Closed end pen experience (pen 6)

[chas_41_uk]

This was my entry in the closed end pen competition.

The kit was a Baron dressed in Tambooti and finished with two coats of friction polish and one coat of microcrystaline wax





Attempting a closed end pen is something I was thinking about before Peter devised the competition. He just bought the “getting round to it” forward.
Doing the top half was easy enough, nothing different to a normal pen. The closed end was more interesting.
Not having a closed end mandrel I had to opt for one of the other methods.
After calculating the depth required for drilling I drilled an initial hole with a drill bit the same diameter as the mandrel. Then I increased the size of the hole to the depth of the tube. After roughing, gluing the tube and squaring the end of the blank I used my adjustable mandrel with one bush at the headstock end and the live centre in the tailstock to hold the blank in place. Turning was easy enough as was sanding and finishing the main section. Sanding the bottom closed end was all done by hand as was the polishing

C+C welcome

 

[wm460]

Looks great to me, well done.

 

[stevenw1963]

tis a cracking looking pen that Chas

 

[Bill Mooney]

Thanks for the info Chas. A nice classy pen.

 

[Jim]

I know i keep saying it, but yet another stunning pen that could have taken the title. So many great pens in the same comp ..

 

[rayf6604]

Just shows what you can achieve with a little ingenuity, nice pen that Chas

 

[Penpal]

Chas that tail end is a head turner mate it is different. Somehow the others found that special grain that carries the day IMHO.

Peter.

 

[Buckeye]

As you know, you have created a beauty and the only thing that I can think of that could make it any better would be if it had a custom finial.

Peter