Another thought

[Rich Stewart]

I was just wondering if a feller could buy pen blanks and glue them together for segmented stuff. I experimented with gluing cutoffs together but I found that unless they are perfectly smooth, it leaves marks around the edges. This brings up a whole new bunch of tools. Jointers or planers or something. Just a thought. What you all think?

[Kurt Forbes]

a sander of some sort for pen blanks that would probably be safer
or some gap filling thick CA glue it is pretty much transparent so it really is barely noticeable.

[John Hart]

My first thought was "sounds expensive" but I've not done a segmented piece yet so I just don't know :o

[Bill Stevener]

Hi Rich,
The winter 2006, "Woodturning Design" has a very good article on Pen Blank Segmented Bowls, that should help with any questions you may have.
Bill.>>>>>>>>>:)

[Jeremiah Jordan]

I have seen Dick Sing make a few segmented pens, kinda of sorta. Just inserting a small square and gluing up the blank as a whole. It would seem difficult to do on such a small blank. Might want to sonsider make a larger one and cut and rip it down into multiple pen blanks.

Jeremiah