Thread: Tulip Churchill

looks good to me , and the methods used to produce a desired result are all part of the game, is glueing a broken bit back in cheating ,or doing ca patches and fill hehe, all is good , the end result is the important thing and that looks like it was worth the extra precautions and effort, good one !

Originally Posted by Alan Scrivner

My photography is horrible. I suppose I need a tutorial on taking pen pictures. Maybe I need a light box. Any way, this tulip wood had a very tight knot. I was concerned that it would split when drilling or a tool would catch and destroy it, so I did it all on a metal lathe. Is that cheating? I used a boring bar to drill it out which really helped for fitting the brass tube. CA finish ala DJ.

Thanks for looking.

Alan

Very nice Alan.

You obviously have not seen some of my earlier photography.

A nice piece of Tulip wood and a nice finish as well.

The pen turned out great with a delightful finish. There is no one on this site except a few that would not be proud to own your photograph as well, every detail is obvious and easy to see. Full marks all round. Peter.

Well done Alan

Nice timber and nice finish Photos do not look to bad to me

I reckon your photography isn't as bad as you think. You might pick up some photo tips from this blog article and here is a thread about my basic lightbox.

All,
Thanks for the nice comments. This is the fifth pen I've made using only a metal lathe (actually a pool cue lathe), and I have to say, it really makes it easy. Rounding the blank is easier on a wood lathe, but getting acurate straight tubes is a piece of cake on a metal lathe - - expecially on acrylics.

Toasty,
I think I'll get me some PVC and give it a go. I'd love to be able to take some descent pictures of some of my pens. Since I pretty much give all my pens away (this tulip pen being an exception), I would really like some way to look back.

Regards,
Alan

Very nice pen
my comment on the photography would be "only one shot!" We need to see more

That is an extremely nice pen, Alan. I love the tulipwood colors. Well done!

I use one of these for my photographs (such as they are). It's convenient, and a twist folds it flat for storage.

http://store.tabletopstudio-store.com/ezlite.html

Hello Alan, like that pen, the knot gives it character, well done. Amos

Sweet work and a sweet pen.

Great pen, really nice. Well done.

Very nicely done Alan.
Excellent fit and finish!!

Thanks for the great replies.

Originally Posted by ciscokid

That is an extremely nice pen, Alan. I love the tulipwood colors. Well done!

I use one of these for my photographs (such as they are). It's convenient, and a twist folds it flat for storage.

http://store.tabletopstudio-store.com/ezlite.html

*turns Cisco's link into a real one*

http://store.tabletopstudio-store.com/ezlite.html

Looks really good, but I haven't got $55 for the small model

Russell