Thread: Segmented Sierra

Looks good to me ,another area I have yet to delve into hehe cheers ~ John

Very nice.

This is very nice and all nicely finished off !!!

Like John this is another area of pen making that I have yet to explore but it is on the cards and I now know who to come too for some advise

Cheers
Tony.

Thanks Guys .

This is my first one in this style, I got the inspiration for it after I saw a pic of a pen on the IAP, so I cant claim all the credit.

You definetely need to take your drilling to the next level when doing these blanks. I made the mistake of trying to drill to size in one go with this one and paid the price of a seperation on one of the segments.
I have done another blank since this one, and I drilled in stages, started with about 3/16" and worked my way up, it went much better.
There is really a sharp learning curve with this sort of thing, I am learning by my mistakes.

Very nice pen. Love the way you have used brass in it.
Thanks for the tip on drilling allso.

Well done very nice indeed love the colour and the way you have put it together Ian

Thanks Ian and Cookie.

I like the look of the brass against the timber, I am sure I will do a lot more of these.

Very nice elegant looking pen. good match of timbers that compliment each other and the brass adds to the quality appearance of the pen.. Well done.

Looks brilliant. Very well made

Hi

I'm brand new to the forum but have been dabbling with turning for a few years, mainly with pens.

Very impressed with this segmented pen and would love to give it a try. Is there a tutorial on it anywhere?

Very nice, I think adding the brass takes it to the next level.

Thanks for the compliments on the pen Guys.

Mr Fez, I havent seen a tutorial before, but a search of the library on the IAP forum might have something for segmenting.

To do this one, I just picked 2 timber blanks that complimented each other, ran them both through the tablesaw so they were exactly the same size ( this will make it easier for gluing up )
I decide what angles and combinations would please my eye, cut to suit on the slide compound mitre saw, for this one I used .25mm brass sheet.
Sand both sides of the brass once you have cut it to size.
Use a good glue to glue up the segments, I have been using 24hr epoxy, but I believe some use CA. It helps to make up some sort of jig to help you clamp up the bits while it dries.
See my earlier post about drilling the blank.
A carbide tool such as the Woodchuck Penpro is an advantage turning down with the brass, thats not to say it couldnt be done with HSS tools, just wont be so much sharpening to keep the tool sharp.

I hope this is helpfull.

Another good looking pen, well done, Amos