Thread: Birth and Resurection

Mate that is a killer pen job well done

Ian

well done Mik ! it's not always worth the effort to resurrect failures ,(more time than they are worth), on the other hand the experience is invaluable ,and in this case has produced an outstanding result
Not sure of your sanding jig though? no idea how that works cheers ~ John

Nice segmenting there, good to see the "never give up" pen being resurected, sometimes we just cant let it beat us.

Very nice. I would love to be able to do something like this.

thanks for the feedback Guys

Originally Posted by spankingpigeon

Very nice. I would love to be able to do something like this.

All you have to do is free your mind mate, i love that quote from the MATRIX, but its true in so many ways

Originally Posted by gawdelpus

well done Mik ! it's not always worth the effort to resurrect failures ,(more time than they are worth), on the other hand the experience is invaluable ,and in this case has produced an outstanding result
Not sure of your sanding jig though? no idea how that works cheers ~ John

i took my unused, well rarely used belt sander and clamped it down to a stable base on its side, there is a piece of pine in front of the front roller just to raise the piece that is to be sanded, the other piece is the fence like on a table saw, this piece is screwed down at a point just past the roller as a pivot for the fence

you can see from the black mark that i have changed the angle of the sander, by pushing the wood past the end of the roller there is now very little flex where as before the roller was pushed away from the wood very easily

the clamp on top of the sander is only to hold the sander down and easily remove it to change belts

i have attached a different angle which may help, if you need more i can do a thread just on the sander with better pickies if you want

all the best and thanks for looking

MIK

Nice work, great result, well done

Hi Mik, Nice work. On the couple of times I have included aluminium in a segmented pen the Al seems to discolour the wood when I give it a sand before applying the CA. Most notable with light colour wood like Box Elder. Have you had this problem, if so how did you get around it.
cheers
Chris

Originally Posted by gingerbeer86

Hi Mik, Nice work. On the couple of times I have included aluminium in a segmented pen the Al seems to discolour the wood when I give it a sand before applying the CA. Most notable with light colour wood like Box Elder. Have you had this problem, if so how did you get around it.
cheers
Chris

i have not had this problem at yet ( i am sure i will now though), the light colored woods that i have used in general have been solid woods

maybe try a coat of thin CA before sanding which might harden the lighter woods to stop the AL getting a hold

the aluminum i am using is only coke can so it is extremely thin haven't even tried to measure it if you can

i hope this helps

MIK