Thread: Slimline

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As Joash pointed out, I forgot the photo.

Nice, very nice, I would have liked the top to of been more rounded, like the bottom end, but the insert looks brilliant,

Top Job,

Have a greenie,

Joash

how did you get the black and white stripe. It looks trendy
Toni

thats an awesome lamination. great pen mate.

Top lamination there Chris

Originally Posted by chrisb691

Got some Osage Orange blanks at the show, and had to try one. The pattern is done using 3 layers of veneer, which was laminated prior to using on the pen. The only issue I have with the technique, is that the blank only needs to be drilled slightly off-centre, and it throws the pattern out from one side to the other. Finish is EEE, and Shellawax Glow.

Yep. Here's a couple of things I've found that makes lining it all up easier...

Firstly, drill a pilot hole in the blank! I use a 4mm bit. Use this hole as your reference line for cuts, mark the centre-line of where it runs on each of the four sides and calc your angles off these lines instead of from the sides. This'll allow for any drift.

Secondly, when gluing a laminate, don't just glue the pieces to both sides and clamp it all together! Only glue one piece then, when dry, put a scrap piece where the other half of the blank will go and drill through the laminate, using the existing hole as a guide. I then remove the scrap and poke a 4mm thick nail through the hole (like a mandrel, to hold things in alignment) and dry fit the second half of the blank.

If the pattern doesn't align (like the cross in your pic) sand a bit off the blanks angled end on a linisher, belt sander or whatever, and keep test-fitting it until everything looks good. Then glue it to the other side of the laminate.

Makes the job much slower (twice as long waiting for glue to dry) but it gets everything lining up so much better.

The pilot hole gets a bit messy after repeating this four or eight or whatever times, but it gets cleaned up when you run the 7mm drill through for the tube, anyway.

Very Nice job chris,
What plating is that kit (can't make up my mind with light effect)

I have some Osage put aside, and was thinking of contrasting it
with a black titanium finish.

cheers Mick