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[Edward Po]

Chrome Sedona Fountion Pen

 

[bassethound]

Nice pen mate!

 

[Edward Po]

Nice pen mate!

Thank you for your comment. I still have alot to learn from experience turners in this friendly forum. Anyway, all C & C are welcome

 

[chas_41_uk]

That is a very nice pen Edward

 

[ray7]

Lovely wood and nicely done.

Ray

 

[yorkshireman]

Awesome wood and well finished Ed. Is it the light or is there a very slight gap at the bottom of the cap.

 

[Buckeye]

Superb Burr and a lovely pen, I am not sure if it is the light or if the top of the bottom barrel is slightly proud of the band? It looks a cracker and would love to see more.

Peter

 

[Penpal]

Edward Lesson One from your pen and picture you are no mug or raw beginner and have much to impart to us penmakers. I put no stock in judging contrasted pics such as your pen when spurious reflections can give very false impressions of fit and turning, also the pic is incredible to be admired in every way as is your choice of one of Australias 800 Eucalypt Species the broad brush generic named Eucalypt Burl. Where I worked seems so long ago now was the centre of excellence for scientists who wrote the definitive book on Australian Eucalypts and having photographed so many of the identifying items leading to publication enabling positive naming ie the tree parts themselves the branches, fruits, blossoms leaves etc etc I personally am loathe to believing most of the hurriedly given names of so many pen blanks.

Welcome to the highly respected group of competent pen makers that exist on this forum from over here in Australia where I wish the winter was over right now.

Kind regards Peter.

 

[Terry]

Lovely pen and photography Edward although I agree with Buckeye in that it looks slightly proud in places but that could be camera angle!!!

 

[paulm]

Thats very nice Edward. A lovely piece of wood turned nicely with a super finish

 

[ataylor]

Lovely pen, it looks the bees knees.

 

[bluntchisel]

Beautiful pen, Edward!

Bob.

 

[Vic Perrin]

Lovely pen Edward, I hope you are going to post a few more!

Vic

 

[Grump]

A nice picture well presented, who's JK?
Nice wood and other than been pointed out perfik.

 

[Edward Po]

Gentlemen:

Thank you all for your C & C. I really appreciates it, especially those that pointed the mistakes. Yes, I have to admit there were certain fitting issue which is caused by over tightening of tail stock and also failure to checked the actual dimension of the parts with a pair of vernier caliper. During photo taking, the pen was position in such a way that these fitting issues was reduce to the minimum, it is only experience turners like you guys that are able to spot the mistake. To avoid all the above problems, I have actually throw away all my bushings and started turning between centers and using a pair of good quality vernier caliper to checked the part used for actually dimension. It is actually cheaper, faster and better to turn between centers.

As the pen in the photo is only the third pen I have turned, I have still alot to learnt from experience turners in this forum especially when it comes to segmenting which is actually my main interests.

 

[Edward Po]

A nice picture well presented, who's JK?
Nice wood and other than been pointed out perfik.

JK is the name of my wife written in short form.

 

[Buckeye]

Gentlemen:

Thank you all for your C & C. I really appreciates it, especially those that pointed the mistakes. Yes, I have to admit there were certain fitting issue which is caused by over tightening of tail stock and also failure to checked the actual dimension of the parts with a pair of vernier caliper. During photo taking, the pen was position in such a way that these fitting issues was reduce to the minimum, it is only experience turners like you guys that are able to spot the mistake. To avoid all the above problems, I have actually throw away all my bushings and started turning between centers and using a pair of good quality vernier caliper to checked the part used for actually dimension. It is actually cheaper, faster and better to turn between centers.

As the pen in the photo is only the third pen I have turned, I have still alot to learnt from experience turners in this forum especially when it comes to segmenting which is actually my main interests.

Thanks for showing the pen and as only your 3rd pen it is very good and you could take it apart and remedy the diameters. I use bushes for guidance, but always measure the pen parts and the turned blank, even with the same kits there can be differences.

You will find lots of segmenters here, Jim is a leading proponent have a look at pens in the galleries. Have you done any segmenting or are you just starting to try it?

Peter

 

[Edward Po]

Welcome to the highly respected group of competent pen makers that exist on this forum from over here in Australia where I wish the winter was over right now.

Kind regards Peter.

I was in your beautiful country just about a month ago in Perth, I love the weather, the food, the huge amount of open land and more the important the very warm welcome from your citizens. Even complete strangers says howdy to me and my wife on the roads.

 

[Edward Po]

Thanks for showing the pen and as only your 3rd pen it is very good and you could take it apart and remedy the diameters. I use bushes for guidance, but always measure the pen parts and the turned blank, even with the same kits there can be differences.

You will find lots of segmenters here, Jim is a leading proponent have a look at pens in the galleries. Have you done any segmenting or are you just starting to try it?

Peter

I have actually a buyer for the pen in the photo but I don't intend to sell it nor am I intend to stripped it apart to correct the problem, reason is that I want to keep it as my memento.

As for segmenting I tried a few type but due to my limited faclities, I considered it all as failures. I will be trying Carbon Fibre casting in the coming days.

 

[Buckeye]

I have actually a buyer for the pen in the photo but I don't intend to sell it nor am I intend to stripped it apart to correct the problem, reason is that I want to keep it as my memento.

As for segmenting I tried a few type but due to my limited faclities, I considered it all as failures. I will be trying Carbon Fibre casting in the coming days.

I understand why you want to keep it, it is also good to look at in the future and see how far you have come. when you are segmenting do you use a bandsaw or are you doing it by hand?

Peter