| Project by rwyoung | posted 177 days ago | 467 views | 3 times favorited | 6 comments |  |
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I’ve been toying with the idea of making one of these for a while. Stopped by my local Woodcraft store on the way back from picking up 75BF of 4/4 and 5/4 poplar for an upcoming project (Shaker style set-back cupboard).
Decided to go ahead and get the kit since Woodcraft has a $10 off coupon through June 21 (Father’s Day here in the USA). Neat kit. Not terribly difficult to do. Skipped out making a photo shoot of the assembly process because the instruction sheet http://www2.woodcraft.com/pdf/77C64.pdf already does a very good job of explaining things.
Next step is the turning. The instructions say to use 180 grit sand paper. I decided to be more ambitious and used my skew. Did just fine with the caveat that I stop a few times and soak the blank with thin CA and sand with 150 grit to make a slurry.
While the puzzle pieces are well cut (laser I suppose) they to have a bit of play in them as assembled. So there will be small gaps between some pieces that need to get filled with sanding slurry.
Over all a good kit and with the $10 coupon, the pen parts kit was “free”.
-- Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.
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a1Jim
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posted 177 days ago
This is very cool pen, well done
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
scrappy
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posted 177 days ago
Very nice pen. I agree it must be laser cut, I can’t imagine cutting that small detail on my jigsaw. ( although some of the projects i’ve seen on this site could)
Keep it up.
Scrappy
-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!
Sawdust2
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posted 176 days ago
If you haven’t checked out Kallenshaanwoods.com you have missed a treat.
Then check out Ed Davidson (yoyospin.com) for his video on how to do the American flag pen.
Lee
-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.
rwyoung
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posted 176 days ago
Sawdust2 -
Yep, seen that site and watched Ed’s video too. I don’t know who is sourcing the kit for Woodcraft but it looks very, very much the same as those on Kallenshaanwoods. Woodcraft is also selling the American flag. The selection of kits is wider at Kallenshaanwoods & Arizona Silhouette however.
-- Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.
Dennis Zongker
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posted 176 days ago
Very nice looking pen.
-- Dennis Zongker
cynthia01
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posted 28 days ago
Very nice pen. I agree it must be laser cut, I can’t imagine cutting that small detail on my jigsaw. ( although some of the projects i’ve seen on this site could). i personally liked it very much.
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cynthia
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