Rob Price
11-08-2012, 11:22 AM
Kit: Titanium gold Jr Gentleman's II fountain pen
Cherry burl from a buddy's back yard
CA finish
Gift for the MIL for watching the kiddos while the wife and I went scuba diving.
I'm having some concentricity issues, using the "professional" mandrel from woodcraft, I can't quite seem to get it completely true, but I'm guessing it's as good as I'm going to get without stepping up to precision mandrels/bushings. I pretty much make pens as gifts, I'm not selling them, so I'm not going to sweat it.
The big black area near the coupler on the right was a blowout, filled with ebony dust. Couldn't scrap the whole blank, I don't have any more. I don't think anyone will notice if I don't point out since there are black veins through the burl. Several had to be filled with ebony- they went down to the barrel.
Thanks for looking.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-unSerB1AiBc/UJvQoqcMACI/AAAAAAAAB0s/q-eXCogmcOM/s800/IMG_3283.JPG
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-bHntpK00Dew/UJvQpLCMdFI/AAAAAAAAB00/wIe17KLYo_U/s800/IMG_3287.JPG
Cherry burl from a buddy's back yard
CA finish
Gift for the MIL for watching the kiddos while the wife and I went scuba diving.
I'm having some concentricity issues, using the "professional" mandrel from woodcraft, I can't quite seem to get it completely true, but I'm guessing it's as good as I'm going to get without stepping up to precision mandrels/bushings. I pretty much make pens as gifts, I'm not selling them, so I'm not going to sweat it.
The big black area near the coupler on the right was a blowout, filled with ebony dust. Couldn't scrap the whole blank, I don't have any more. I don't think anyone will notice if I don't point out since there are black veins through the burl. Several had to be filled with ebony- they went down to the barrel.
Thanks for looking.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-unSerB1AiBc/UJvQoqcMACI/AAAAAAAAB0s/q-eXCogmcOM/s800/IMG_3283.JPG
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-bHntpK00Dew/UJvQpLCMdFI/AAAAAAAAB00/wIe17KLYo_U/s800/IMG_3287.JPG