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Closed End Collaboration

Walter

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I took the closed end mandrel kindly lent to me by Ray on a visit to Neil Lawton and the wood fairy yesterday and this closed end Baron in some of Neil's elm is the result of a collaborative effort. I does have some issues (and had several more that have been rectified). Put two pen makers together and you get twice as many cock ups. Nonetheless C&C are welcome as always.

The mandrel works a treat Ray and we took a few WIP photographs that will be included in the article. :thumbs:


IMG_0012 by walter.hall, on Flickr


IMG_0013 by walter.hall, on Flickr
 
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rayf6604 said:
That's very nice Walter, who did what bit? :thinks: :thumbs:
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Blank prepared to length by Neil

Neil did the drilling after I had measured the required depth (incorrectly :goesred:) tube gluing was a joint effort (Neil held the tube of Araldite whilst I took the cap off it)

Squared off by Neil. Closed end turned and finished by me, cap end turned and finished by Neil.

Closed end re-drilled by me to allow the rollerball refill to fit. Oops!! :rolling:

Dismantled and end trim adjusted by me this afternoon to improve the fit and get rid of chipped end.
 
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Walter said:
Blank prepared to length by Neil

Neil did the drilling after I had measured the required depth (incorrectly :goesred:) tube gluing was a joint effort (Neil held the tube of Araldite whilst I took the cap off it)

Squared off by Neil. Closed end turned and finished by me, cap end turned and finished by Neil.

Closed end re-drilled by me to allow the rollerball refill to fit. Oops!! :rolling:

Dismantled and end trim adjusted by me this afternoon to improve the fit and get rid of chipped end.
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Sounds like herculean effort Walter, in how not to make a pen :nonono::funny: They say too many cooks, seems like 2 turners doesn't work :funny: Onli kidding :bwink:
 
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Ray Mandrel Neil Blank Walter learning much more success than the camel designed by a committee, turned out right in the end. Sounded like serious fun.

Peter.:thumbs::thumbs:
 
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Great joint effort!

It took you all day to make one dinky little pen? :thinks: What I want to know is how many "out take" photos there were.
 
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Good to see that you had fun together making the pen, now that that part is over who won the fight to keep the pen .. :ciggrin:

The pen looks good guys .. :thumbs:
 
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