Wingman

[sorcerertd]

This is a new kit for me. It's a Wingman from Turner's Warehouse. This is similar in size to a cigar pen. I like that I could knock the finial out (see warning below) and make my own. It's pretty obvious that this one is Olive wood, courtesy of a Home Goods cutting board.

*Tech notes

• I have no clue what diameter bushings the upper barrel takes, but I didn't have any that fit it, so I just put the brass tube between centers and carved carefully. (I almost never buy bushings any more, but just use whatever fits in the tubes to turn down close to finished size and then go TBC with calipers to finish the job. It's one less thing to lose, right?)
  
  
• There is a "sleeve" inside the upper assembly, as seen in the first 2 pictures, that slides over the transmission.
  • There is a lip in that sleeve.
  • If you use a transfer punch to knock out the finial, make sure you have a small enough diameter to clear the lip or you will destroy it like I did.
  • The gold one in the other pictures is the one I trashed. (Stay tuned to see if that one turns out OK after the JB Weld patch)

Here it is "glued" back together?
I had to file out some shredded metal before doing this. I do love my Dremel. Wish me luck with that one.

 

[Dieseldoc]

Awesome pen with Olive wood, well done.

 

[KMCloonan]

Great save and very sharp pen! I love olivewood from Home Goods too!

 

[Mike]

Nice pen, I love the olivewood.

Mike

 

[LouCee]

Looks great, very nice work! Thank you for taking the time to include the notes.

 

[Jim15]

That's a beauty.

 

[egnald]

Very Pretty - and very cool, especially the customization. - Dave

 

[bugradx2]

I love the styling on this pen, great match with the olivewood too.

 

[Sataro]

Great looking pen! Thanks for passing notes along.

 

[David350]

Beautiful pen and great example of "less is more". I do like segmented, hybrid, etc. blanks, but when you have a blank that nice, just let it speak for itself. Turned finial was icing on the cake...

 

[jrista]

Boy, that grain!! Beautiful!! Love the finial cap too. Excellent pairing with gunmetal there. Beautiful pen!

 

[mark james]

Beautiful blanks and final pen - well done. Not a critique fof your work, but I find the gap in the centerband unappealing; I would be trying to push it closed all the time. The remainder of the kit looks nice, and I love your process for not using bushings.

 

[sorcerertd]

Beautiful blanks and final pen - well done. Not a critique fof your work, but I find the gap in the centerband unappealing; I would be trying to push it closed all the time. The remainder of the kit looks nice, and I love your process for not using bushings.

Thanks. I don't disagree about the gap. It reminds me of the little space between the top and bottom of the slimlines that you just can't quite get to close all the way. It does leave the option of some inlay material, though. Hmm, I have some nice blue apetite that would make a great contrast there.

 

[jrista]

Is the gap where the twist occurs? Wondering if it would be possible to turn a custom wood (or resin, if the barrels are made of resin) band to fit into that gap? Seems like one of those "customize it" opportunities, at least assuming you can in fact fit anything into said gap.

 

[sorcerertd]

Is the gap where the twist occurs? Wondering if it would be possible to turn a custom wood (or resin, if the barrels are made of resin) band to fit into that gap? Seems like one of those "customize it" opportunities, at least assuming you can in fact fit anything into said gap.

The gap is in the center band. The twist is below there.

 

[Tach]

Great looking pen. Love the grain of the olive wood.