randyrls
Member
I completed these two pens recently from one blank. If you try this it takes some fancy cutting with a band saw and accurate blank drilling to do.
Pair of Barons made from Big Cat Blanks
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igran7
Member
Very nice work. How big was the blank to start with?
rjwolfe3
Member
What is a Big Cat blank? Very nice btw.
sbell111
Member
The 'C' and the 'F' reside next to one another on the standard keyboard.
Ed Brown (Ed4copies) imports many specialty resins which he sells to a large number of us. Among them are the Big Cats - leopard, cheetah, ocelot and snow leopard. Ed also has a "cat chow" blank called zebra! If you would like to see the many resins he has available, send him an email through the forum and request his Cat-a-logue. There are some amazing blanks available that no one else carries.
ed4copies
Local Chapter Manager
Wow, it's nice to have friends. Thanks Lou.
Hello
Member
wh does this require fancy band saw work?
doddman70
Member
Very Nice!!!!!![8D]
Dalecamino
Local Chapter Leader
Nice pen Randy ! [8D]
wdcav1952
Activities Manager Emeritus
The blanks are a bit larger than usual. Cut carefully, you can get two pens from one blank. Cut carelessly, you just get pissed off.
karlkuehn
Banned
Wow, interesting patterns in there! Looks like the ghost mask from 'Scream'.
Very classy looking pens!
Very classy looking pens!
wdcav1952
Activities Manager Emeritus
Whayne, no, they are two rectangular blanks. I specialize more in the pissed off result, though!
randyrls
Member
The blanks are *NOT* square. They are 3/4" thick, 1-3/8" wide, and 4-1/2" long. The cutting and drilling has to be exact!
I had to make cap pieces wider than the nib ends to have enough thickness on the cap pieces. I cut them with a band saw, not just a normal slice, looked like this.
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C -|_______N_____|
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N | C |
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I got the blanks from Ed4Copies. I believe he posts here.
randyrls
Member
Darn; That ASCII art didn't work
Anyway, the blank is *JUST* large enough to make two barons if you use a narrow kerf band saw, and cut the blank carefully. Cut 3/4" The cap tube on one pen will be next to the nib tube on the other pen.
Alas, my writing skills aren't any better than my art skills, so I took a quicky picture:
This is just with my cell camera and not lighted but should show how to cut the blanks.
karlkuehn
Banned
?! - Were you using Cav's diagram for this particular cutting? hehe
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ed4copies
Local Chapter Manager
Well,
I thought it had to be pretty accurate, too. Then Lou told me he "ran a bandsaw down the middle, then drilled the blanks on my lathe - go two barons!"
Continuing, Lou mentioned he would have been more careful if I had told him it was difficult.
Since then, I use the "Lou method" very successfully for barons. Jr. Gents version 2 can also be made with this procedure (BUT IT IS CLOSE!!).
I thought it had to be pretty accurate, too. Then Lou told me he "ran a bandsaw down the middle, then drilled the blanks on my lathe - go two barons!"
Continuing, Lou mentioned he would have been more careful if I had told him it was difficult.
Since then, I use the "Lou method" very successfully for barons. Jr. Gents version 2 can also be made with this procedure (BUT IT IS CLOSE!!).
wdcav1952
Activities Manager Emeritus
Originally posted by karlkuehn
?! - Were you using Cav's diagram for this particular cutting? hehe
Diagram?!?!? We don't need no steenkin' diagrams!!!!