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Thread: My First Two Pens
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21st December 2008, 07:37 PM #1
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My First Two Pens
Pictured below are my first two pens, as the first I chose Australian Cedar - an ancestor of mine was a involved in the timber industry in the 1870's and cut a lot of it. Sanded to 400 and then polished.
For the second one I chose Tasmanian Blackwood - this is for SHMBO, her family originally lived in Tasmania. Sanded to 400 and then finished with friction polish.
Tomorrow I have to get cracking and do a few more for the kids for Christmas.Regards
Brendan
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21st December 2008, 08:18 PM #2
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Great looking pens.
Hope you finish in time for Christmas. Christmas snuck up on me and I don't think I will be able to finish all my pen before Christmas.
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21st December 2008, 08:45 PM #3
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Brendan, pretty good and bold to do a xcut for first pens, I am thinking of the Tasmanian Blackwood, that one looks Xcut. Amos
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21st December 2008, 09:08 PM #4
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Just lucky with the choice of blanks
I was just lucky with the blanks, I received a bucket load when I bought the Jet Mini from another forumite - along with a bag of pen kits.
I bought a pack of slimline kits to practice on and will try some of the better kits with some of the more exotic blanks that are in the stash, the family are already putting their orders in but I have earmarked a dozen or so of the best blanks for my own 'set' of pens.
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Brendan
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21st December 2008, 10:00 PM #5
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Brenden they are nice pens
the backwood I agree looks cross grained but I like it
I know I'll get to see them in person and have a close inspection..........not that I know anything just keep an eye on me I have a thing for collecting pens.
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21st December 2008, 10:20 PM #6
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Brendan,
Welcome to the pen turning fraternity. I really like the Blackwood, is it cross cut as others have suggested or just have nice fiddleback? If its cross cut then you're a long way infront. Have only successfully completed a few cross cut pens myself. My only suggestion is to find a background that isn't so busy for your pens, the blackwood one gets a bit lost for me. Nice pens and keep them coming.
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21st December 2008, 11:12 PM #7
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Well done on your first two pens this is only the start.
David
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22nd December 2008, 04:13 PM #8
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Brendan, firstly welcome to the forum.
You have started with a huge success on your first two pens and the blackwood is beautiful, well done.
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22nd December 2008, 09:43 PM #9
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Very nice! Love that blackwood.
When all is said and done, there is usually a whole lot more said than done.
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23rd December 2008, 09:45 AM #10
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Top effort! I really like the blackwood one...
cheers,
Dave...but together with the coffee civility flowed back into him
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23rd December 2008, 11:06 AM #11
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Nothing to add other than whats already been said,. I like the pics but would have preferred them a bit larger. Old eyes are not what they use to be.
but great work.
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Cheers John
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23rd December 2008, 07:36 PM #12
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Thanks for the kind words
Hi All,
Thanks for the kind words, I have held off replying until I was able to confirm that the Blackwood blank was not cross cut - it does have very nice fiddle back as you can see.
Since completing these I have attempted two more, the timber was Goldfields Burl and I lost both. From advice I received today it was probably a combination of blunt tools, a not very steady lathe stand and too high a speed
Oh well, the kids will have to wait a bit for their Christmas Surprises.Regards
Brendan
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24th December 2008, 08:52 AM #13
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Don't you hate that, Complete a couple nicely , then for some strange reason, no matter how careful, how sharp, bang! there it goes!
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25th December 2008, 01:03 PM #14
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Nice pens indeed Brendan!
Did finishing the Cedar give you much bother?
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