Project by JohnGreco | posted 03-12-2012 02:40 PM | 3033 views | 4 times favorited | 13 comments | ![]() |
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Making a celtic knot pen was a first for me, but I decided to make it along with an aluminum inlay outlining the knot, also a first for me. All in all I’m pretty happy with it. Curly Maple body with Mahogany knot on a chrome vertex kit from PSI.
Finished with 15 coats of CA and buffed. Thanks for looking.
-- John
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joey bealis
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#1 posted 03-12-2012 02:56 PM
Very nice pen.
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JohnGreco
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#2 posted 03-12-2012 03:20 PM
Thanks Joey!
-- John
Kayvon
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#3 posted 03-12-2012 03:34 PM
Impressive. I can’t figure out how you did it.
-- Kayvon
JohnGreco
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#4 posted 03-12-2012 06:00 PM
Thanks. I made a 45 degree cut on each side and filled the kerf with a piece of mahogany sandwiched by thin aluminum sheet.
-- John
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#5 posted 03-12-2012 07:03 PM
So, you just glued the aluminum sheet to both sides of the mahogony? Was it thick aluminum foil or a real sheet of aluminum?
-- ---Joel; Central MD...rookie empter nester and getting back into woodworking!
JohnGreco
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#6 posted 03-12-2012 07:14 PM
It was actually soda can that I cleaned and sanded down to remove the ink. Then I measured off a slice of Mahogany so it + the 2 pieces of aluminum = the same thickness as the kerf. Made each cut -nearly- all the way through and filled the cut with a soda can/mahogany/soda can combo using 5 minute epoxy. after it cured, trimmed it flush, rotated 90 degrees and repeated the process.
The hole for the brass tube has to be spot-on or else the knot will come out all funky. Mine was just off by a hair and even that was noticeable.
-- John
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#7 posted 03-12-2012 07:36 PM
Your pen looks great.
JohnGreco
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#8 posted 03-13-2012 01:30 AM
Thanks!
-- John
Philip
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#9 posted 03-13-2012 04:30 AM
Wow, amazing! Next time we want a blog series- soda can, genius.
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a1Jim
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#10 posted 03-13-2012 05:22 AM
Very ingenuous approach John and very cool looking pen .
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JohnGreco
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#11 posted 03-13-2012 11:43 AM
Thanks! The soda can wasn’t my idea, I got that from other pen turners :)
-- John
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#12 posted 03-15-2012 01:37 AM
That’s one of the finest looking pens I have seen in a while. I look at other sites as well and it is still the finest looking. Sure wish I could do that….Thanks for the pics.
JohnGreco
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#13 posted 03-15-2012 01:01 PM
Thanks!
-- John
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