Some New Pens

[Ken Massingale]

Purpleheart and some orange wood, I picked up a 5 lb. bag of blanks at WC for a bargin and have no idead what some of the wood is. The fat slimline has a shopmade centerband made from a piece of 'ebony'?? The others are PSI Longwoods. The colors are more vivid in person.
Thanks for looking.

[Ken Weaver]

Ya done good Ken!

[mudder]

Very nice pens Ken. I like that orange wood.

I have often seen Padauk with that orange color. In fact I have some orange Padauk that I got in a grab bag from woodcraft but it is a shory piece and probably will use it to make a couple of centerbends.


Scott

[mater]

Excellent work Ken. They all look great.

[GeekMom]

Great work, Ken. The woods compliment each other well.

[Whaler]

Ken

Very nice work.

[kwgeorge]

I like buying those grab bags and grab boxes from Woodcraft. Even though you are not always sure what the woods are, that fact alone seems to make it more fun.

[Chuck C]

Nice Pens Ken. I like the center bands. I just picked up a grab bag last week with just some identified. Is there some info on making the center bands?

[Ken Massingale]

Thanks everyone for the comments.
Chuck, I picked this idea up on at penturners.org. Grab a piece of stock that you want CB's from, cut it to blank width, drill a 1/4" hole through it lengthwise. I then setup the BT with stopblocks to cut lengths the same as the kit CB length. Then just replace the center bushing on the mandrel with a piece of the CB stock. The only gotchya here is that your saw must cut a perfect 90, if not the CB won't be flush and tight to the front and back blank. After drilling the 1/4" hole the CB stock can be turned round on the mandrel and then part sections off the length, or a bit greater, of the kit CB.
If this is not clear I'll find the original instructions at penturners.
ken

[Chuck C]

Thanks Ken. It sounds simple enough. I have to try that out on the next pen set.