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Turned my first in acrylic, second ever fountain pen today!
Executive model, can't remember the name of the blank, if it even came with one! :whistling:
Hi all
Some of you may have seen this on the US pen turners forum as I posted it on there too, so sorry for the duplication but I have nothing else to offer ?.
I am on a bit of a Conway Stewart vibe at the moment and this is Amber with a yellow metal accent ring at the grip.
Cheers
Ash
I made my first ever fountain pen today!
It's a craft pro kit, the Executive in oak.
I've been too scared to try for ages, thinking it would be really complicated and the drilling was a nightmare!
The turning and assembly were much easier than expected and I'm rather pleased.
It's a...
Decided to go for a more modern Roller Ball Pens to match the Fountain Pens in my last Thread.
With the tube at over 80mm long this makes a substantial project and has a pen cap that posts on the heel of the pen with a good quality Taiwanese pre-installed nylon seal (some similar kits require...
Decided to go for a more modern Fountain Pens in the future..
With the tube at over 80mm long this makes a substantial project and has a pen cap that posts on the heel of the pen with a good quality Taiwanese pre-installed nylon seal (some similar kits require self-installation)
I love it...
What an amazing kit the Sirocco is. Really enjoyed working with a more 'premium' kit. Only had one issue, and that was when pressing the clip in. The angle of the actual clip was holding it off the blank at quite a steep angle, and I think any more pressure would have cracked the blank. I'm...
Hi guys, just wanted to share with you all my latest projest, it a fountain pen that has 2000 pieces of blue dyed poplar and cherry veneer in.
This was a real challenge to glue up and also try and drill perfectly in the middle because trying to hold a 5 sided object in a 4 jaw chuck doesn't...
The short story is that this took about a year of head scratching. The cross inlay I had done previously in a simple segmented design, but I always wanted to figure out how to include an oval design as a picture frame. My hope is to now try 5-10 other designs inside of the picture frame.