Thread: May Pen Swap Pics

How do you do the copper inlay? THAT IS COOL.

The copper is just glued onto the wood as if it were wood (sanded to rough it up a bit). The pen blank was cut at 45 degree angles (once from the RHS and once from the LHS) to make what looks like an X until you turn it - then it becomes two circles and crosses! Ideally the circles are the same size - requires straight drilling, mine went off line a bit on one half when the drill hit the copper. Learnt from this and drilled a pilot hole then the correct size hole.

This copper was quite thick, have also used copper shim which you can put in on curves.

JD