Thread: modified slimline

Welcome back I have not sen you for a while or have I missed your posts. Its a different pen, looks like you added a third section. I like your work on the finial as well. Doe you think it may grow some more in that pot?

OK, that's a neat effect with the finial.. Details?
How'd you do it?

Originally Posted by NewLondon88

OK, that's a neat effect with the finial.. Details?
How'd you do it?

hello Simomatra,

I don't added a third section.
The pen is in two parts. A Slimline Pen is 50/50, this one is 30/70.
He turn under the green part.
I learned this turning from Don Ward article in Penturner's Corner.

hello Newlondon88,

i hope the pics will help you.

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. Section C is a little more challenging. Drilling section C is a little tricky, so be careful. Place section C in the drill vice and drill a centered 7mm hole. Do not move section C or the vice. This is very important. Replace the bit with an 11/32 bit or a Letter S bit. Drill with this larger bit using the same center line as the 7mm bit. Drill about half way through. Exact measurements here are not necessary. This section will work out later. You may want to practice this part with some scrap blanks first. Use a pen mill and brass tube (tube not glued in---use it loose) and square the ends of section A and the non slanted end of section B. Other methods of squaring the ends of a pen blank will also work. Square these three ends in your usual manner. The blanks are now ready for the tubes to be glued and for section B and section C to be glued together.
See figure 6. I use a drimmel tool to cut the notch for the clip and light sanding to remove the rough edges. The notch can be cut before the finish is added. Also, using a black sharpie inside the 11/32 hole around the finial helps the looks of the end of the pen. I find shortening section C is done easier for me using a disk sander or sand paper.
. Drop the clip into its recess and notch and press in the finial. Be careful not to break the thin wood into which the finial is recessed. I warn you ahead of time. It can happen. Use something as a ram to push the finial to its home position.

Congratulations on another non slimline looking slimline.

There's some ingenuity for you! My hat's off to you for thinking that all out. It's beyond me, but well done just the same.

Originally Posted by ciscokid

There's some ingenuity for you! My hat's off to you for thinking that all out. It's beyond me, but well done just the same.

thanks ciscokid, but it is only learning and turning