Alan Morrison
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Etesia pen kit from Beaufort Ink.
Pen with how I did it photographs
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mark james
IAP Collection, Curator
Well done and the pictures are a nice feature. Be well, Alan.
jttheclockman
Member
Like the idea. Well done. Thanks for the photos. I need to do that more myself. It explains alot of things in less words.
Humongous
Member
That came out great Alan! Nice work and thanks for the photos
hallelujahal
Member
Really nice pen thanks for sharing how you created it!
SteveJ
Member
Good work Alan!
Hubert H
Member
VERY NICE!
Larryreitz
Member
Outstanding. I haven't been into segmenting beyond simple designs. However, I have bookmarked this page and will be giving your method a try one of these days. Let me second JT's comment that seeing the pictures is extremely helpful. Many thanks for showing.
Alan Morrison
Member
Thanks for your comments, Larry.
I wrote a short piece on segmenting which Wayne posted in the Library, if you are interested. It's more like an introduction to segmenting but you may get some ideas from it if you havent already come across it.
Segmenting Pen Blanks
Some folks have expressed interest in how I go about making the patterns on my blanks and segmenting them into a pen blank. Firstly, I will explain where my segmenting patterns come from, what influences them, and different helps that I found...
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RichAldrich
Member
Thanks Alan
Thanks Alan! I printed the sheet in Black and White the first time! Ha.
leehljp
Member Liaison
Alan, when I lived in Japan, I went to an industrial grade hardware store and found saw blades (metric of course) with carbide blades up to 150mm (roughly 6 inches) and with .9mm kerf carbide blades. That was the thinnest carbide that I found. They had several brands of 1mm kerf carbide. I purchased a few and brought back with me along with a saw that could use them. After I returned home, I did a search and found a couple of places in the US that offered carbide blades with 1mm kerf. I haven't searched in the last 10 years, so I am unsure of availability. Surely in the Euro area there are blades available there.
My point is, the thin carbide blades I have used cut incredibly smooth and precise. I was able to achieve cuts similar to some of those of the masters. That kind of smoothness helps tremendously with segments. Not sure if they would fit your saw, but if the arbor hole was large enough, an adapter could make it fit.
My point is, the thin carbide blades I have used cut incredibly smooth and precise. I was able to achieve cuts similar to some of those of the masters. That kind of smoothness helps tremendously with segments. Not sure if they would fit your saw, but if the arbor hole was large enough, an adapter could make it fit.