Halfcaff
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I finally tried my hand at an closed end pen but I wanted to go for the double closed-end. This is my first one. I don't have a closed-end mandrel so I had to figure out another way. I went to a local IAP club meeting a couple of weekends ago and I we saw a demo about how to make a closed-end mandrel. Another one of the members told me how to do with with an adjustable mandrel. Drill the blank with a bit just big enough that the threads at the end of the mandrel would screw into the wood. Then re-drill for the tubes. That is the way that I did it. It worked awesome! I can't believe I hadn't ever thought of that before.
The pen is made of amboyna burl (my favorite). The center ring is made of holly and ebony. The tubes and parts I used were for a churchill kit. I used the bushing for the churchill to hold the blanks on the headstoke side while I turned them but I did not use them for sizing. I made the whole pen a little larger than a churchill in order to make the center ring fit. This was my first hidden or invisible clip. I just read the articles in the library and went to it. It turned out pretty well. There are a few things I might do differently next time. The pen was finished in my normal 8-10 layers of extra thin CA and sanded down through the micro mesh and finished off with renaissance wax.
This was a great project and I had so much fun making it. There will be more pens like this one to come. Please let me know what you think and comments or suggestions you might have thanks.
The pen is made of amboyna burl (my favorite). The center ring is made of holly and ebony. The tubes and parts I used were for a churchill kit. I used the bushing for the churchill to hold the blanks on the headstoke side while I turned them but I did not use them for sizing. I made the whole pen a little larger than a churchill in order to make the center ring fit. This was my first hidden or invisible clip. I just read the articles in the library and went to it. It turned out pretty well. There are a few things I might do differently next time. The pen was finished in my normal 8-10 layers of extra thin CA and sanded down through the micro mesh and finished off with renaissance wax.
This was a great project and I had so much fun making it. There will be more pens like this one to come. Please let me know what you think and comments or suggestions you might have thanks.
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