Virage with segmented PR blank

[dwarmbrodt]

I made such a newbie mistake, I was squaring the ends of my home cast blank and the tube was not fully set and pushed down out the bottom making my blank too short. Segmenting time with some scrap PR. Need to be more aware of curing time.....

Doug

 

[Mike Powell]

Noob mistake or not, it looks great...

 

[Edward Cypher]

A very good woodworker once told me it is not your mistakes that define you but how well you can fix them or incorporate them into the design. You did a great job.

 

[ed4copies]

Congratulations Doug!!

Took full advantage of a "redesign opportunity"!!!

Ed

 

[alankulwicki7]

Nice save!

 

[Airbear77]

Looks great to me. Aaron

 

[Band Saw Box]

You did a really nice job and made a great save, the pen looks amazing, great fit and finish.

 

[dwarmbrodt]

Thanks all. Funny, this pen was meant for a cop buddy of mine, but it is so nice I'm keeping it.

 

[Jim Burr]

Not a mistake...just another design opportunity!!

 

[mikespenturningz]

Very nice job on this segmented pen. Keep them coming.

 

[Ogg]

Mistake or not...That's a beautiful pen! It gives me a few design idea's that I think I want to explore. :wink:

 

[OZturner]

Doug, If you hadn't told us we would never have known.
To me it looks Brilliant.
The Blank is Superb, The Segmenting and Aluminium Inserts are Spectacular.
The Fit and Finish is all that one could ask.
Now what was it you said about "a newbie mistake"?
Brian.

 

[mikebpeters]

lol, microsoft would charge extra for their 'feature'

nicely done, however you got to it

 

[dwarmbrodt]

One positive lesson I learned is it pays to save seemingly worthless scraps...

 

[tgsean]

Wow if you had not told us, I would have thought it was by design. It looks fantastic. Suites the kit, fit and finish is great too.

 

[Dalepenkala]

That's a great looking pen! You capitalized on a mistake that turned into masterpiece!

Congrats!

 

[mark james]

I second (Third, fourth....) the comments above... Awesome job of a design opportunity!

Very nice job!

 

[eranox]

Wow, good save! This turned out to be much more pleasing than I imagine a solid blank would have. Not only does it look like it was planned and deliberate, it looks damn good to boot.

 

[johncrane]

Segments and kit work well together,nice work Doug!