Testing a theory

[mudder]

I cut up some wood strips:





Glued them together.





Cut em up reglued them and turned this pen:





Made a few mistakes but the next one will be better.

What do you think of it. Please be honest (you won't hurt my feelings)

[Dick Parr]

That is really beautiful. Very unique and different, but a very nice different.

Really a wonderful job.

[monte]

I like it! Looks very nice!

[boblon]

Very interesting. And very nice looking.

I've meant to mention this before, so I'll say it now;

Mudder, you regularly show a lot of creativity and imagination in your work and I for one look forward to seeing what you come up with.

Just wanted to get that off my chest.

I look forward to seeing what you do next.

Thanks,
BobL.

[Whaler]

Nice touch, it shows some imagination. I like it.

[chriscombs]

That is really a nice looking pen! I now feel much better about never throwing the little stuff away. Very inspired.

[Jim Ketron]

Nice looking pen! Great Job!

[gerti]

Very nice! Something I wanted to try myself, so I hope you don't mind some questions:

Did you cut the strips on the BT?
Did the strips require any additional surface treatment before you glued them together?
What kind of glue did you use, and did it work well?

And just out of curiosity: Maple, Walnut and Bloodwood?

Gerd

[Ken Massingale]

That's extra nice, Scott. I sure don't see any mistakes.
ken

[mudder]

quote:Originally posted by gerti

Very nice! Something I wanted to try myself, so I hope you don't mind some questions:

Did you cut the strips on the BT?
Did the strips require any additional surface treatment before you glued them together?
What kind of glue did you use, and did it work well?

And just out of curiosity: Maple, Walnut and Bloodwood?

Gerd

I did not use the BT because I sold it a long time ago (yep, I'm a turncoat) although the BT probably would have worked better. The strips were intended foe another project and were cut on the bandsaw.

Since the strips were intended for another project they started off thicker so I sanded them to thickness on the Performax drum sander (approx 3/32").

The glue was titebond 3 for the lamination because it was on hand and the resawn pieces were glued together using thick CA. Both worked very well although any good wood glue would have been fine for the lamination.

The woods used were Maple, Walnut and Padauk.

Blank was cut at 60 degree angle and then cut triangular so that when reglued the four sides all have the same pattern.

Hope this helps.

[gerti]

Thanks much for the details, Mudder!

Gerd

[kwgeorge]

Scott, that is an impressive pen to say the least.

[onedash]

thats pretty cool. How did you get the arched shapes? I guess you cant let the clamps get to far apart when you glue it up huh?
Would it be possible to get a similar result routing it on a molding or I imagine it would all be straight lines hey?
Well thats pretty awsome. I don't have a lathe and got quite a few things on the list before I get to one.
semper fi