter inside the blank.
4) Had fun playing with shapes.........The rest is easy.
BTW, that is a cocobolo pocketwatch sitting next to the group. I am going to make a few more of those.
My modifications.....
1) I used a 3/8 inch drill instead of the 10mm because the thread were very sloppy in the end and I didn't have any epoxy on hand. 3/8 was a tight fit that requiered a little use of a rasp to open the end up just a touch so I could use medium CA to glue it in place.
2) I am cheap so I passed on the bushings. I used a slimline tube and blank that was leftover from a blowout and turned the O.D. of the blank down to 3/8 to just slide inside the 3/8 inch hole. I cut the slimline tube in half so I had about 1" on each end of my project blank.
3) I used some spacer 7mm bushing and a couple of larger bushing from a random kit to lock it in place with the slimline adapter inside the blank.
4) Had fun playing with shapes.........The rest is easy.
BTW, that is a cocobolo pocketwatch sitting next to the group. I am going to make a few more of those.