Thread: First Pens of 2014

Top pens!!!

Just a preference for me - Ebony is at it's best when highly polished.

Very nice, I really like those closed end pens.

Very nice pens. I like the closed end Sedonas as they don't have the ugly thread at the top of the barrel.

Fantastic, wonderful photography as well. How do you do that?

Well done.

As these are not my children or any relation I can choose which one I like the best.

The Pearl.

Like the individuality of each one, well done, Amos

Folks,

Thanks for the feedback ! SWMBO's delighted her Pearl Parkers so liked !

I've been playing with the closed end style for a couple of weeks now, plenty more experimentation to go, some ideas to be tested out yet. Have been using a length of quarter inch bsw rod and drilling the blank past any components etc then screwing the rod in and putting a bush on it and clamping it in my pin jaws on the chuck. Works well !

The photo set up is a really cheap lash up, a cardboard box from Bunnings, cut out the sides and top, shine desk lights on each side and the top, use a long piece of paper/card in it as a backdrop, put the camera on the tripod, then set the white balance, macro setting and use the smallest aperture in the aperture priority mode and hey presto ! I suggest Googling "small product photography " or " table top photography" for good information.

Cam

Originally Posted by Tangoman

Folks,

Thanks for the feedback ! SWMBO's delighted her Pearl Parkers so liked !

I've been playing with the closed end style for a couple of weeks now, plenty more experimentation to go, some ideas to be tested out yet. Have been using a length of quarter inch bsw rod and drilling the blank past any components etc then screwing the rod in and putting a bush on it and clamping it in my pin jaws on the chuck. Works


Cam

Is there any chance you can post a couple of photos of the set up? It sounds like it might not be too hard, I just can't picture it properly,

cheers Ben

ps, I like the Sedona,