Please excuse the photography, but here is my first attempts at segmented pens. They're walnut and maple. Thanks for looking.
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Please excuse the photography, but here is my first attempts at segmented pens. They're walnut and maple. Thanks for looking.
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I love the designs, especially the lower one! Great job.
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Guy, these are real unique I like what you've done. MORE MORE MORE!!!
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Man that is pure magic!!
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Guy, excellent looking pens! Never seen anything like them! Great designs! Looking forward to seeing more of your work!
Steve
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Beautifully done! Excellent!
Ken
So much to learn, so little time.....
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Guy, you've opened the door to the fascinating world of lamination trickery. Nice job with these.
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Guy,
Very nice. Do you mind describing, or, better yet, diagraming, how you did your lamentations?
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I have another one in the glue-up stage. Once it's all glued up, I'll post a pitcure of it. It's really a very simple process/design. I just take a blank, and mark the length of the tube on it. I then make marks from "corner to corner" on what will be the length of the pen part. Then, I cut it diagonally along those lines, add a piece of veneer, and glue it back together. Below is a picture that should show what I'm doing. To get the multiple designs, simply turn the blank 90* and do it again.
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That's really fun! Guess I'll be glueing up scraps today. Thanks for the tutorial!
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That's amazing. Really cool. Lars
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Guy,
Thanks. I think I've got to find some time to turn some more pens. You've inspired me! Of course, others have inspired me to turn some more bowls, boxes, hollow forms.... I'm beginning to think I don't have enough time for this hobby!
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Very nice work! For those wanting to try it, this is called a celtic cross, and Guy forgot to tell you the secret to making it work. You need to make sure that the thickness of the veneer or inlay wood is as close as possible to the kerf of the saw blade used to make the cuts. The simple one is not as critical, but when making more than two cuts, the veneers will not line up correctly unless the amount of material removed during the cut is replaced by the same amount of material.
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Guy didn't forget to tell you about it! He77..He didn't even know!
I was just playing around. I didn't have anything in particular in mind when I started. This is just what came out when I cut away everthing that didn't look like a pen!
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Nice job Guy. There are some pretty spectacular segmented pens out there.... And it looks like you're on your way.
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