I finally made my first ever pen. It is not a scrolled pen, but I do plan on tackling "pentarsia" in the future. This is a slimline, Grapefruit and Apricot...so If I was to name it, I'd call it "breakfast of champions". I don't have that many tools and supplies to make pens yet. It is only sanded to 400 grit, the most I have available, and has about 2000 coats of friction finish. I had to use a trigger clamp to squeeze it together since I don't have a press.
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Nice work Jeff,
I also like the wood you selected.
Regards,
Marcelhttp://marleb.com
DW788. -Have fun in the shop or it isn't a hobby anymore.
NOTE: No trees were killed in the sending of this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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pentarsia is similar to tabletarsia, which is not technically different than a scrolled intarsia. Any time you take more than one kind of wood and put it together to form either a design or a picture, it is intarsia. Tabletarsia is done on a tablesaw...ie, my picture "Pocahontas", the frame is tabletarsia..several segments of wood to create a pattern and diamond inlays, all on the tablesaw. Pentarsia is a scrolled pen. It can be simple, like crosses or swirls, or it can get pretty intense, such as the spider pen design that I have instructions for and am excited about building it sometime within the next month or two. It's a spider spinning a web on a pen...made by scrollsaw. I do have an american flag pen that I designed myself and scrolled , but I'm waiting for a pen kit so that I can turn it on the lathe. I am aspiring to design my own pentarsia designs down the road..because a man always needs another hobby...who needs sleep?
I am hoping to sell some pens to help keep my regular intarsias going....that stuff adds up after awhile! But don't read me wrong...I'm not trying to sell pens here on ssw...just to whoever I meet on the street or on the road, or whenever. It's something easy to travel with and affordable to regular people. Not to mention, the redheaded wife gets on my back sometimes about spending too much on wood..not to mention all the wallspace we are running out of...I keep taking down her paintings and putting them in the attic to make more room , hehehe.Last edited by workin for wood; 03-08-2007, 09:07 AM.Jeff Powell
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Jeff, good job. I've turned several hundred, good sellers at craft shows too. You'll be suprised how creative you can get in the designs. Don't have a press either, I use BESSIE to press mine, and thats not my wifes name either.
Think outside the wood box for your blanks, I like deer antler and corian isn't bad either.Troy
Scrollin' with DeWalt DW788
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