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For anyone who saw my recent tool review of the Shopsmith 10ER, I used a pen project for my trip through the 5 tools I reviewed. This is the pen. This time I didn’t make it out of a stick from my firewood pile. Instead, I made it from one of those exotic pen woods whose name escapes me, but it contains a lot of vowels, as I recall.
I checked into a couple of pen finishes some recommended by lumberjocks, and some at my reasonably local Woodcraft store, and with prices in the range of $18 for a few ounces, (being cheap) I couldn’t bring myself to get any. After all, I had already spent 99 cents on the wood.
Instead, I wiped on a couple of coats of shellac, and I finished with a wipe on coat of water based polyurethane. I went with shellac because I like the warm tones it applies to the wood.
-- Accuracy is not in your power tool, it's in you
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DAN
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posted 635 days ago
nice pen
well written posting. fun to read.
Regards
DAN
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Zuki
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posted 635 days ago
LOL . . . lots of vowels.
I gotta go read your review now.
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darryl
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posted 635 days ago
looks great from here.
I use superglue for my finish. that’s about $5.00 a bottle. I also use it for building my segmented blanks, so it comes in handy. I say use what ever finish makes you happy!
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Scott Bryan
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posted 635 days ago
This is a nice pen. I agree with Darryl with regards to the finish.
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itsme_timd
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posted 635 days ago
Great looking pen, very nice shine on the finish and an excellent grain pattern. I’d say that $0.99 was well spent!
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Karson
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posted 635 days ago
Great pen. nice looking wood.
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MarkWilk
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posted 634 days ago
I’m with Darryl, superglue works really well as a finish, too. Great looking pen. Great job.
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rikkor
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posted 634 days ago
Great pen with very distinctive grain. I’m another vote for CA (superglue)