experiment

I built a chrome wrench pen a while back and turned the other pen yesterday. The Breast Cancer pen has some flaws that I didn't notice until I started to hit it with the MM. The tool dragged on the tool rest and chattered a bit. Got some ridges from the chatter. Need to clean up the tool rest...

I think I have done some pretty thorough reading about dyeing wood and i have come to the conclusion, without even trying, that I am not going to be able to totally saturate a piece of wood, regardless of type, with ANY kind of dye. I am thinking of trying to get some type of spectraply...

I thought that I'd post some of my latest flawed results. So, I made the decision to try a couple of different styles of pen kits and have paid the price for being impatient and for poor instructions. I thought I'd post a few pics of some that are not quite up to scratch as everyone...

I found some new fibrous material I wanted to try out on a pen. It's cast in a poly resin. It ended up looking like turquoise I think. The tube was NOT painted...but this was an experiment anyhow. Sorry for the poor pictures. Photography is not my bag.