Really simple. This is one of those ‘looks way harder’ than it really is moments.
Here is the blank being cut (Atlas/Patriot/Polaris). I stop the blade just a little before half way. It is at a 45 degree angle. And I have a stop block to ensure the segments are going to be even all the way around. Although I imagine you could vary the segment up and down the blank.
You will notice that, because I like my fingers I don’t cut the blank to size until the swirl cuts are done
My planer goes down exactly to 1/8”, so a 1/8” blade work perfect for using that size of segmentation.
Here is the finished “Swirl” blank with the segments in place.
And here is the finished product. Well almost, this is a different pen. The other pen is sold and I have no pictures of it.
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GaryK
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posted 198 days ago
That’s pretty cool. Very simple once you know how it’s done. Like a magic trick.
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SteveKorz
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posted 198 days ago
That’s cool… very interesting…
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Grumpy
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posted 198 days ago
I must try that Kerux. Thanks for sharing.
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ND2ELK
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posted 198 days ago
Thank you for the idea. Makes a sharp looking pen.
God Bless
tom
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Scott Bryan
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posted 198 days ago
Kerux,
You have taken all the mystery out of it. Here I thought that these were created through some time honored process that takes years of practice to learn (kind of like dovetails). :) Why this looks like even I could do it. If I only had a lathe, of course. (Deep sigh).
Thanks for the post. Instructional posts like this are what LJs is really about.
I appreciate this.
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darryl
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posted 198 days ago
this is one of the cool things about turing pens, it may look complex but it really isn’t all that bad.
I like using my table saw for stuff like this. I have a setup fairly similar to what gary shows in his celtic knot blog.
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