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Pen & Stopper Display Rack

Project by scopemonkey posted 370 days ago 406 views 1 time favorited 12 comments Add to Favorites Watch

OK…I started doing some pens and bottle stoppers for gifts and now my sister who owns a home furnishing and flower store wants to sell them. She wanted a display stand and I saw some inexpensive acrylic ones online. But who would want to buy a nice wooden pen or stopper from someone who displays them using plastic? This rack displays 9 pens and 5 stoppers. Made from Caribbean rosewood (aka chechen I believe). I turned the pegs on the lathe which was a good exercise in creating identical, correctly sized parts. I’m skeptical that anything I made would actually sell for a profit, but who knows…...

-- GSY from N. Idaho


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Sirts

20 posts in 393 days


posted 370 days ago

Very nice work!Lovely

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toyguy

716 posts in 730 days


posted 370 days ago

well; your stuff looks mighty nice to me…and the stand is just great. Good luck in your venture.

-- Brian's Table Top Toys http://home.mountaincable.net/~bgraham/

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pyromedic602

165 posts in 641 days


posted 370 days ago

Very nice. I really like the pens also. Great work

-- Pyromedic602, free wood is always good wood

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ChuckM

146 posts in 560 days


posted 370 days ago

Nice work! Could you please tell us how you did those inlay pens?

-- The time I enjoy wasting is not time wasted

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trifern

7894 posts in 660 days


posted 370 days ago

Nice looking display rack. I need to come up with something to display pens. Thanks for sharing.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

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scopemonkey

129 posts in 1057 days


posted 370 days ago

Thanks as usual for the kind words.

ChuckM: go to gary's blog for instruction on the celtic knots. It is rather easy to do.

-- GSY from N. Idaho

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ChuckM

146 posts in 560 days


posted 370 days ago

Thanks GSY.

-- The time I enjoy wasting is not time wasted

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Napaman

3482 posts in 970 days


posted 370 days ago

very nice…I hope we will get an update on the profits part…would love to hear how you do…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

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MsDebbieP

14156 posts in 1054 days


posted 370 days ago

classy display rack. I’m sure they will sell like hotcakes!

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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Sheldon

46 posts in 928 days


posted 370 days ago

I think that is fantastic. Celtic Pens are on my list of turning, I see by the link I will be making a jig…. Yet another Jig in my shop…. I have done a few bottle stoppers, and was wondering where you come up with the shapes. I am getting the tools to do what I want after a year,, but now I am second guessing what I want…. Grrrrrr. so many designs, so little time.

-- Technology is great - when it works......... the Lord is great always.

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scopemonkey

129 posts in 1057 days


posted 370 days ago

Sheldon….my stopper designs are “free form”—I just make it up as I go along. I have been doing these to learn how to turn. I guess I should have taken a class or something, but these are such small chunks of wood that I don’t mind making a piece of kindling or two. My usual thought process is “I think I’ll roll a bead here…CATCH…OK, I think I’‘ll put a cove here now….”

-- GSY from N. Idaho

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Grumpy

14914 posts in 744 days


posted 369 days ago

The display shows off the pens & stoppers well.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

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