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27th May 2010, 08:32 PM #1
More braid !
Did this today to try it out gold colored Mylor mesh I believe ,compliments of "Ernie "
the kit is a Sierra vista gold , and I deliberately turned it slightly concave to reduce the thickness in case someone with a more "petite" hand goes for Gold hehe,
this had too much shine for my amateur photography skills
Also had a play with some nice spalted timber which I have no idea of its origin
I did check the nib lol.G'day all !Enjoy your stay !!!
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27th May 2010, 08:37 PM #2
they are both great am wondering if the mesh one should have been a chrome or a blk titianum kit hmm wel thats my thought on that one
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27th May 2010, 10:25 PM #3
Not sure about the concave sierra, just looks wrong to me, but like you suggest some women may prefer it. I have 2 gold ones for Cigars ready to go
The spalted one looks to shelf Could it be some of the Monkey Ear? Looks like some with some good wood splinters amongst the rotten stuffNeil____________________________________________Every day presents an opportunity to learn something new
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27th May 2010, 11:54 PM #4
The spalted blank is absolutely amazing. What a great looking pen.
That gold Mylor mesh is so bright that I had to put my sun glasses on. Your going to blind everyone at the market with those. Its going to be a sure winner with the ladies, especially with the ones under 30.
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27th May 2010, 11:59 PM #5
they both look pretty good to me but i must say that i agree with the camera on the gold one, tooooo bright for my liking
the spalted came up really good, looks like it might be some of that spalted Sassafras that i sent, maybe even spalted maple i think i sent you some of that as well, great job regardless
have you had a play with that real extreme stuff i sent as yet???
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28th May 2010, 02:01 AM #6
Mik it certainly could be one of yours ,been sitting around a while till I was ready to tackle it ,was going to wait for a little longer, till "Neil" was doing some more stabilising then slip it in without him noticing hehe, But he recently showed me how to stabilise with CA on some monkey ear so I had to try it lol, Not had a play with your extreme yet ,seems sometimes I don't get to play with wood for weeks . That one was almost pure white when I started and looked like the lines had been drawn in with India ink, glad it came out so well, my wife wants it, so if it doesn't sell quick it may end up in the confiscated section lol. Cheers ~ John
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28th May 2010, 07:39 AM #7Skwair2rownd
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The spalted whatever is a fabulous looking pen!!
The gold is very blingy but I'm sure that there will be agood market for them.
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28th May 2010, 11:20 AM #8
Nice work as always John.
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Cheers John
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28th May 2010, 12:57 PM #9
Well done, the gold looks amazing
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28th May 2010, 02:46 PM #10
I think a sunglasses warning on the braid is required John. The spalted looks sweet. I must get you or Neil to give me some instruction on using the CA to stabilise the spalted woods. I've got a couple of pices of spalted poinciana that I think would come up a treat but I'm not game to touch them just yet.
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28th May 2010, 08:34 PM #11
- Flood each side of the blank with thin CA (do on baking paper makes this easy).
- Drill blanks, but not all the way through
- Flood inside of hole with thin CA
- Redrill hole and epoxy in sleeve
- Turn down blank to within 2mm of final shape
- Take off lathe and flood blank again with thin CA (I hold on a silicone nozzle)
- Finish turning and sanding blank, then finish pen with normal CA finish.
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28th May 2010, 08:53 PM #12
Thanks Neil
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28th May 2010, 11:28 PM #13
nice pens well done
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29th May 2010, 06:01 AM #14
Nice work John, that gold one fas certainly got some bling to it. Like the spalted one, it won't last long.
With stabilizing you can also use Wipe on poly. just get a take away dish put the blanks in and cover with poly. they will sink when they are stabilized fully.
To save on poly rough down to size first with holes drilled the same as Neils way.
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30th May 2010, 11:54 PM #15Senior Member
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I like those mesh blanks but not sure about the gold, let me get my dark glasses ...
however, that piece of spalted wood speaks volumes to me and is marvelous and looks very very nice.
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