Chief TomaToe
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I recently purchased a small 9" Skil table top bandsaw that has pretty good reviews. Given that I have no experience with bandsaws other than a couple of times in shop class as a kid, I figured it would be a great place to start. I don't really adopt any New Year's resolutions, but in regards to penturning I really wanted to take this year to step up my game and acquire some segmenting skills.
So here is my start.
The first one is a Gun Metal Commander made with Honduras Rosewood and I believe to be maple/walnut billet rings. A very generous member of this forum sent me some pre-made blanks to make these rings out of. Needless to say, it was a LOT more difficult to cut the rings off than I had anticipated!
http://www.penturners.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=184417&stc=1&d=1548773431
The second was not originally intended to be a segmented pen, but after catching a void in the wood I needed a backup plan. It really pays to keep all those cut-offs after all because I happened to have some green acrylic lying around to use. This is in a chrome Vertex click with a Resifill blank from George's Bits of Timber (which was obtained via the generosity of ANOTHER member here).
http://www.penturners.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=184418&stc=1&d=1548773431
The third is a chrome Trimline made with a wood that I'm not really sure what it is, but it has a Blue Mahoe segment with red veneer. This is perhaps the one that went the smoothest from start to finish.
http://www.penturners.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=184419&stc=1&d=1548773431
The last two are actually a modified slimline design that I have been wanting to try, along with the simple segmenting accents.These are both made from Maple and Red Ironbark. In the end, I was very pleased with these as a proof-of-concept. However, my biggest gripe about these two was that blade drift prevented me from getting a perfect result which might not be fully evident in a 2-D photograph.
http://www.penturners.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=184420&stc=1&d=1548773431
http://www.penturners.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=184421&stc=1&d=1548773431
I had a lot of fun making these, and that made it hard to wait for the shed to heat up before getting out there to continue working on them! As always, your comments and critiques are welcome.
So here is my start.
The first one is a Gun Metal Commander made with Honduras Rosewood and I believe to be maple/walnut billet rings. A very generous member of this forum sent me some pre-made blanks to make these rings out of. Needless to say, it was a LOT more difficult to cut the rings off than I had anticipated!
http://www.penturners.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=184417&stc=1&d=1548773431
The second was not originally intended to be a segmented pen, but after catching a void in the wood I needed a backup plan. It really pays to keep all those cut-offs after all because I happened to have some green acrylic lying around to use. This is in a chrome Vertex click with a Resifill blank from George's Bits of Timber (which was obtained via the generosity of ANOTHER member here).
http://www.penturners.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=184418&stc=1&d=1548773431
The third is a chrome Trimline made with a wood that I'm not really sure what it is, but it has a Blue Mahoe segment with red veneer. This is perhaps the one that went the smoothest from start to finish.
http://www.penturners.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=184419&stc=1&d=1548773431
The last two are actually a modified slimline design that I have been wanting to try, along with the simple segmenting accents.These are both made from Maple and Red Ironbark. In the end, I was very pleased with these as a proof-of-concept. However, my biggest gripe about these two was that blade drift prevented me from getting a perfect result which might not be fully evident in a 2-D photograph.
http://www.penturners.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=184420&stc=1&d=1548773431
http://www.penturners.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=184421&stc=1&d=1548773431
I had a lot of fun making these, and that made it hard to wait for the shed to heat up before getting out there to continue working on them! As always, your comments and critiques are welcome.
