Thanks: 0
Likes: 0
Needs Pictures: 0
Picture(s) thanks: 0
Results 1 to 11 of 11
Thread: opal sierra
-
29th June 2012, 04:44 PM #1SENIOR MEMBER
- Join Date
- Mar 2011
- Location
- brisbane
- Age
- 52
- Posts
- 579
opal sierra
blank from wood'n'workshop, opal, silver sierra kit, cleaned bushes, turned between centres, and centres rechecked...sanded #800, wet MM, brasso, SG.
Made this one for my dentist..(never thought i'd do that)..but there it is..special pen for a special gal, when i asked her what her favourite colour was she said "pinks, i dunno, white, or blue, or yellows...dont go to any trouble though..." so covering all bases i think, perhaps she thinks i'm gunna buy her flowers...little does she realise eh.
The pic doesn't quite get the depth, or the colour variation in this blank well, i tried direct sunlight, but the indoor flash pics are these and better.
Neal.
-
29th June 2012 04:44 PM # ADSGoogle Adsense Advertisement
- Join Date
- Always
- Location
- Advertising world
- Age
- 2010
- Posts
- Many
-
29th June 2012, 04:52 PM #2SENIOR MEMBER
- Join Date
- Mar 2011
- Location
- brisbane
- Age
- 52
- Posts
- 579
here we go took some inside and closer up without zooming, its better but still not quite right.
Neal.
-
29th June 2012, 05:40 PM #3
Very Very Nice Pen those blanks that bruce makes are great and that opal is extremely popular and we can see why
Keep it up Cheers Ian
-
29th June 2012, 05:51 PM #4
nice work neal
and yeah u know that blank its gotta be a pain to take a piccie
-
29th June 2012, 07:19 PM #5
Great work Neal. That is a lovely pen. Your dentist will love it although I wonder if they deserve it given the amount of pain they put you through. They seem to love drilling into a nerve to see how high a person can jump from the seat
-
30th June 2012, 12:51 AM #6
Nicely done mate its a Ripper she will love it Ian
-
30th June 2012, 09:31 AM #7
Another beauty Neal. It looks the same blank that Timberbits sells. Called 'Pearl Opal'. One of my fave's but you have to go slow & steady when drilling or you blow the bottom end out or put a hair-line crack in the end, which explodes right at the end of turning to shape, ha ha.
I never forget anything I remember !!
-
30th June 2012, 11:21 AM #8SENIOR MEMBER
- Join Date
- Mar 2011
- Location
- brisbane
- Age
- 52
- Posts
- 579
yup Pariss, when i put my 5mm pilot through i saw em chip out, so when i got the 10.5 out i drilled from both ends.
Neal.
-
30th June 2012, 07:21 PM #9
-
30th June 2012, 08:31 PM #10SENIOR MEMBER
- Join Date
- Mar 2011
- Location
- brisbane
- Age
- 52
- Posts
- 579
hahahah, no way mate, i've been caught before now on so much "she'll be right" and "nahh, just git her done", and even just havin a mind wander while doing stuff.
I got a little shed time today so thanks to a few new rubber bands i got more organised for kits and preparations, so i'll have a few specialty order pens for display down the track.
Managed to do the other half of this blank in a gold kit sierra, turned out equally well, will get pics later on, also drilled from both sides =).
Fixed my lathe's tailstock handwheel, was cracked, organised some blanks and kits, started on a new lamination project, a sister in law and nephew turned up so got an order for three pens to add to my list.
Neal.
-
30th June 2012, 11:21 PM #11
Nice pen Neal and you got all her colours in to boot
Cheers
Rumnut
Similar Threads
-
Opal Inlays
By IWieldTheSpade in forum MUSICAL INSTRUMENTSReplies: 9Last Post: 27th December 2011, 02:45 PM -
cigar with opal
By seriola in forum WOODTURNING - PEN TURNINGReplies: 5Last Post: 10th April 2011, 10:59 AM -
Opal markers
By MICKYG in forum MUSICAL INSTRUMENTSReplies: 8Last Post: 14th October 2007, 11:46 AM -
Opal Take 1
By lubbing5cherubs in forum WOODTURNING - PEN TURNINGReplies: 22Last Post: 2nd June 2007, 10:53 PM -
opal inlayed pen
By lubbing5cherubs in forum WOODTURNING - PEN TURNINGReplies: 9Last Post: 12th November 2006, 01:45 PM