Snake with a Twist

[btboone]

Here's one I did tonight. I was going to use real snake skin, but in trials, it didn't seem to work well with CA, and I'm not a fan of polyester, so I did this with tinted CA. The trick was to get the wrap correct.

 

[Paul in OKC]

Oh Magoo, you've done it again. Super cool Bruce.

 

[pete00]

cool !!!! or in snakeese ......sssssssssssss slick !

 

[rapost]

Bruce, that's just way too cool!! I think you get the "Most Original" award for the evening!!

 

[jjenk02]

I wish I could do that, very nice.

 

[ashaw]

Bruce
Really nice. What else can I say that has't been already said. Great Job.

 

[gerryr]

[:0]I had that on my list of things to do after Christmas. Very nice work, Bruce. Tinted CA?? That must have been interesting to mix.

 

[Jim15]

Great pen.

 

[Snazzypens]

gorgeous. I like the snake looks nice
Toni

 

[angboy]

You do wood???? []

I do like it though- I love the snake's color. How'd you cut out for the CA to be put in?

 

[emackrell]

Now that is too cool. What do you color the CA with?

cheers Eileen [8D]

 

[btboone]

Thanks guys. The CA has a little pearl luster powder and a couple drops of dye from the polyester supplies from ArtStuf. I just squirt a blob of medium CA on a newspaper glossy ad and mix in the powder and dye with a toothpick. The CA is thick enough to stay in place while I hit it with accelerator and go around the pen. I fill the outline of the snake which is cut into the pen, make sure that there's CA heaping up above flush, and turn the pen back down to flush.

And Angboy, yes, I do wood too! [] Here's some rings I made yesterday. The guy's name is actually Woodring, so he thought it would be memorable to have everyone in the wedding party get a wood ring. I'll be cleaning out the lathe for a week! [)]

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[TBone]

Great job on the snake pen and the wooden rings

 

[Skye]

I know you CNC the rings, but how are you finishing them?

 

[underdog]

Very cool Bruce!

 

[Rifleman1776]

Neato. U-neek.

 

[btboone]

Skye, the rings are finished with CA. I made a special slow rotation mandrel for setting up the CA.

 

[NavyDiver]

Great job on both!

 

[Skye]

I dont get how you CA'd the inside of them, did you cut them loose before any finishing?

 

[btboone]

The inside CA was done after cutting. I made the ring around a quarter size too large and put the thick CA on the inside diameter while holding it by hand and using spray accelerant. The inside doesn't have as good a finish as the outside, but it gets sanded to correct ring size then polished with a small buff.

 

[twoofakind]

Bruce,
The work you do is amazing. I will send you an email about a ring I thought about ordering.
Andy

 

[bob393]

Sweet. Super work!

 

[rtgleck]

Fantastic work on the pen and on the rings... Wonderful job.