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| Divided he ad:
Evening folks, As promised I've got a few pic's of the "incident" I was making the second of the Jumbo pencil kits I purchased and got a little excited and put a cut at a higher feed than should have... It simply was too much for the lathe to take. Started off with this... And rapidly turned into this.... This simply would not do! I had seen some "deluxe" versions of these with chromed domed tops. I had no chromed domes so Stainless steel would have to do... I cleaned up the breakage. Made a cap like this one. Saved :) This is now my finishing method for the cheaper pencil kits. I have made a deluxe version Chrome dome with a clip) and a "mini" gold plated version of these too, it's 10mm shorter in length and has a 3mm lead instead or a 5.8mm lead. My pencils so far... Oh and showing off a few more pens While I'm at it... :) A teachers pen - red one end black the other. And some stubby pens... If anyone else makes pens could you post a few pics? Ralph. |
| AussieJimG:
Flash as a rat with a gold tooth! Jim |
| Brass_Machine:
I am seriously considering doing this in about 4 weeks. Would make great gifts for co-workers. |
| Pete49:
OK here are a few from my collection. The only 2 acrylic are the bright yellow and the bright blue pens. The blue is made from cut offs and a piece of stone which are also the other grey pens. The stone (from West Aust) I can't remember the name of it but its softish :scratch:. All the rest are timber, mostly Australian wood with a piece ebony (black pen) cocobolo and amboyna thrown in. The roller ball and fountain pen set is Tasmanian blackheart sassafras. The reddish orange is a desert timber from the NT called conkaberry. Anyhoo enough dribbling I'll let the pics say it for me. Pete |
| Divided he ad:
That's some very nice looking pens there Pete :thumbup: Stone sounds interesting! I'd have thought you'd need carbide or diamond tipped tooling for stone. Looks like it polishes up really well though :) Do you turn these on a wood lathe? You have some of the more expensive kits there and interesting colours of wood....... Not that I could tell you which is what colour! But I can see they are different and have nice patterns in them. Are the kits expensive over there? Some cost a fortune here! Thanks for posting the pic's. Ralph. |
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