Single Cylinder Hairy Oak

[PenPal]

Hairy Oak so called because it has up to an inch thick bark made up of dense hair like material. The timber is hard as to drill, turns well and accepts a great finish.

Peter.

 

[SamThePenMan]

Thats quite an interesting top you have on that pen. Is it a kit or did you make it your self?

 

[Bree]

Geeze! That thing looks like an alien ray gun or something! I love the oak turning especially the high contrast rays. The ray gun is growing on me!
:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

 

[lazyguy]

Cool looking pen looks like some sort of quick disconnect.

 

[turbowagon]

Do you have to hook that up to an air compressor to extend the refill?!:biggrin::wink:

Cool pen!

 

[PenPal]

Hi, The top is part of a dentist drill quick connect modified. I have fun collecting had this for years waiting for two days ago.
Regards Peter. I will do a cross cut Hairy Oak in a couple of weeks it the grain leaps out then.

 

[skiprat]

Nicely done Peter. Very innovative with the quick connector. Is the matching female part of the connector suitable for making a cap?

 

[PenPal]

Hi Steven, I only had this piece and had to cut out the guts and cut it twice using the metal lathe (Hercus) and a turntable tool rest fitted with a Dremel and black cut off disk. I bought a 340,000 air driven handpiece recently 4 1/2 inches long takes 1.6 bits/ has ceramic dry bearings.Made in Japan, waiting on a free compressor etc from a dental tech firm. Next pen is a handpiece from a dentist modified. If you can get old dental handpieces they have lots of threaded parts etc. Pic shows the set up at the time cutting a circlip groove in Stainless Rod. Note the dremel fits neat into the extruded Aluminium piece, the extrusion is used by firms making truck swivels for tailgates.

Regards Peter.

 

[ed4copies]

So it is just a "kit" pen!!
Tailgate kit, coupled with dental accessories, all the things we would normally have "laying around the house"

Great job, Peter!!

A package is going out to you today. The Penn State stuff and some other ballast.

 

[1dweeb]

Recycled kit pens. I like it, very unique and creative.