Segmented Rollerball

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

-- keeping myself entertained

Darryl, that is sweet looking.

-- Grant...."GO BUCKEYES"

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.

Two Words….. Holy Shiz-nit!

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

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!).

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.

-- Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful- Joshua Marine

Once again, very nice work.

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Great looking Pen Darryl.

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

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

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

-- Gary, Florida. http://www.penturners.org/forum/f70/servicepens-2013-a-98908/

Unbelievable. You mave made a beautiful pen.
Sharad

-- “If someone feels that they had never made a mistake in their life, then it means they have never tried a new thing in their life”.-Albert Einstein

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