Pine Cone

[Buckeye]

I like this pen even the colours.
I shall have to get some of those blanks one day.

If you would like a couple, pm me your address, but I won't be able to post them until Tuesday.

Peter

 

[Grump]

If you would like a couple, pm me our address, but I won't be able to post them until Tuesday.

Peter

You have a regular factory going there Peter lovely stuff init.
I started to turn one today, left it soaking again overnight in ca.

 

[Lons]

As above, don't like the powder but what fantastic results and great workmanship.

I just have to try those pine cones. I have a box of smallish ones I collected last autumn for target practice with the air rifle. Won't be shooting at any if the method works.

Bob

 

[Buckeye]

You have a regular factory going there Peter lovely stuff init.
I started to turn one today, left it soaking again overnight in ca.

I can't wait to see it

I still like them, but it is boring preparing them. I pick them up as they fall and bang them into water, when there are 9 in there that's another batch to cut, glue and drill.

Once they are superglued, they make a fantastic veneer, it's a shame they are so small, although I do have plans to try veneering a pen box with them, if I don't get fed up of prepping them.

Peter

 

[billyb_imp]

First time I have seemail one of these absolutely terrific

 

[Buckeye]

First time I have seemail one of these absolutely terrific

You can see the first 2 here.

Get ready, we will be seeing a few more, soon.

Peter

 

[angelo49]

What a beauty!!!
Nice! Nice! Nice!
:bravo:

 

[Kardav]

Love them Peter, and love the infill. If nothing else it shows the possibilities of different powders etc. Brilliant my friend.

How big are the cones when you start them, I can only find relatively small ones?

 

[Buckeye]

Love them Peter, and love the infill. If nothing else it shows the possibilities of different powders etc. Brilliant my friend.

How big are the cones when you start them, I can only find relatively small ones?

Thanks Dave, they are just a little bit bigger than the tube for a slimline maybe 2.5 inches, but the last 1/2 inch is not much use as it's a bit thin. If yours are smaller then PM me your address and I will send you a couple.

I have had some really tiny ones and put them into a tube and cast them in clear acrylic.

Peter

 

[Woody]

I have just hade yet another look at this pen and the coloured infill is growing on me I think it is a wonderful looking pen one I would be proud to have made well done again I have ordered some slimline kits so I can do mine

 

[Buckeye]

I have just hade yet another look at this pen and the coloured infill is growing on me I think it is a wonderful looking pen one I would be proud to have made well done again I have ordered some slimline kits so I can do mine

Some of the infills are really sharp, but there are others that the edges don't look as defined even though they are completely flush with the wood. I really do think a metallic infill will look great. I want to try something with a bigger tube than the slimline, but have to have slightly larger cones, I will keep my eyes open.

I bought 50 slimline tubes from Timberbits so that at least I can prepare the blanks if I haven't got the kits I need, although I have been stockpiling kits even though I couldn't turn them for a few months.

Peter

 

[Woody]

Some of the infills are really sharp, but there are others that the edges don't look as defined even though they are completely flush with the wood. I really do think a metallic infill will look great. I want to try something with a bigger tube than the slimline, but have to have slightly larger cones, I will keep my eyes open.

I bought 50 slimline tubes from Timberbits so that at least I can prepare the blanks if I haven't got the kits I need, although I have been stockpiling kits even though I couldn't turn them for a few months.

Peter

I'm still trying to stock pile and buy better equipment to reboot my workshop gets bloody expensive don't it but at least I am able to turn again LOL

 

[Jim]

What i like about threads such as this is the diversity in likes or dislikes of the product, so remember this when making pens …

My food for thought that I learned a long time ago is don’t make pens that only you like ..

 

[Buckeye]

What i like about threads such as this is the diversity in likes or dislikes of the product, so remember this when making pens …

My food for thought that I learned a long time ago is don’t make pens that only you like ..

With the diverse opinions and ideas, it's like brain-storming and should lead to better pens. We used to hold monthly brain-storming sessions in a work related association I used to belong to and it was brilliant with just one simple idea and then attacked from all angles.

Peter

 

[bluntchisel]

Well I like it - muchly!

Bob.