Just a little experiment

[Woody]

When I was turning the last poly gem pen the light come on save the dust when turning this stuff it comes of in a powder form so I saved some and this is the end result of the little experiment I wish I had saved some from the other colors now.
All I done was made a few cuts with the point of the skew thin super glue and rubbed the red dust in and applied more super glue and finished with the skew chisel yes not very evenly spaced out but it was an experiment and done in a rush just to see if it worked and lunch was being dished up I'm quite pleased with the results and it has cheered up a bit of sad wood so save your dust LOL the same Idea could be used to make a pen look is if it was made with an insert as in segmented

 

[Gav]

I like the random lines, lovely finish, and a great little trick to make pens stand out!

 

[dotslad]

Woody you are awful but I like you. Can see now why you are Top Gog

 

[Terry]

Great idea Woody. I must remember to save some of my polygem dust !!!

 

[edlea]

I'll need to buy some Polygem first ..but when I do !!! Like the pen sir.

 

[Woody]

It can be done with anything that can be crushed into dust I have used on bowls and boxes coal, lime stone, charcoal, colored Stone, pumice stone with paint powders and powder paints on there own sometimes mixed with epoxy resin or bonded with super glue just to mention a few [

 

[silver]

It can be done with anything that can be crushed into dust I have used on bowls and boxes coal, lime stone, charcoal, colored Stone, pumice stone with paint powders and powder paints on there own sometimes mixed with epoxy resin or bonded with super glue just to mention a few [

Looks good there Woody. ?I have used it before but never on a pen.. That is now a must do.. I have always saved as much of the bog oak dust as I can when turning.. Got a nice little bag full now..

 

[Grump]

Nice one dad I like that pen a lot mate.

 

[Buckeye]

You can also use brass filings.

Peter

 

[edlea]

Hmmmm brick dust would contrast well with a lot of woods........

 

[bluntchisel]

Good thinking, Woody!
Bob.

 

[stevenw1963]

whilst we all just chuck shavings & dust etc out.
You're saving it all to use.

Are you sure you're not a Yorkshireman i.e a tightwad!!!

Nice pen by the way

 

[Jimjam66]

Woody you are awful but I like you. Can see now why you are Top Gog

Yup! That about sums it up!

 

[PhillH]

Bloody clever !

Nice effect as well :up:

 

[Jim]

I am surprised how well this looks Woody, thanks for sharing ...

 

[Doug]

Top tip & I`ve a perfect container to keep all the dust in, I call it my workshop

Wonder if I could start selling the dust

 

[Woody]

Why not Doug T/R do and they call it inlace

 

[sbwertz]

If you don't have the polygem dust, or want different colors you can use embossing powder to do the same thing. I use the black embossing powder to fill small cracks in dark wood, as well. When I do turquoise fill I often dust the cavity with black embossing powder before inlaying the crushed turquoise. The result is a fine black outline around the turquoise. It works to make bands on wooden pens the same way...just cut a groove and fill it with the powder and thin ca. It is available on Amazon.uk
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-English...d=1383151692&sr=8-4&keywords=embossing+powder

 

[Woody]

If you don't have the polygem dust, or want different colors you can use embossing powder to do the same thing. I use the black embossing powder to fill small cracks in dark wood, as well. When I do turquoise fill I often dust the cavity with black embossing powder before inlaying the crushed turquoise. The result is a fine black outline around the turquoise. It works to make bands on wooden pens the same way...just cut a groove and fill it with the powder and thin ca. It is available on Amazon.uk
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-English...d=1383151692&sr=8-4&keywords=embossing+powder

Thank you for that tip Sharon I crush charcoal for the same effect also the pots of children's powder paints thats the good thing with this hobby there are so many different mediums we can use

 

[rowdyyates115]

Brilliant Tips. Woody and Sharon thanks for sharing....