Thread: A few custom pens

Again, great work. If you start polishing metal as well, you'll give Vlad a run for his money

Originally Posted by heliguy

beautiful as usual,

I think your giving me a case of lathe purchase order

what lathe do u use

Right now it's a Delta Midi. Soon, it will be a Jet Mini, which is the same size as the Delta Midi. And just so y;all know, that egg is 2.25" tall, and just shy of 2" wide at its widest point.

Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT

Again, great work. If you start polishing metal as well, you'll give Vlad a run for his money

Well, not this year, but some time in the future it might be an option.

Too late, one project's already being forced on you.. Get ready for RAD

Ilija,
I know HOW to polish metal (2 years at military school, one year in handbells), but I don't have the necessary equipment to do it efficiently (ie, my dremel needs a new collet, or a new chuck, when I find it again). We'll see. This woodworking thing is turning into a really nice way to make people happy, so once I get my own workshop going, I am going to branch out a little, and I mean VERY little. We'll start with bowls and brush handles, then we'll move one to...well....You'll see.

Peace and Joy, everyone,
Harry

Originally Posted by kd5tmu

Right now it's a Delta Midi. Soon, it will be a Jet Mini, which is the same size as the Delta Midi.

It might possibly end up the Rikon Mini, which is a little bigger. Need to talk to the guys at woodcraft on their recommendations.

A quick apology to people waiting on pens from me. You will notice the first occupation listed in my sig is "College Student". The recent finals and everything, as well as waiting on a new lathe (my very own) means that I am way behind. I haven't taken new orders, because I'm waiting on some pens to be done. Every order I have pending is drilled and glued up, it's just waiting on being turned, finished, and assembled. I am going to see about going to my buddy's house later if my lathe isn't in today. Thanks for your patience and understanding.

Harry, the friendly neighborhood penmaker.

No rush Harry. I hope your exams went well

ya no worries Harry. your schools definitely gotta come first.

No big rush on mine Harry.

I got that razor sort of done but want to unpin it and tinker with it a little more.

I want to try a couple of different things with pins and such too.

Maybe 2 weeks sounds fine, little sooner if you get the chance.
I'm sure I'll get the razor to someplace I'm happy with it before then.

Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT

No rush Harry. I hope your exams went well

Originally Posted by sgbsteve

ya no worries Harry. your schools definitely gotta come first.

Originally Posted by gratewhitehuntr

No big rush on mine Harry.

And this is why I love this group of guys! Y'all rock, you hear me? Frickin' ROCK! I got the lathe and the grinder (gotta sharpen my chisels and gouges somehow!) to the house and set up in the garage. Unfortunately, with the current arrangement, the drill press and bandsaw sit on the ground and are used there. Oh well, it still works. I got my first pen turned and finished on the new lathe! It was a project in a wood I haven't worked with yet, so I was so excited to get it done, I pushed it to the front of the line. More kits have been ordered, and I have plenty of blanks to last a while, so I will start taking requests again. Tomorrow I get off of work at the camera store at 5, so tomorrow evening is pen evening. I need to get my pen press from my buddy's house so I can assemble these pens! For those with cocobolo orders, I will do them in the order they were recieved, but I will have to push other orders in between them because of my allergy to that wood. It's a wonderful wood that I love working with, but can only do one pen at a time with it, lest I get sneezy and queezy.

Look forward to pictures tomorrow night or Sunday afternoon!

HUZZAH!