Thread: A segmented Zen pen

Looks good JT, I like the effect.

the looks fantastic JT, great job

did you glue together small pieces or cut channels in the blank and fill with slivers of acrylic

either way would have been time consuming

MIK

Hi JT

That is one fine looking blank. I like it so much that, your tempting me to make one too.

I have found that the magnetic pens, the plating on them wear away very quickly because of the metal on metal rub.

Thanks for sharing.

Timberbits

Love it JT!!!

Originally Posted by MBUMIK

the looks fantastic JT, great job

did you glue together small pieces or cut channels in the blank and fill with slivers of acrylic

either way would have been time consuming

MIK

Hello MIK. Thanks for the kind words. This blank was made by cutting slots in the BOW and then I inserted the black acrylic. I used my router and router jig setup on my lathe to do this so that I can be able to use the indexing feature to give it exact distance segments. The ends are just small pieces of acrylic cut to fit. As far as time consuming, not really. It is pretty straight forward cutting and gluing. It is actually a simple segmented piece. Another way to make these type blanks which is abit more time consuming is to cut small staves and insert inlay material that way. Have done that also. I will usually use that method when I want the inlay material thinner than 1/16" . In this case the black acrylic is 1/16" thick. Thanks for looking.

Originally Posted by timberbits

Hi JT

That is one fine looking blank. I like it so much that, your tempting me to make one too.

I have found that the magnetic pens, the plating on them wear away very quickly because of the metal on metal rub.

Thanks for sharing.

Timberbits

Hello David.

Thanks for the kind words. As far as the kit goes, as I mentioned I am still kicking this one around. You may be right about the plating. The thing that seems strange is if you bump the cap the cap moves and tilts. Doesn't fall off because of the magnets but just feels weird. I am used to a solid feel of cap and body with the threading of each piece.

The plus factor of the kit is the long barrel which lends itself to a large canvas to work with to show off those special blanks without having a center band to interupt the flow. Now what you need to do is to have a kit made that incorporates the following, screw cap, long barrel, thickness for embedding items, and great plating, and rollerball or fountain pen capabilities. I expect to see this kit by next year. I do not ask for too much (he he he )

Love that design, very attractive, Amos

JT,

Beautiful looking pen and scrupulously finished to perfection, a pen to remember the cap tempts me to design a pen around that, alas too many projects just now.

So many pen kits so little time but great to view them.

Kind regards Peter.

Wow, great lines, simple but elegant, I like it a lot.