Mistral accent rings and phinials.

[Pastor of Muppets]

Morning (and afternoon, evening and night) all,

Going to be heading down to the shop in the next couple of days after a prolonged absence due having had the dreaded lurgy (kindly shared by my good lady).
I am finally going to be turning myself a pen I have a gorgeous Dan Pompe worthless wood blank to go in to an equally gorgeous Mistral rollerball kit. when ordering it I also ordered my self the accent ring bushings and really fancy having a go at turning these and the phinial too.
Does anyone have any hints and tips and pictures of the results??

Thanks Again

Andy

 

[Phil Dart]

Have you had a peek at the instructions for the accent bushes Andy?

http://www.beaufortink.co.uk/Mistral FP-RB accent bushes instructions.pdf

 

[Pastor of Muppets]

I did Phil and it certainly seems easy enough but there is nothing better than experience!!
I haven't managed to find pictures of pens with turned accents though are they a rarity?

 

[Phil Dart]

Certainly not as common as the supplied accents, but not particularly a rarety - but not necessarily made by people who do forums and social media that often.

There's a set here though, and you might find a few more if you search back through the posts over the last couple of years.

http://www.penturners.co.uk/wood-tu...strals-indian-rosewood.html?highlight=mistral

 

[pittswood]

Hi Andy,
I made a pen for myself, many moons ago. I turned the ring and cabochon from the same wood used in the body of the pen. The wife done the pyrography on the ring.



Kelvin

 

[Gregory Hardy]

I just posted one as a new pen. I didn't use the bushings told by Phil, only because I didn't have them...and then I got it in my head that I own some digital calipers! I made them taking measurements of the parts supplied with the kit.

 

[Pastor of Muppets]

I just posted one as a new pen. I didn't use the bushings told by Phil, only because I didn't have them...and then I got it in my head that I own some digital calipers! I made them taking measurements of the parts supplied with the kit.

It was seeing yours that prompted me to ask if anyone had done it!