aluminum

Of all the finishes pen kits come in, aluminum is the one I find hardest to match to a blank. So I got the bright idea to carve the barrel for an aluminum finish kit out of an aluminum rod. I bought 2 kits each in aluminum of several PSI styles and picked the Anvil EDC as the first experimental...

Hi guys. Forgive me if this post is not in the right forum or if I missed seeing the answer in another post, as I could not find one. I have some 20 mm diameter 6061 aluminum rod.I’m actually going to make aluminum precision bench dogs that will be about 1-7/8” long. I’m bringing the rod to a...

I am still new at this but have an idea. There was an inquiry about a blank with a certain finish. Thought I could crinkle some aluminum foil, flatten it and glue it around a tube. I know it would increase the diameter a bit. How would it react with CA or epoxy? Would the glue hold? Try it and...

How do you figure out what diameter to turn aluminum stock down to for a specific die? For example a #10-32 die?

I want to move to more challenging turning. I found some pictures on here of pens with stripes of metal running the length of the barrel. I found this was aluminum flashing so I promptly went out and bought some, cut it, scuffed up the faces, and bonded it into two sandwich blanks using System...

Here is another segmented walnut and cherry with aluminum. This is the second one I've done the first was on a classic vintage kit. I've done cabinetry work and they say that a what separates a good carpenter from a average carpenter is the ability to fix your mistakes or disguise them. Well...

Here is a vintage classic from Smitty's! It was a $2 kit on closeout and I have been learning for maybe three months less than 20 pens so far. I thought this one turned out nice ! Also I posted one picture with my ipad and it will only do 1 picture period! Any ideals, I know others have the same...

So this is the first attempt at turning aluminum barrels. It is a Chrome Jr. Gent I FP. This is also my 2nd fp, the first one will be posted soon as well, and upgraded nibs are in the mail. The cap is made of alt. ebony with aluminum segment bands. I picked this aluminum up at lowes on a whim...

I have started messing with my Sherline lathe and jus tried out the collets. Similar to Beall collets these have a threaded portion for attaching a draw bar. FYI A drawbar threads into the collett and as you tighten the rod, the collett is pulled further in the lathe head to tightly grip the...

I finally got one finished. About a month ago I decided I wanted to take the plunge into kitless pens. The only problem was I didn't have a metal lathe to do what I wanted and secondly as a polymer guy I had very little experience turning anything, let alone metal. With the consent of LOML I...

This aluminum was originally only supposed to be some scrap "test" pieces to see how it behaved with my tools. After playing around a little, I still had room to put some shape to it, so it ended up turning into a pen. Based on a Euro style, the cap and nib are platinum (I had only drilled to...

Here' a design I made for single barrel pens. Now I need to figure out a name for the design. Anyone got any good ideas? Aero pen, black wood, aluminum segments, BLO/CA finish. Comments are welcome...THX I didn't see a tutorial on this type of segmenting. Would folks like to see a...

Hello! Here is my latest offering. Made for one of my co-workers who liked the Barron but was not big enough for his hands. Greg can hide a Barron in the palm of his hand. Please let me know what you think, all comments are welcome and appreciated. Yes, it is heavy. Thanks for looking.

Hello!! Here is the second Bronze-Aluminum Barron Pen, I sent the first one to my buddy in Atlanta. Still working on the photo thing. This is to prove that the first one was not just dumb luck. Any comments or critiques are welcome. Thanks for looking.

Hello, Here is my Barron in Aluminum-Bronze Alloy. Please tell me what you think.

Hello, this is my first attempt at a closed-end pen. The more I browse the pages here, the more I become inspired. I purchased the drill chuck and closed end mandrel two months ago but have not had the courage to attempt a pen. Then two days ago my aluminum arrived from www.speedymetals.com...

This is the pen I am sending Mike (Hosspen) my PITH partner. My apologies for being past the due date Mike, I hope the wait is worth it. The pen is packaged and will be in the mail first thing Monday. During some e-mail exchanges Mike mentioned that he liked the Sierra Click, was...

I have this crazy idea I need to use coke can pieces for. Will CA work or do I need to use something different?