My November, er...December Entry

[GSteer]

Hopefully everyone will have a good laugh at this one, I most certainly groaned to myself! It aas meant to be Novembers entry...

So, I managed not to screw this one up or break it, amazing for once! I'd read the comp entry details at the beginning of November, great a whacky pen!

Thoughts churned, a few ideas came and went, decided on this one. First segmenting required a slight modification, the finish required multiple attempts as was my first time using melamine. Got it finally finished, photographed and images prepped etc in time. All the way to sending the comp entry in. Then I re-read the first post to check I wasn't going to miss anything... 'a whacky pen based on a slimline' ... oh balls. Evidently my brain had forgotten the slimline bit and glossed over it, I'd ended up making a Sierra.


So I resubmitted to the free for all December. A homage to Monty Pythons Norwegian Blue (with yellow tail feathers), 'whackiest' at it's best in my opinion, at least from a thought perspective if not physical, more practice required for that. Segmented SpectraPly and black plasticard on a gunmetal and chrome Sierra. Only a month out of time.

 

[Buckeye]

It's certainly a smart looking blank and with the back story would sell to a Python fan no problem

Peter

 

[angelo49]

Exceptional segmenting Greg
All that work paid off!
NICE!

 

[Treeesa]

You managed to make an entry I didn't well done

 

[Penpal]

Well thought out I did dwell for quite some time on your pen, it is a ripper.

Peter.

 

[wm460]

Great looking pen Greg, very colourful and very well made..

 

[fingwe]

Greg, I love this one, I might ̶c̶o̶p̶y̶ be inspired by that one in the future!

 

[Irishpat]

well done,great looking pen

 

[Les ELm]

Well done.

Les

 

[woodhacker]

A lot of work must have went into the making of that pen. The end result made it all worthwhile.

 

[billyb_imp]

Wow, a lot of work in that Greg and eye catching too

 

[Bill Mooney]

A great result Gregg.

 

[Dalboy]

Even though you missed the November one due to wrong style of pen it has not gone to waste. A well assembled blank and the time spent producing it has done you proud

 

[silver]

Really great looking pen Greg, the work that has gone in to that blank is astonishing.

Would be nice to see how you made it up as well tho..:wink:

 

[GSteer]

Really great looking pen Greg, the work that has gone in to that blank is astonishing.

Would be nice to see how you made it up as well tho..:wink:

Just about to hit the sack but I'll put up some pics in the next couple of days, although I don't think quite that much work was required, except for the learning curve :)

 

[GSteer]

Been a bit busy at work this week but got to sit down now with a beer so pulled the images up.

First Image:

'The Oops' - The first attempt at cutting the segments is on the left, figured out after I'd cut them that I'd have too many cross sections. Lesson learnt, plan more in the future. The pieces on the right made up the second set that followed. The first set have now been glued up into a couple of more basic blanks I'll turn at some point.

Second Image:

'The Plan' (such as it was) - If you see the pencil marks on the baking paper they were my guides on which bits needed gluing in which order. The plasticard was perfectly straight on one edge and that had to but up against the straight top and bottom edges of the spectra ply to get everything lined up. My bandsaw is, not accurate, hence needing to plan this bit.

Third Image:

'The Glue Up' - This was the blank itself, which was then put on the bandsaw to trim off the edges before drilling. Which itself needed some careful alignment to ensure a central hole. You can also see the pencil marks on the rightmost segments to indicate where the left segments needed gluing to ensure an invisible central line down the blank from the top outer peak to the bottom inner peak.

 

[sammy]

Very nice pen, the colours nicely toned.

 

[Penpal]

Interesting detail on how to you used a lot of care to detail.

Peter.