Wooden Pens
These are wooden pens that I turn on the lathe. There is a variety of wood used such as cocobolo, jatoba, maple, cherry, redheart, walnut, even osage orange or hedge as it is called in KS. I'll use just about any scrap wood that looks to have nice grain pattern just to see how it turns out. The hedge actually came out of the firewood pile. I also used trimmings from a peach tree that grows in my backyard. The wooden parts begin as 3/4" square blanks and then are drilled and turned to a cylinder. After that the parts are assembled into a writing pen.
I have made over 50 of these pens for family and friends.
6 comments:
That right there is incredibly cool!
What a cool thing to make. My husband is a millright and machinist. He's made knives, a chess set, custom motorcycle stuff, all machined. He's recently purchased a metal lathe and a Bridgeport. He's pretty excited to have them.Wood is more beautiful than metal.At least I think so anyway. jeNN
That is amazing! They are each works of art.... Isn't it nice to have a hobby or outlet to turn to when we need to unwind and quiet our spirits? I look forward to seeing more of your work. :)
you have such an amazing talent here, i bet it is your moments of serenity that you do so well, this is your meditation.
Nice pens Dad, great work.
p.s. Nice picture you posted, you are a very distinguished handsome man!
You are amazing!! I live in a small little touristy town and they sell things like that downtown for a small fortune!
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