Thread: Todays Challenge :)

Thats a flash looking pen. Looks real good.

It is a very showy pen, exciting to see how some of the blanks will turn out!Amos

Looks Great John

the blank suits the ultra cigar

how did the blank turn???, i am guessing that its resin cast to resemble stones??

thanks for showing

MIK

Originally Posted by MBUMIK

Looks Great John

the blank suits the ultra cigar

how did the blank turn???, i am guessing that its resin cast to resemble stones??

thanks for showing

MIK

Mik ! I wish hehe, they are real stone chips and harder than any truestone I ever turned, took over half an hr each to drill the 2 blanks with a carbide drill and water, then max . .005" cuts on my metal lathe with a carbide tip, about 2 hrs turning on each blank to parallel, then sanded the tapers to match. All up a laborious effort, but in the end pretty damn nice , I have a few more of these blanks to go but might be a while till the next one lol. cheers ~ John

Pretty damn nice indeed John...all worth the time and effort mate

Mick!!!

Nice pen John.

Can't believe all the effort you put into it to finish the pen.

Well worth it in the end.

Thanks for sharing

Timberbits.

Originally Posted by timberbits

Nice pen John.

Can't believe all the effort you put into it to finish the pen.

Well worth it in the end.

Thanks for sharing

Timberbits.

David ! this was a first try for me with this type of blank, I may have erred on the side of caution with being very gentle , I was not able to find any info on how to do these so ,just took it easy to save any possible chipping or blow-outs . Cheers ~ John

Certainly colourful John, but as you know I am not a lover of resin. As an aside I tried to phone Tony yesterday to get some pen kits as he is just down the road from me and I needed them in a hurry, but I couldn't raise him on his home or mobile phone. Not to worry, I contacted David and they will be here tomorrow or the day after. Can't complain about that.

A guy bought a pen off me on my website about 12 months ago and he just emailed with a reasonable but fast order for a conference.

Haven't been on here for a while as I have been a bit ill in recent times and hopefully beginning to recover.

Originally Posted by plantagenon

Certainly colourful John, but as you know I am not a lover of resin. As an aside I tried to phone Tony yesterday to get some pen kits as he is just down the road from me and I needed them in a hurry, but I couldn't raise him on his home or mobile phone. Not to worry, I contacted David and they will be here tomorrow or the day after. Can't complain about that.

A guy bought a pen off me on my website about 12 months ago and he just emailed with a reasonable but fast order for a conference.

Haven't been on here for a while as I have been a bit ill in recent times and hopefully beginning to recover.

Hehe ! not much resin in this one Greg, why I had to be so careful ,hard and soft is not condusive to a smooth cutting action, almost like hammering it.
I thought you had to use up your sickies before you retired and then stay healthy thereafter I saw Tony on Sat ,and I tried to ring on sat night ,ended up leaving a message as I was after some info on these stone blanks, didn't hear back yet ,but all done now You can always try me if you need kits in a hurry as I have a wide range Get better quickly cheers ~ John

Originally Posted by gawdelpus

Hehe ! not much resin in this one Greg, why I had to be so careful ,hard and soft is not condusive to a smooth cutting action, almost like hammering it.
I thought you had to use up your sickies before you retired and then stay healthy thereafter I saw Tony on Sat ,and I tried to ring on sat night ,ended up leaving a message as I was after some info on these stone blanks, didn't hear back yet ,but all done now You can always try me if you need kits in a hurry as I have a wide range Get better quickly cheers ~ John

Mate, he is probably in China or Singapore or Dubai or Vietnam - who knows, but a bit hard to buy kits if he is not there. I have this pen contract to do and after that I'll get down and have a chat again. Bit slow at the moment

I thought for a moment this was a knife. The small screen on the mobile makes it a little hard to see. Quite a bit of variations in the pen.

Originally Posted by gawdelpus

David ! this was a first try for me with this type of blank, I may have erred on the side of caution with being very gentle , I was not able to find any info on how to do these so ,just took it easy to save any possible chipping or blow-outs . Cheers ~ John

Hi John,

Great job on the pen and the blank, all worth the effort when you see the finished result, I reckon it would look pretty darn good on a high end kit too ) Info on turning these blanks is on our website with each and every blank

Cheers
Tony.

Originally Posted by plantagenon

Certainly colourful John, but as you know I am not a lover of resin. As an aside I tried to phone Tony yesterday to get some pen kits as he is just down the road from me and I needed them in a hurry, but I couldn't raise him on his home or mobile phone. Not to worry, I contacted David and they will be here tomorrow or the day after. Can't complain about that.

A guy bought a pen off me on my website about 12 months ago and he just emailed with a reasonable but fast order for a conference.

Haven't been on here for a while as I have been a bit ill in recent times and hopefully beginning to recover.

Hi Greg,

Sorry about not getting back to you!! you should know its not like me I have been run off my feet the last couple of weeks. Just to let you know though orders can still be placed on the website as they are packed and sent same day or arrangements can still be made to collect from the shop. Also next time leave me a message as I will always reply to my voicemail as soon as I possibly can
Catch up with you soon.
Cheers
Tony.

No problems Tony. I want to come and get a couple of churchills.