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Woodchipper
Member
Very nice blanks! Do we understand this to be a challenge to the members?
mark james
IAP Collection, Curator
The process of thinning out materials can lead to new designs, new thoughts of how to use small cutoffs, small end caps. I rarely threw away any scrap, (not used) potential segmenting materials - they were gold!
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
leehljp
Member Liaison
Your top picture looks like mine several years ago. Although the pict below is a small area, I had a table top covered with pieces similar to yours.
Currently I am not doing anything - back problems with pinched nerve with electrical like fire just above my shoulder blade, and a lower crushed disk or something that hurt like the . . . ..
Currently I am not doing anything - back problems with pinched nerve with electrical like fire just above my shoulder blade, and a lower crushed disk or something that hurt like the . . . ..
JohnU
Member
Well done Alan and very inspiring! And I love your choice of woods!
jttheclockman
Member
Oh I have that problem also. But this past winter I did amajor cleanup in the shop and have to say I had a shelf full of those pieces but I put them in a plastic container. I did not throw them away because that is not nice but did store away to be used at a later date hopefully.
SteveJ
Member
I haven't made many pens recently, but was in the shop yesterday thinking I've got to clean up all these scraps!
montmill
Member
Sorry to hear of your back problems Lee. The center of your body is pretty crucial.
Alan Morrison
Member
No challenge, John........I'm sure everyone has a drawerful of off-cuts that they are unwilling to part with. I thought that I would start using them up.
Alan Morrison
Member
That's right Mark.......all useful...........and my pile doesnt show what's in the drawers.
Alan Morrison
Member
God willing your back problems will reverse and you can get that feel good factor and freedom of movement again.
I always enjoy seeing your 30 pieces of silver pen when it comes up and it is one of the reasons that I started persuing segmentation.
I would love to see more of your designs on a pen, Hank.
Blessings
Shukufuku
Alan
Alan Morrison
Member
I should call them off-cuts rather than scraps as most will be used as some stage.......now I have to live another 50 years!!!
Woodchipper
Member
Have lots of pieces for segmented blanks.
wolf creek knives
Member
Feel better Hank!Your top picture looks like mine several years ago. Although the pict below is a small area, I had a table top covered with pieces similar to yours.
Currently I am not doing anything - back problems with pinched nerve with electrical like fire just above my shoulder blade, and a lower crushed disk or something that hurt like the . . . ..
wolf creek knives
Member
I know zip at about segmenting but this looks really nice Alan. I'd like to see the finished product.