Project Information
I began with Leopardwood as the the basis, and added a little of this, and a little of that, for a total of forty-five pieces. Then, after more than four hours of cutting and gluing, I drilled out the hole for the tube. It was when I went to glue the tube in that I discovered that, somehow, my lathe's centers were out of alignment. This means that the end of the blank that was receiving the drill was a lot bigger than the end in the chuck. I had a conical hole with a huge gap around the tube. I, therefore, had to fill the gap. So I used five-minute epoxy for the gluing instead of the usual medium CA. I wasn't entirely certain it was gonna hold up. It did, and here's the pen that came of it. (I corrected the misalignment before I turned the pen. The wackiness was extremely apparent once I had the mandrel in the chuck - the live center in the tailstock simply would not mate with the end of the mandrel.)
I took a couple of photos of the blank before I started turning it, just in case it decided to explode. Which it didn't. So calm down.
My intent was to make two pens concurrently, so I made two blanks. The second blank, thus far without the addition of a little of this and a little of that, can be viewed being used as a prop in the last two gallery photos.
Thank you. And, I apologize.
I took a couple of photos of the blank before I started turning it, just in case it decided to explode. Which it didn't. So calm down.
My intent was to make two pens concurrently, so I made two blanks. The second blank, thus far without the addition of a little of this and a little of that, can be viewed being used as a prop in the last two gallery photos.
Thank you. And, I apologize.