Year of the Dragon 2012 on a Baron RB

[SDB777]

Haven't posted a lot of my turningz lately, but I figured it was time to share one!

Having made just a few of these blanks, I finally got around to making one almost worthy to be viewed....is it perfect, probably not? But it'll be sold before I get to work(got to stop at the USPS place this morning to mail some stuff, it won't come out of there)


Painted the tubes white with rattle can Fusion, applied stamps and used two(2) coats ModPodge to seal them and then cast in clear PR.
Squared the ends, applied some thinCA to keep the water during the wetsanding from getting under the acrylic.
Turned between centers, while constantly checking with the calipers for that magical number.
Sanded 400 and 800 grit wet, then used all the pretty colored pads to 12K(also wet).
Final step before assembly, PlastixPolish.....


And here's the result!

And un-posted:

Any comments would be greatly appreciated, but critiques are better for me to learn from! Thanks for looking!!!




Scott

 

[Buzzzz4]

Very nicely done. You did very well with lining up those stamps. That can be tricky.

Eric (not as cool as you) B.

 

[Toni]

Sweet Pen!!

 

[pianomanpj]

Beautiful pen! That came out great!

 

[Brooks803]

nice work Scott. colors are crisp and vibrant. my only critique would be against painting the tubes white. You can see it where the stamps didn't quite overlap in some spots. Maybe using a matching gold or blue would help hide that a bit better.

 

[Ligget]

Another lovely pen, keep them coming!

 

[johncrane]

Well done looks really good.

 

[jallan]

Great looking Pen....Nice work
Jallan
cedarcreekcustompens.com

 

[seamus7227]

Superb! I am quite impressed with the overall appearance, thank you for the brief description of the process.



Seamusworship:taking a bow)R.

 

[Ed McDonnell]

Very nice. Just a point of personal preference, I think I would have preferred to have the gold stripes spiral in the same direction on both pieces. But that's just my opinion, and I may be the only person on the planet that feels that way. It's a really gorgeous pen as it is.

Ed

 

[Whaler]

Awesome work.

 

[Dalecamino]

That's just cool. Nice work.

 

[SDB777]

nice work Scott. colors are crisp and vibrant. my only critique would be against painting the tubes white. You can see it where the stamps didn't quite overlap in some spots. Maybe using a matching gold or blue would help hide that a bit better.

That is one of those hide-site things....gold paint is on my list now. I was almost thinking that the stamps might have shrunk some during the PR cure? Cause I took extra care to make sure the stamp weren't allowing the 'back' to show.....

Superb! I am quite impressed with the overall appearance, thank you for the brief description of the process.


Seamusworship:taking a bow)R.

Figured if anyone ever wanted to turn one of these, sharing the thinCA after squaring tip might/would save some headaches.....

Very nice. Just a point of personal preference, I think I would have preferred to have the gold stripes spiral in the same direction on both pieces. But that's just my opinion, and I may be the only person on the planet that feels that way. It's a really gorgeous pen as it is.

Ed

It was a 50/50 thing, either the stamps would line up with the spiral when posted or not.:biggrin: Was going for the dragons are looking at each other thing....but I guess I over thought that one....cause no one else saw it




Thanks for all the nice words everyone, should have made more. Maybe I can find some more stamps somewhere....makes for a fun project on a rainy weekend!






Scott (humbled by the masses) B

 

[clapiana]

I love the theme great job! you make it seem to easy . thanks for explaining your process

 

[cwolfs69]

nice pen

Sent from my Galaxi via forerunner

 

[BSea]

COOL!! COOL!! COOL!! That turned out really nice. I'll be calling soon for pointers on my Civil War Stamp pen. Can't wait for my orions to get here.

 

[ironman123]

Super-dooper. Great looking pen.

Ray

 

[feeneypens]

Wow! That smokes!

 

[rizaydog]

Awesome pen. Great work and idea.

 

[Mrs Rojo22]

Very nice!

Robin

 

[SDB777]

COOL!! COOL!! COOL!! That turned out really nice. I'll be calling soon for pointers on my Civil War Stamp pen. Can't wait for my orions to get here.

Got some ordered myself, and some more of these stamps too! trying to wrap my mind around a two different stamp themed pen blank....but I got a few days to think about it still.



Scott

 

[Whaler]

Scott, my blanks are due to be delivered today thanks for the quick shipping. I'm anxious to get in the shop and try one.

 

[SDB777]

Scott, my blanks are due to be delivered today thanks for the quick shipping. I'm anxious to get in the shop and try one.

Awesome! And no problem.



Scott (please show me when your done) B