Chair-leg Slimlines

[JayDee]

An introductory post;
A customer wanted 4 chrome pens made from some old chair parts that had sentimental value for him and his family members. These are the results. Made from a chair leg. Wood appears to be Maple.



I provided him 4 color printouts of this with his pens.


Comments and critiques requested
Thanks for looking, JayDee

 

[jttheclockman]

I am sure there must be a story there. They came out well. I am sure they will like them and get more pleasure out of them in a different form. Well done. Thanks for showing.

 

[turnaround360]

A set of 4 true slim lines made to the slim line shape nice.

 

[Mr Finch]

Gorgeous pens. I really like the shape of the standard slimline with no "embellishments" and is one of my best sellers.

Welcome to the forum!

 

[Doug]

Lovely pens & a great way to keep using a chair that is past its sell by date, I really like the idea :up:

 

[Grump]

Very nice, I wouldn't want to sit on them though.

 

[Penpal]

Lovely conclusion neat story pens to share.

Kind regards Peter.

 

[edlea]

Lovely workmanship JayDee ... plus recycling at it's best .

 

[Terry]

Excellent work. Thanks for showing !!!

 

[paulm]

Lovely Jaydee, I'm sure you've made 4 people very happy.

 

[Woody]

Very nic I like the way you have manager to keep the dowelling intact most of us would have cut that bit of

 

[stevenw1963]

Really nice pens those Jaydee, nice to re-use something that has a personal history for the recipient too.

 

[Buckeye]

Personalised recycling, can't get much better than that, nice touch keeping the joints.

Peter

 

[rowdyyates115]

Excellent Work, turning and finishing, Jaydee.
Brilliant idea.

 

[JayDee]

I appreciate all the comments and not a one of you sniped me for posting the pens in the wrong forum:imsorry:. Found the correct one a few minutes ago, I'll do better I promise. I usually answer each commentary post individually but there is just too many so I will just add another comment or two about the project.

Yes the cross spindle came in handy. The chair parts the customer gave me consisted of at least 3 species of wood. The leg was probably White Ash, the spindle appears to be Hickory, and another piece(not sure what chair component it was is Oak, so I had lots of choices but I thought the leg with the holes filled with the Hickory spindle made the best statement.

As for the sequence page, when I get a special order such as something with sentimental value I always try to give the customer something extra such as the fabrication sequence to go along with the project. I do this even for such things as furniture repairs.

Again thanks for all the comments, you have a great forum here.

 

[Jimjam66]

Lovely JayDee. I especially like the accompanying photo essay. Funnily enough I was just thinking about providing a 'making of...' Pictorial with my high-end pens. Brilliant idea! (If you're like all the Americans I know you'll get a chuckle out of imagining us Brits saying 'BRILL-iant'!)

 

[JayDee]

Lovely JayDee. I especially like the accompanying photo essay. Funnily enough I was just thinking about providing a 'making of...' Pictorial with my high-end pens. Brilliant idea! (If you're like all the Americans I know you'll get a chuckle out of imagining us Brits saying 'BRILL-iant'!)

Sorry, there must be something wrong with your keyboard, I don't hear the accent.

 

[Jim]

Thanks for sharing the tutorial JayDee, the pens look very nice indeed and i like the way you have used the doweling, it does look good in the pen for sure ...