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**texx** · 25th December 2009, 07:22 PM

while shifting stuff to make my new pen making area i rediscovered my old rod wrap lathe and in a blinding flash of stupidity an idea hit me , cleaned up the old lathe and did a couple of blanks rod wrap style , just did a simple wrap and found out i am a long way out of practice been quite a few years .
this is some pretty rough wrapping definatley not up to my custom rod stanards but if it works out ok and with some practice i may be able to turn out some niffty blanks .
did these prototypes on sierra blanks .
i am off to drown them in resin right now i am expecting to have problems with bubbles from the cotton.
oh yeah and if this works i still have the odd roll of cotton left over from when i stopped rod building

enough to do a few blanks me thinks.

**mkypenturner** · 25th December 2009, 07:55 PM

they look great cant wait to see them turned

**gawdelpus** · 25th December 2009, 08:17 PM

Good thinking and execution, looks like that winder might become a "wizard" if you are not careful lol. I also made a couple of pens today ,will see if I can post a piccie . cheers ~ John

**MBUMIK** · 25th December 2009, 09:07 PM

good idea

seems the sky is the limit now for casting, eveytime i log on i am interested to see what new has been thought up, good to see people looking outside the box, can wait to see the finished product

MIK

**JTTHECLOCKMAN** · 25th December 2009, 11:12 PM

Boy that photo could not come at a better time. I have been looking for some satin cloth sleeving to try on some pens and have been having no luck. It might just be possible to spin my own. Thanks for showing and can't wait to see the pen.

**artme** · 26th December 2009, 07:14 AM

Hey!! Great idea!!!

**JTTHECLOCKMAN** · 26th December 2009, 08:15 AM

I am not a fly turner so I know nothing about this but is there a winder of sort that can be used to wind thred around a tube???

**texx** · 26th December 2009, 08:47 AM

Originally Posted by JTTHECLOCKMAN

I am not a fly turner so I know nothing about this but is there a winder of sort that can be used to wind thred around a tube???

yeah its in the picture above its called a rod lathe , other than that you could adapt some thing maybe a cheap rotisserie motor or sewing machine motor .by the way its not quite as easy as just wrapping thread around a tube ,

oh yeah and its nothing to do with fly tying they are done by hand in a tiny little vice or chuck mounted in a vice

**texx** · 26th December 2009, 11:57 AM

the idea seems to work but the prototype is a bit rough , just need to sharpen up my rod wrapping skills and it has potential for some interesting pens .

**gawdelpus** · 26th December 2009, 12:03 PM

Hehe ! looks ok from here, next you will do a "celtic cross"

cheers ~ John

**dj_pnevans** · 26th December 2009, 12:56 PM

That's not a bad idea Texx.
David

**texx** · 26th December 2009, 05:31 PM

i actually was not going to worry about even turning this one because i did'nt think it would be any good ,
but out of boredom this arvo i decided to shove it in the lathe and spin it and to my supprise it came out i think better than the first one .
we have no sun here at the moment for photos but you get the idea , still pretty bad thread work but hey im out of practice .

**gawdelpus** · 26th December 2009, 05:42 PM

hehe! you'd be surprised how many "ugly ducklings" turn into swans lol. never prejudge ! every offering has a home waiting to be found , cheers ~ John

**MBUMIK** · 26th December 2009, 10:54 PM

looks pretty good from here, different is always good

i had 2 pens in my box that i thought i would never sell and last week i sold them both, as they say "one mans rubbish is another mans treasure"

great idea

MIK

**Dorno** · 27th December 2009, 10:54 AM

Pens look great tex the question I have is what type of finish have you used on the pens ?

Cheers Ian

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