I been playing around with an idea for another segmented pen. It didn't come out as well as I would have like due to a slight misalignment. I used my scroll saw to make the cuts and CA for the glue ups. The finish is WTF. All C&C welcome.
Walnut and Maple Segmented Euro
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mark james
IAP Collection, Curator
OK... Took me 5 minutes to find the misalignment - yea, pretty slight (my design opportunities should look as good!).
Yup, the clip will hide only one side
BUT, the pen is still great! An artist knows his/her flaws... I had to look for it after a hint.
I suspect the next one will meet your standards!
NICE design!
Yup, the clip will hide only one side
BUT, the pen is still great! An artist knows his/her flaws... I had to look for it after a hint.I suspect the next one will meet your standards!
NICE design!
Big
Member
Wife and I agree, that is absolutely beautiful. Awesome job!
Thanks Jan, Mark and Michael for the great comments, maybe I'm a bit to picky but I guess we are our own worst critic's
RushmanHCP
Member
Looks great Dan, well done; every work of art has at least one flaw, so don't be too picky.
jcm71
Member
Very, very cool.
Notnate
Member
I've been toying with similar ideas myself. Looks good, even with the minor misalignment. I tend to be rather self critical myself, but as my wife would tell me in those situations... "It's perfect! Your just being too picky!" then she would take it and not give it back, lol.
Thank a lot Chris, John and Notnate for you very nice comments. I've come to realize that on segments such as this the look changes the more wood you remove and if you have a taper. Natnate Evelyn does the same thing to me. I loose more pen that way especially if it a 7mm type. :biggrin:
OZturner
Member
Great Design Dan, and Great Execution, even allowing for the slight misalignment.
Have you worked out, how the misalignment occurred?
To me it appears that after your first diagonal cut and fitting your insert, on your second diagonal cut, it looks like you didn't match the Cut thickness (Kerf) to the Insert Thickness.
So when you inserted the second Insert, you increased the length of the blank, by the difference between the Insert thickness and your Kerf.
Hence the slight misalignment on the cross overs.
I hope I haven't confused you. It is a condition that I had quite a bit of difficulty getting my head around.
I suggest you try working on some scraps of wood, to help get your mind around it.
Keep pushing the envelope, Dan.
Brian.
Have you worked out, how the misalignment occurred?
To me it appears that after your first diagonal cut and fitting your insert, on your second diagonal cut, it looks like you didn't match the Cut thickness (Kerf) to the Insert Thickness.
So when you inserted the second Insert, you increased the length of the blank, by the difference between the Insert thickness and your Kerf.
Hence the slight misalignment on the cross overs.
I hope I haven't confused you. It is a condition that I had quite a bit of difficulty getting my head around.
I suggest you try working on some scraps of wood, to help get your mind around it.
Keep pushing the envelope, Dan.
Brian.
Thank you so much for such a nice comment. The reason I had the misalignment was because I jumped when I was doing the glue up. I truck blew his air horn when I was holding the blank it slipped then set.