Perfect Fit Pencil in cherry

[SteveJ]

When my son and his wife moved out of town almost 5 years ago she gave me a branch from the cherry tree in their back yard asking if I would make a pen out of it. I stored it to let it dry completely before turning it this week.

She wanted a .5mm pencil which, as far as I can tell is only available in the Schmidt DSM 2006. I've made a number of perfect fit pencils for another son who used them throughout middle school and high school, so made this for her. It came out much nicer looking than I expected.

I will give it to her tomorrow!

 

[mark james]

Well done Steve! Very nice.

 

[Dalecamino]

Beautiful Steve!

 

[Jim15]

Looks great.

 

[magpens]

Cherry is a lovely wood for making pens and pencils !!

Nice work, Steve !!!

I love the 3 decorative black rings near the nib !!

 

[SteveJ]

Cherry is a lovely wood for making pens and pencils !!

Nice work, Steve !!!

I love the 3 decorative black rings near the nib !!

For those rings I cut grooves and attempted to burn them with wire, something I've done before, but I couldn't get the cherry to burn. I ended up painting the grooves. Then the paint ran when I applied the CA finish...

 

[magpens]

For those rings I cut grooves and attempted to burn them with wire, something I've done before, but I couldn't get the cherry to burn. I ended up painting the grooves. Then the paint ran when I applied the CA finish...

Whatever ..... those rings still look really good and add a lot to the overall appeal of the pencil !! . Well done !!

 

[Kcimdrib]

Great work I like Cherry good all round wood turns easy and finishes well. Sure made a good job Steve

 

[Kcimdrib]

For those rings I cut grooves and attempted to burn them with wire, something I've done before, but I couldn't get the cherry to burn. I ended up painting the grooves. Then the paint ran when I applied the CA finish...

I usually use Piano Wire no problem also I use a piece of Formica works well. But whatever you did it gave the desired effect.

 

[SteveJ]

I usually use Piano Wire no problem also I use a piece of Formica works well. But whatever you did it gave the desired effect.

I wonder if my wife will miss it if I took one out of our piano....
I was using copper and it failed before getting the cherry hot enough.
I like burning instead of painting, so I'll lay my hands on some better wire at some point.

 

[Kcimdrib]

Well Steve she may be looking for the lost chord.

 

[Bats]

I generally use a guitar string, but it's even easier to notice when you've stolen one of those.

Tangent: Has anyone come up with a method of CA finishing that can maintain the "grippyness" of burned lines? I've never been able to get a decent finish over them that doesn't completely fill in the grooves.

 

[egnald]

Nice looking pens - especially cool is the story about the branch. - Dave

 

[Dieseldoc]

Very nicly done Steve, also I like learning about the Schmidt pencil . Going to get Ed to send me some.

 

[SteveJ]

Very nicly done Steve, also I like learning about the Schmidt pencil . Going to get Ed to send me some.

I believe you can use that mechanism in other kits with some modification but I've never tried it. The perfect fit is designed for that purpose.

 

[Kcimdrib]

I generally use a guitar string, but it's even easier to notice when you've stolen one of those.

Tangent: Has anyone come up with a method of CA finishing that can maintain the "grippyness" of burned lines? I've never been able to get a decent finish over them that doesn't completely fill in the grooves.

Don't think you will achieve it with CA but Melamine Laquer will give a good finish and not build up in the grooves.