Cigar Pens

[DaveL]

Having seen the kits some of you have made I ventured to try something different, so I bought some kits from Timberbits, via ebay, here are the 2 I have made up.

I am using the Wenge one.

I know now that it is on the red list, but I had already bought several dozen pen blanks, so I will be using them, but not buying any more.

The Purple Heart one I gave to my manager for her birthday, had to get some different boxes as its too big to fit the ones I had been using.

She was well pleased with it and it is in daily use. 8)

 

[Dalboy]

Great pens nice and chunky. I like the way the colour has gone on the purple heart. Every time I use it it always seems to go very dark

 

[Steve Jones]

Very nice Dave,

How easy did you find the kits to put together ? I still haven't used my sierra kits because I'm waiting for a barrel trimmer that I recently ordered from Axminster.

Regards

Steve

 

[thedonutman]

What's wenge like to work with for a pen? I almost bought a piece from Craft Supplies a few days ago but I was worried it would splinter all over the place.

They look great those, especially the Wenge.

 

[CHJ]

All Clogged Up and fully Turned it would seem Dave, all that Pen-t up desire to slide even faster down the spinny slope, who would have thought it a few months ago. :lol:

Clean lines match the kit parts well.

 

[stevebuk]

nice set of pens dave, fit and finish look good to me, well done. You can also buy the chrome one which i feel would look superb on the wenge pen blanks.

ps where did you get the boxes from??

 

[DaveL]

The kit went together with no problems, the instructions are very clear and unlike the slim lines there is no worry about how far you press the mechanism in.
I found the wenge did need nice sharp tools, it turns very much like padouk,
This one is not quite perfect, but as it was my first try I was well pleased.
The Slope TM is definitely very slippy, I am in trouble as some of the flat world stuff I promised to work on has been neglected. :roll:
Yes I like the sound of chrome, I am now looking for a UK supplier after my experience with Royal Mail and the stuff from Oz.
The box came from Axminster, its one of their magnetic closing boxes, very smart when giving a pen as a present.

 

[stevebuk]

Yes I like the sound of chrome, I am now looking for a UK supplier after my experience with Royal Mail and the stuff from Oz.

try this guy dave, i use him, good prices and good service..
http://www.theturnersworkshop.co.uk/