progress report

**texx** · 14th June 2009, 10:20 PM

a few weeks ago i posted a pic of my first pen .
since then i have made a few more , not much better but enjoying making them .
i know where there is room for improvement and i will get there.
just kind of fitting in a bit of turning here and there when i have time ( well i don't have time but i am doing it anyway).
i have an advantage in that we own a take away shop that the wife runs 2 of the pens were laying on the counter today because she had shown them to a friend and she had a person ask about me making some for them to buy for xmas gifts , the bar is rising i have told a few people these are not for sale until i do a better job of them.
here are pens 2,3,4,5, .
2 antler , one acrylic , one river oak.

**corbs** · 14th June 2009, 10:43 PM

Pretty impressive work having a couple out of Antler in your first 5

. I think the acrylic one would have looked good on a gun metal or even chrome but the River Oak is really a nice pen

.

**texx** · 15th June 2009, 08:30 AM

Originally Posted by corbs

Pretty impressive work having a couple out of Antler in your first 5

. I think the acrylic one would have looked good on a gun metal or even chrome but the River Oak is really a nice pen

.

thanks corbs
i only have the one type of pen kits at the moment which are the cheaper ones i bought ( 10 of )to practice with , but i will now get a bigger variety of kits and do some more with some variation .
i found the antler the easiest to turn of the lot .

**edblysard** · 15th June 2009, 10:48 AM

Next acrylic I suggest you paint the brass tubes either flat white or a close color match to the acrylic, so the tube does not show when the acrylic gets turned thin.
Beyond that, I see no reason not to sell any of the others, they all look good from here.

**PenTurner** · 15th June 2009, 11:30 AM

LIke the antler ones, well done, Amos

**texx** · 15th June 2009, 12:58 PM

Originally Posted by edblysard

Next acrylic I suggest you paint the brass tubes either flat white or a close color match to the acrylic, so the tube does not show when the acrylic gets turned thin.
Beyond that, I see no reason not to sell any of the others, they all look good from here.

ok thanks
i did notice the brass shinning through and wondered what you guys do about it .
thought about paint but then thought how good will the brass stick in there if its painted??

**artme** · 15th June 2009, 02:14 PM

Nice work Texx.

Agree with comments by Ed.

**edblysard** · 15th June 2009, 09:24 PM

Well enough for most of the big kit makers to offer pre painted tubes for sale in small packs...I paint my own.
Wipe the tube with alcohol or lacquer thinner, let dry, spray with the lathe running at slowest speed, let air dry for a few hours and then use...have not had one fail yet.
I use a thick CA gap filling glue.

Originally Posted by texx

ok thanks
i did notice the brass shinning through and wondered what you guys do about it .
thought about paint but then thought how good will the brass stick in there if its painted??

**Sawdust Maker** · 15th June 2009, 10:18 PM

Nice work texx
really like the river oak, antler looks ok as well
You're ahead of me - I think my second pen ended up as splinters all over the shed

**Dodgyboy** · 16th June 2009, 09:04 AM

Nice work Texx that blue acrylic looks great, did you buy that from Toowoomba I was in there a while back when a guy bought a blue one.............might have been you

**texx** · 16th June 2009, 09:18 AM

yeah i bought it from toowoomba but there was no one else there at the time that i remember

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