| Project by D_Allen | posted 384 days ago | 1008 views | 0 times favorited | 6 comments | ![]() |
![]() |
Not a pen this time.
There is some interesting history behind this cigar shape. The foot end is a rounded square.
This is myrtle burl with a modified toothpick holder. You have storage in both ends but I wouldn’t store the toothpicks with the matches. This picture is just for illustration.
Thanks for looking! I’m still having fun!
-- Website is finally up and running....www.woodandwrite.com
| Pin It |























6 comments so far
Robsshop
home | projects | blog
677 posts in 1142 days
#1 posted 384 days ago
Pretty Cool, I like the color of the Myrtle burl. Is there a kit that You can put together to store a smaller size cigar(actual) in one of these ? That would also be pretty cool ! Thanks for sharing.
-- Rob,Gaithersburg,MD,One mans trash is another mans woodshop treasure !!
D_Allen
home | projects | blog
495 posts in 951 days
#2 posted 384 days ago
Rob, interesting idea. The largest tube I use takes a 12.5mm bit so the tube would be about 12mm inside diameter. Then the hardware takes up some of that so the cigar would have to be very thin.
-- Website is finally up and running....www.woodandwrite.com
lew
home | projects | blog
8975 posts in 1922 days
#3 posted 384 days ago
Now that’s cool!!
-- Lew- Time traveler. Purveyor of the world's finest custom rolling pins!
Martyroc
home | projects | blog
2708 posts in 473 days
#4 posted 384 days ago
These are even cooler than the cigar pens you made. Do you sell these?
-- Martin ....always count the number of fingers you have before, and after using the saw.
D_Allen
home | projects | blog
495 posts in 951 days
#5 posted 383 days ago
Marty, these are just one-of-a-kind right now. I am trying to see what will work and what won’t.
If you have a lathe and do turnings then PM me and I could explain some of the steps.
One of the things I do is make tooling to do the closed ends and bushings for turning between centers.
Right now I use brass and plastics and make them on the wood lathe. Maybe someday I’ll invest in a metal lathe.
I have some of the pens on Etsy but there doesn’t seem to be much interest…or the price is too steep!
-- Website is finally up and running....www.woodandwrite.com
tomakazi
home | projects | blog
556 posts in 1450 days
#6 posted 383 days ago
very cool!! I would stash some money in it and keep it in my humidor!!
-- I didn't go to college, I was too busy learning stuff - Ted Nugent
Have your say...