I had the pleasure of spending the day in the shop with my son and we made several things, the most time consuming was a segmented Wall Street pen. We started out by gluing four 1/2 x 1/2 pieces of wood together, Cherry, Cumala, Walnut, and Purple Heart.
We drilled and cut the glue ups into 17 1/8 inch pieces and then glued them up, staggering the species.
Then we sanded the segments,
during which time there was a lot of CA glue put on the blank.
Now to the fun part, turning the blank:icon_chee,
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And now after many coats of CA and lots of polishing with micro mesh we have the finished product.
Thanks so much for looking, We had a great father and son weekend.:thumbs_up
Total pieces of wood= 68, pen kit=1, ca glue, medium and thin, BLO as a base finish, gorilla glue to glue the wood together, micromesh, and about 5 hours of fun, beer= too many:rotflm:, me only!
We drilled and cut the glue ups into 17 1/8 inch pieces and then glued them up, staggering the species.
Then we sanded the segments,
during which time there was a lot of CA glue put on the blank.
Now to the fun part, turning the blank:icon_chee,
.
And now after many coats of CA and lots of polishing with micro mesh we have the finished product.
Thanks so much for looking, We had a great father and son weekend.:thumbs_up
Total pieces of wood= 68, pen kit=1, ca glue, medium and thin, BLO as a base finish, gorilla glue to glue the wood together, micromesh, and about 5 hours of fun, beer= too many:rotflm:, me only!