M3 style blanks [Archive] - Woodwork Forums

Big Shed

17th April 2009, 04:43 PM

Have been playing around with trying to get an M3 style blank, this is my first attempt

Kit is Black Chrome Cigar (pen went to my TPS pen swap partner HarveyB)

http://www.penturners.org/forum/%5BIMG%5Dhttp://www.penturners.org/photos/images/4884/medium/1_20090218_013_small.jpg%5B/IMG%5Dhttp://www.penturners.org/photos/index.php?n=9260http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/tt145/peregrinefred/Pen%20Swaps/TPS%20Pen%20Swap%20March%2009%20HarveyB/20090218_013_small.jpg
http://www.penturners.org/photos/index.php?n=9260

..........and this is my second attempt.

Kit is Platinum Cigar (pen went to my 2009 Australia Day Pen Swap partner - Chriselle)

http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/tt145/peregrinefred/Pen%20Swaps/WWF%20Pen%20Swap%20Jan%202009%20Chriselle/20090218_014.jpg

Sawdust Maker

17th April 2009, 05:23 PM

Think I prefer the second but they are both absolutely superb

are you going to try the other metals?

BoomerangInfo

17th April 2009, 07:02 PM

Err, I must have missed the memo somewhere. What's an M3 blank?

Platinum one looks OK, Black Chrome doesn't appeal to me that much.

I've done a couple aluminium flake resins so far, haven't really been that enthused with them, so I've sort of given up on that line of experimentation for now.

Russell.

Big Shed

17th April 2009, 07:26 PM

Err, I must have missed the memo somewhere. What's an M3 blank?

Russell.

Ahhh, Russell, Russell, to paraphrase Satchmo, "If you gotta ask..............."

salty72

18th April 2009, 08:52 AM

I think I too missed the mail out on M3 blanks... to quote Pauline Hanson ..."please explain..??"

Big Shed

18th April 2009, 09:22 AM

I think I too missed the mail out on M3 blanks... to quote Pauline Hanson ..."please explain..??"

Who am I to resist a request from Pauline?:rolleyes:

Here are some references to M3 that will explain what I am trying to do.

http://woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=68136

http://woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=68446

http://www.metalpenblanks.com/

BoomerangInfo

18th April 2009, 09:53 AM

Oh that's right, I had seen them before a long time ago, just forgot. I could do something similar with the gold powder I have I suppose, just not sure how attractive it'd look.

Russell.

salty72

21st April 2009, 02:53 PM

those M3 blanks look fantastic but the price is going to kill most guys