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I cut rope patterns in a lot of material before, buy never twisted tru stone. If you do not mind the breakage and sanding, they come out nice. Ropes cut on a model 200 Legacy mill.

Thanks for looking and any comments. :)


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Very nice Anthony, I could not imagine how long each one took you to hand sand. I remember the two wood ones we did on your lathe at the outing. I sanded those for days until I was satisfied.
 
Originally posted by ligget
<br />Beautiful pens Anthony, whats the black at the top of the first 3 barrels? [:p]
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Truth be told....I made 6 of them, liked they way they came out, so I made another 6. When I meassured the length I used a wrong tube, so to my surprise when I went to glue the tubes in, the last batch all were short, so I pieced a little black resin in, not a bad look. Blends in nicely, just the way I planned it [:D]
 
TRhey look really good, but I think I'm a fan more of the wooden ones than the stone ones. To me, the stone should be smooth and polished. Though I'm sure they'll sell no problem.
 
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Originally posted by ligget
<br />Beautiful pens Anthony, whats the black at the top of the first 3 barrels? [:p]
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Truth be told....I made 6 of them, liked they way they came out, so I made another 6. When I meassured the length I used a wrong tube, so to my surprise when I went to glue the tubes in, the last batch all were short, so I pieced a little black resin in, not a bad look. Blends in nicely, just the way I planned it [:D]
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Good save Anthony, looks good with or without! [:p]
 
Never stop to get amazed at the rope pens. This are terrific, they soure look like a million bucks. It would be nice if you could sell one for that much [:D]
 
Originally posted by kruger
<br />These are awesome![8D]

Can you share what sort of router bit you use to do these rope pens?[:I]
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Glad you asked, I have not been to their web site for years, they did a redisign. Here is the bit

http://magnate.net/index.cfm?event=showProductGroup&theID=216
 
Very nice save Anthony.

Beautiful work, too. The Sierra is one of the few styles of pens you can do that kind of fancy work on and still have a beautifully comfortable pen.

WOW![8D]
 
Interesting look, Anthony!!

I believe the rope pattern was actually accomplished on some marble columns in antiquity. You might be able to "form a story" around that and enhance their sale value. (Particularly the white).

Nice work, in ANY case,
 
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