egnald
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Greetings from Nebraska.
Today I finished up my 2nd attempt at laser segmenting a pen based on the process Richard Santos (amtechrs) developed and posted about in February. I think it turned out significantly better than my first attempt. I've had a few discussions with Richard and have made several tweaks in my design and processes. At least I thought this one turned out good enough to put it on a good Cigar kit. The kit is from Exotic Blanks and the blank was turned using Ed's Improved Fit Cigar Bushings.
The materials are Walnut, Cherry, and Padauk. The symmetry is improved from distorting the inlays for the blank before cutting them to compensate for the distortion which is caused by the taper in the turned blank. The center band end is quite a bit larger in diameter than the cap / clip end is. This kept the borders around the inlays from being clipped down like on the first one.
I took much more care in finishing than I did on the first one in order to minimize the problem with smearing the colors of the wood and the dreaded "white spots". I also swapped out the center inlay from a diamond shape to a heart shape.
Anyhow, here are the pictures starting out with a picture of the first one that shows where the symmetry is obviously lacking.
Regards,
Dave
First, a picture of the other pen that points out the distortion from the taper.
Note how the Cherry border around the Padauk inlays start ok at the center band, get narrower in the center, and then are virtually gone at the cap end.
These are the pictures of the 2nd pen with a blank that was adjusted to compensate for the taper.
Note the borders around the Cherry inlays are more uniform all the way from the cap end to the centerband.
Today I finished up my 2nd attempt at laser segmenting a pen based on the process Richard Santos (amtechrs) developed and posted about in February. I think it turned out significantly better than my first attempt. I've had a few discussions with Richard and have made several tweaks in my design and processes. At least I thought this one turned out good enough to put it on a good Cigar kit. The kit is from Exotic Blanks and the blank was turned using Ed's Improved Fit Cigar Bushings.
The materials are Walnut, Cherry, and Padauk. The symmetry is improved from distorting the inlays for the blank before cutting them to compensate for the distortion which is caused by the taper in the turned blank. The center band end is quite a bit larger in diameter than the cap / clip end is. This kept the borders around the inlays from being clipped down like on the first one.
I took much more care in finishing than I did on the first one in order to minimize the problem with smearing the colors of the wood and the dreaded "white spots". I also swapped out the center inlay from a diamond shape to a heart shape.
Anyhow, here are the pictures starting out with a picture of the first one that shows where the symmetry is obviously lacking.
Regards,
Dave
First, a picture of the other pen that points out the distortion from the taper.
Note how the Cherry border around the Padauk inlays start ok at the center band, get narrower in the center, and then are virtually gone at the cap end.
These are the pictures of the 2nd pen with a blank that was adjusted to compensate for the taper.
Note the borders around the Cherry inlays are more uniform all the way from the cap end to the centerband.
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