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One of the girls I work with asked me to make a pen for her that she could give to her husband for his birthday this weekend. The wood is jatoba and maple. The kit is a black titanium jr gent ii rollerball (from Craft Supplies USA). I used a CA/BLO finish. There are 200+ pieces used in this pen.

I’m pretty happy with how this pen came out. There are a few details I’d like to improve though…

Comments and critiques are welcome
Thanks for looking.

Other segmented pens I have created and posted here at Lumberjocks

Cigar style pens
Jatoba & Maple Segmented Cigar Pen

Fountain pens
Maple, Jatoba & Walnut Segmented Fountain Pen

Rollerball pens
Walnut & Jatoba Segmented Rollerball Pen

-- ~ www.darrylmasterson.com ~ www.woodworkingdungeon.blogspot.com ~


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DAN

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posted 204 days ago

DARRYL …. you are on a roll !! another great pen

-- ..... art for lifes sake ... danwalters@lumberjocks.com

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Grant Davis

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posted 204 days ago

Darryl, that is sweet looking.

-- Grant...."GO BUCKEYES"

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design_in_wood

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posted 204 days ago

Very nice, the finish turned out great. How did you do the CA/BLO finish? I tried it by only sanding to 400 grit, applying BLO then CA and repeating 3 times. It turned out okay but not nearly as brilliant as yours.

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woodpecker

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posted 204 days ago

Two Words….. Holy Shiz-nit!

-- ahhh, Woodworking...... What more is there to say?

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darryl

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posted 204 days ago

Thanks for the compliments, it’s a lot of fun making these pens.

As to the finish I use, I started out using Russ Fairfield’s technique (it can be found here). I’ve modified my process a little from what Russ explains.

  • I sand from 100 through 600 grit paper.
  • then I use Russ’ paper bag technique.
  • Next I slow down the lathe and begin applying the CA/BLO. unlike Russ’ technique, I apply six coats without sanding between each coat.
  • After the final coat of CA/BLO, I use 600 grit paper to sand the CA/BLO to a smooth finish. I follow that by rubbing down the blank with 0000 steel wool
  • Finally, I speed up the lathe again and rub the blank down again with the paper bag.

Someday I may break down and buy micro-mesh, but I’m currently content with the finish and want to focus on improving the segmenting.

Hope that helps explain what I do (and makes sense!).

-- ~ www.darrylmasterson.com ~ www.woodworkingdungeon.blogspot.com ~

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Scott Bryan

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posted 204 days ago

Darryl,

Again this is a beautiiful pen. It looks like to me like you tend to favor the bc and maple combination. I can’t say as I blame you on that either. The two woods work well together.

I am not sure what you need to improve on with this pen as it looks gorgeous to me.

Thanks for the post.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

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Kerux

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posted 204 days ago

Once again, very nice work.

-- http://www.LanierandSons.com

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cajunpen

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posted 204 days ago

Great looking Pen Darryl.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

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rikkor

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posted 204 days ago

That is “knock your socks off” nice! Thanks for the link and the explanation of your finishing process.

-- Maplewood, MN

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Gary

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posted 203 days ago

Superb; you’ve really nailed it. It’s truly rewarding to see the fruits of your labor.
I can’t wait to see what’s next! ;)
Gary

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sharad

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posted 199 days ago

Unbelievable. You mave made a beautiful pen.
Sharad

-- patanjali

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darryl

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posted 199 days ago

Thanks guys. I started a new assembly the other day. This new one should include over 400 pieces if it works out.

-- ~ www.darrylmasterson.com ~ www.woodworkingdungeon.blogspot.com ~

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