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Title: Two metal pens
Post by: woody on July 31, 2013, 05:04:05 PM
Had a good day and made two metal pens both for me one in aluminium and one in brass finished with Autosol from Halfords enjoy
Title: Re: Two metal pens
Post by: Mark Sanger on July 31, 2013, 09:07:38 PM
Very nice indeed.
Title: Re: Two metal pens
Post by: Haggy on July 31, 2013, 09:23:34 PM
Thanks for posting these Woody, these look like Men's pens, built to last in a Worksop!  A great idea, I have never seen  pens made from metal before - I guess you come from an engineering background.
Regards Haggy
Title: Re: Two metal pens
Post by: John D Smith on July 31, 2013, 09:24:25 PM
Woody, Did you do these on an Engineering Lathe?

                                        Regards John
Title: Re: Two metal pens
Post by: woody on July 31, 2013, 10:16:07 PM
Quote from: John D Smith on July 31, 2013, 09:24:25 PM
Woody, Did you do these on an Engineering Lathe?

                                        Regards John
No John on wood lathe using scrappers
Haggy I am a retired milk man although I did teach myself some engineering skills for about 10 years I had a metal workshop as well as a wood workshop
Title: Re: Two metal pens
Post by: woodndesign on August 01, 2013, 10:45:12 PM

I thought I'd signed into a wrong forum for a mimute ..  Metal .... all be it non-ferrous .. Heavy Duty Men's Pens to quote Haggy, spot on .. Woody you never fail to surprise us, well done, they are keepers.

David

Title: Re: Two metal pens
Post by: Bryan Milham on August 02, 2013, 04:19:46 PM
Now I don't do pens (have I said that before?).

But a WiP on making one of these would be really interesting - please.

Woody, really nice pens - these might convert me!
Title: Re: Two metal pens
Post by: woody on August 02, 2013, 05:39:06 PM
Quote from: dr4g0nfly on August 02, 2013, 04:19:46 PM
Now I don't do pens (have I said that before?).

But a WiP on making one of these would be really interesting - please.
 
Woody, really nice pens - these might convert me!

They are quite easy to make with a sharp scrapper which you will have to sharpen quite often do everything in the normal manner I dont have any engineering machines now so I drill the blanks out on the wood lathe and glue the tube in place square of the ends  fit them on the mandrel or between centers with a fixed center in the headstock and away you go it may take a little while to find the sweet spot to get a good cut dont go to hard or you will get a lot of vibration sand with I use J flex but emery cloth wet n dry your choice really them I buff them om a polishing wheel warning it will go black the polishing wheel that is but I'm sure T cut would do the job then I polish with Autosol from Halfords  Job done I hope I havent left anything out  LOL
Enjoy & happy turning