Tom Wilson66
05-31-2015, 9:37 PM
I recently made this stratus pen with a White Oak barrel. This will be my "everyday" pen. As you can see, I added the ribbon for the Vietnam Campaign Medal. This was made from thread wrapped in a groove in the barrel, to keep the thread mostly flush with the wood. Then I applied several coats of polyurethane to protect the threads and wood.
I got the idea for the thread wrapping from seeing the decorative wrappings on fishing rods. Worked out a way to do this on spindle turnings, and have had a lot of fun coming up with ideas for things to wrap. Takes a while to do the wrapping, but I'm retired so I have a little time to do this sort of thing.
I got the idea for the thread wrapping from seeing the decorative wrappings on fishing rods. Worked out a way to do this on spindle turnings, and have had a lot of fun coming up with ideas for things to wrap. Takes a while to do the wrapping, but I'm retired so I have a little time to do this sort of thing.