Why not a Cigerra?
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txbob
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I like it! What parts from which kits did you use?
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Penmonkey
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I think it's purty!
I have a feeling pretty soon well see a Si- Gar.
It is similar to a pen I made for David marks,essentially a Long wood cigar but I only used one kit.[
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It is similar to a pen I made for David marks,essentially a Long wood cigar but I only used one kit.[
]Bob,
I don't take time to learn all of the proper terms for anything so I hope this makes sense.
The upper barrel is the sierra tube, clip, twist mechanism, and at the bottom of the upper barrel is:
Take the lower part of the sierra kit that has all of the black on it and punch the nib out. Then put tape on the other end and post on a chuck on your lathe. At this point it is very easier to turn the black of completely. What I did was also turn the decoration part of the piece off as well. Make sense?[8)]
Now for the lower barrel take your bag of spare cigar parts and find the part that gets pushed into the upper barrel of the cigar. The part with the threads are on that the clip goes on. Also grab a cigar nib and remove the little decorative bands at the end of it. Now screw the cigar nib on the other threaded cigar part you have. YES it threads perfectly! This tube also happens to fit nicely into fitting at the bottom of the sierra upper barrel configuration and the threads on the inside will tell it when to stop..
bdar gave me this idea this morning when he posted a pen.
Here's a picture of it broke down.
I don't take time to learn all of the proper terms for anything so I hope this makes sense.
The upper barrel is the sierra tube, clip, twist mechanism, and at the bottom of the upper barrel is:
Take the lower part of the sierra kit that has all of the black on it and punch the nib out. Then put tape on the other end and post on a chuck on your lathe. At this point it is very easier to turn the black of completely. What I did was also turn the decoration part of the piece off as well. Make sense?[8)]
Now for the lower barrel take your bag of spare cigar parts and find the part that gets pushed into the upper barrel of the cigar. The part with the threads are on that the clip goes on. Also grab a cigar nib and remove the little decorative bands at the end of it. Now screw the cigar nib on the other threaded cigar part you have. YES it threads perfectly! This tube also happens to fit nicely into fitting at the bottom of the sierra upper barrel configuration and the threads on the inside will tell it when to stop..
bdar gave me this idea this morning when he posted a pen.
Here's a picture of it broke down.
BTW nice clarity and definition on the picture Ron.[
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]txbob
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Thanks Ron. Yes, that makes sense. I'll have to try it, as I like the looks of the pen. You do good work!
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wdcav1952
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Great innovation, Ron. I really like this one. Let me echo that your photography is much better as well. Big thumbs up.
leehljp
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GREAT IDEA! . . . But you stole my intentions - almost. [
] I disassembled a Sierra back in August; basically I took the two black metal barrels off. With some short brass pieces, I <b>intended</b> to make it a three blank Sierra. There are numerous small details that still have to be worked out and it looks like I will have to turn some of the metal parts down just a tad in order to make the wood blanks a bit thicker where they fit over the nib, finial etc..
Anyway, I was hoping to present a Sierra here with three blanks for contrast. But traveling work has eaten all of my time since August, and the way my work is going, it will be the spring before I get that far. []
Think of the possibilities of a three blank pen such as;
Bloodwood, BOW, Bloodwood.
BOW Holly BOW
Bloodwood, Holly, Bloodwood
Red White Blue
etc.
Caveat: "You can"t build a reputation on your intentions!" []
] I disassembled a Sierra back in August; basically I took the two black metal barrels off. With some short brass pieces, I <b>intended</b> to make it a three blank Sierra. There are numerous small details that still have to be worked out and it looks like I will have to turn some of the metal parts down just a tad in order to make the wood blanks a bit thicker where they fit over the nib, finial etc.. Anyway, I was hoping to present a Sierra here with three blanks for contrast. But traveling work has eaten all of my time since August, and the way my work is going, it will be the spring before I get that far. [
]Think of the possibilities of a three blank pen such as;
Bloodwood, BOW, Bloodwood.
BOW Holly BOW
Bloodwood, Holly, Bloodwood
Red White Blue
etc.
Caveat: "You can"t build a reputation on your intentions!" [
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alamocdc
Member
Very interesting, Ron! I don't really know if I like it yet, but that's certainly thinking outside the kit. [^]
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