[jdaschel]

Hi everyone, haven't made very many pens in a while but I figured I'd get some orders out of the way on sunday.
First is a red pine cone rollerball postable atrax
2nd is a purple clicker pen. The pics turned out dark, it looks must more purple and better in person.


Let me know what you think :smile:

 

[Burb]

Very nice. Is that clicker pen just one piece?

Mark

 

[jdaschel]

Very nice. Is that clicker pen just one piece?

Mark

Yes, it a single tube pen. It works great for showing off blanks the best.

 

[Quickstep]

That's very cool. The first one reminds me a little of the way the knots radiate in Norfolk Island pine turnings. If you don't mind sharing, just how do you do that? Surely a pine cone doesn't have enough solid wood in the middle to pull this off.

 

[jdaschel]

That's very cool. The first one reminds me a little of the way the knots radiate in Norfolk Island pine turnings. If you don't mind sharing, just how do you do that? Surely a pine cone doesn't have enough solid wood in the middle to pull this off.

No problem, I cast a pine cone in resin. Using a pressure pot.

http://www.woodworkingtalk.com/f6/how-i-make-my-cast-pen-blanks-47869/

Here is the link to how I cast my wood, but the pine cone is about the same process.

 

[Quickstep]

At the risk of sounding stupid (I have no choice , you use a pressure pot? I would have assumed you draw a vacuum to suck the air out of the casting and let it get displaced by the resin. Do I have it completely backward?

 

[jdaschel]

At the risk of sounding stupid (I have no choice , you use a pressure pot? I would have assumed you draw a vacuum to suck the air out of the casting and let it get displaced by the resin. Do I have it completely backward?

No, they use a vacuum for stabilizing wood, which is a different resin.

The reason I use pressure is forces the bubbles to be almost microscopic. And it forces the resin into all the nooks and crannies of the blank.

 

[duncsuss]

Very nice, James - you're doing great work casting those pine cones, and turning out some fabulous pens :thumbsup:

 

[Foresta Design]

do you sell blanks? My wife won't let me buy any more toys for the time being but I would love to try a pine cone blank. Of course then I would have to find a good reason because I have a ton of blanks waiting to be turned. uniqueness? sure i'll try that, so do you sell the blanks?

 

[PSDkevin]

+1 on wanting one of those blanks. Seriously. What would you take for a couple of those? Trade ya for some cherry burl or I'd gladly give you some money.

 

[jdaschel]

I sell them for 8 dollars each on forums or $11 on ebay. (plus shipping) I have a whole bunch of colors. If you want just PM me with what colors you want and how many then, I will give you a total and my paypal address to send money to.
(I hope I am not breaking any forums rules)

 

[rayking49]

I gotta tell you, those are just cool.