Alan Morrison
Member
A couple of recent blanks and pens. One Aquilo and one Etesia.
Folded Ribbon blanks and pens
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LouCee
Member
They look great, nice work!
mark james
IAP Collection, Curator
Beautiful work Alan. I love the builds and the timber choices. Thanks for sharing. 
Alan Morrison
Member
Looking forward to seeing them, Jon.
BULLWINKLE
Member
Awesome blanks.
Curious what kind of wood you use as the source for all your small segments. Do you get a larger piece, like a standard board, and cut it down to size? Or are you finding very small pieces of wood?
Alan Morrison
Member
Jon, I glue lengths of timber into a sandwich and cut the different shapes when cured on the table saw, mostly 30 degree cuts on the mitre guage.
egnald
Member
Very Cool - I just finished up a thin ripping sled for my tablesaw this morning. I'm using an Incra jig I had in the shop that I bought just for this purpose - about a hundred years ago. Now I just need to get busy, but I'm starting out with a lot simpler segmenting than what you have done. Maybe someday I will get there. Your work is inspirational. - Dave
Are you cutting larger boards down to those very thin boards? Or do you have a source for...micro lumber somewhere?
Alan Morrison
Member
They are thin slices cut from 3/4 to 1 inch lengths on the table saw.
I also get some thin pieces come from a luthier's scrap bin.
There is an introduction into segmenting in the library which I would like to update if you are interested.
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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