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  1. 12th December 2010, 08:23 PM #1
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    The tree trimmer that has been giving me heaps of timber (6.5t so far ) wanted a pencil for shetching he does made from his favourite of the timbers I scored, the Red Stringy. The timber cracks like a bitch, so pen blanks may be all we get from it .

    I cut the 3/4" blanks a few months back, but they were still a bit green, so I gave them a few bursts in my new workshop oven. I then made one of each of the kits I have. He can have all 4 for Xmas, or just take the ones he wants . Photo shows the 0.5mm click Sierra, the 0.7mm twist Cigar, the 2.0mm click Power, and the 4.0mm Workshop.

    I deliberately picked blanks with worm holes and faults to add features. I filled them with either brass, coffee grinds, blood red resin, or a red resin/coffee mix . I then finished them all in a thick layer of CA.

    I'll have to look at the assembly of the Workshop pencil, it was not until I saw the close up photo that I noticed the joint at the nose has a small gap

    I also made his wife a pot pourri for Xmas, see here

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  3. 12th December 2010, 08:45 PM #2
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    what i nice collection
    i see you gunna have to pull your finger out soon 6.5 t of pen blanks
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    He's gonna be hard to please if that lot don't satisfy hehe, remind him that the Power pencil has a sharpener in the clip end for the 2 mm lead well done as usual Neil ,just watch he doesnt try and offload more tonnage on you lol. Cheers ~ John
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    Well done they are some awsome pencils someone is gonna be a happy man come x-mas time nice job and well done

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    Well done Very nice work. I noticed that all the leads seem different sizes and I would like to know the name of the pen second from the left as I would like to get some. They seem a nice thickness lead.

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    What a nice lot of pencils ... I like your effort very much. That is some good looking timber there.

    What kind of oven are you curing them in?
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    Hey Neil,

    Great arrangement of Pencils, Where do you get the 2mm Power Click Kits from???

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    Great looking varied batch of Mechanical Pencils!
    Nice work on the wormy timbers too!
    Well done.
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    Absolutelt top stuphph Neil!!!

    I am now a fan of Red Stringy!!
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    I get the "Power pencils " from woodnwhimsies" here , they also have a matching pen, that makes a nice matching set cheers ~ John
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    Very nice I bet he will love all 4. well done
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dorno View Post
    ... I would like to know the name of the pen second from the left as I would like to get some.
    It is the Power Pencil

    Quote Originally Posted by rhossack View Post
    ..What kind of oven are you curing them in?
    I have a travel oven with temperature control, a timer and stove top elements. My little toaster oven couldn't give me the control needed for polymer clays. I just set it on 100 degrees for 10 minutes a couple of times a day for drying the blanks.

    Quote Originally Posted by HazzaB View Post
    ...Where do you get the 2mm Power Click Kits from???
    As John said, in actually fact if memory serves me right, John gave it to me
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