Commemorative pen and opener set

[Dalboy]

I made these in memory of my dad who we lost last year. This is to be a gift to mum as a keep sake
Hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I did making them

As can be seen by the design he was in the RAF

 

[Paul.J]

Very nice Dal.I'm sure your Mom will love em both

 

[DaveL]

Now that is very nice, any chance of telling us how you did it?

 

[johnny.t.]

Thats very clever stuff Dalboy

JT

 

[stevebuk]

nice looking set derek, i love the european pen. Are they decals on the set , they look quite good.

 

[Dalboy]

Thanks guys

The turning of these was very simple but very time consuming

I started with scrapes of acrylic sheet (from scrape bin of local plastics Co) and glued these together as below

Then using a small metal working lathe turned the red to just under 3mm dia

The white was then turned to just over the 8mm drilled out to accommodate the red which was then glued into the white when dried the white was finished by turning it down to 6mm.
The process was repeated with the blue and the white and red glued

This was turned down to the final size of 9mm
Pen blank was prepared in the usual way but with the addition of a 9mm hole crossing at right angles to the pen tube hole. The completed acrylic glued into this re drilled through the normal tube hole and the brass tube glued.Carry on as normal for turning and finishing the pen

I did try to turn the acrylic on the wood lathe to start but the thin size and my short time using a wood lathe I reverted to my metal lathe
Hope this makes sense

 

[DaveL]

Hope this makes sense

Oh yes thanks for posting these pictures, its clear now.

 

[loz]

Lovely - Will be treasured.

 

[Dalboy]

Steve

Are they decals on the set

As you can see by the post after yours no Decals

DaveL

Glad you understood I'm terrible at putting things into print

Loz

Thank you

 

[stevebuk]

what a great idea derek, would never have thought of doing it that way, really looks good though.

 

[Woodmagnet]

Beautiful is what comes to my mind, both
the turning and the sentiment behind it. 8) 8) 8)

 

[John. B]

Dalboy, I think that's one of nicest sets I've seen.
and the reason for making it makes it even nicer. =D> =D> =D> =D> =D>

John. B