Hand crafted Pen and Pencil Set

[RossP]

Nice dude. Too bad you live so far away we could really get into some serious trouble
if you were closer. Love the Trebuchet, our mens group from church made one that
chucked 10lb blocks of concrete about 200 yards. It was mounted to a flat deck trailer
that we took to a men's retreat. I will try and dig up some pictures of it and our Tater Canon
that we built.

[KevinG]

Now that sounds like fun!

[Quarlow]

Well now that I am back at trucking, We haul into a hardwood importer so I get all kinds of chunks of exotics. I picked up a nice piece of Purple Heart, a 6' board of tiger wood that got broken and various pieces of Jatoba. So when I get around to making some pens I will have some nice wood to work with.
Nice steam engine too by the way. I was trying to get good plans to make a propane steam engine so I could hook it to a generator. If the big earthquake hits I can always find bottles of propane in peoples backyards in the middle of the night. Just kidding. ;D ;D

[Caneyscud]

Nice dude. Too bad you live so far away we could really get into some serious trouble
if you were closer.

Agree 100%  That stuff is fun to do.

our mens group from church made one that
chucked 10lb blocks of concrete about 200 yards. It was mounted to a flat deck trailer
that we took to a men's retreat.

You have one pretty cool men's group.  Mine just wants to play golf and watch TV.  

The favorite Pen and Pencil sets I've made were for my mom and dad on their 50th.  Mom's dad was a cabinemaker all his life, and gave me a piece of crate wood when I was but a strapping lad, 20 years before he died that I made her set from.  Dad's dad liked to cut wood for the fireplace and always had a pile of wood to cut.  The last time I was at their place before he died, I picked up a small piece of Live Oak that had a big knot in it.  Surrounding the knot, was some of the most gorgeous figured Live Oak I had ever seen.  His set was made from that. 

[Caneyscud]

Nice job on the pen and pencil set. I like your steam engine also. I do not have a mini lathe or a dedicated lathe but a Shop Smith and I have made many pens and other things on it. Here is my latest creation





The center is a cutting board the wife bought and I grabbed, Trimmed in Walnut and
the risers are Mahogany. Does the job for tying flies while watching TV.

Yours is lots nicer than mine.  That's gorgeous.  Very similar, bu made mine out of maple or was it birch?  Stained it green for some reason (I think I had it left over from something else) but where you have the former cutting board, I put a piece of corian.  

[KevinG]

Well now that I am back at trucking, We haul into a hardwood importer so I get all kinds of chunks of exotics. I picked up a nice piece of Purple Heart, a 6' board of tiger wood that got broken and various pieces of Jatoba. So when I get around to making some pens I will have some nice wood to work with.
Nice steam engine too by the way. I was trying to get good plans to make a propane steam engine so I could hook it to a generator. If the big earthquake hits I can always find bottles of propane in peoples backyards in the middle of the night. Just kidding. ;D ;D

Lucky you!! That purple heart makes for some beautiful stuff. I made a wine goblet out of it and it was awesome. Tiger wood is some pretty cool looking stuff too, I haven't had the pleasure of playing with that yet. - and stay away from my propane  ;D :D ;D

[BuyLowSellHigh]

Kevin & Ross ... beautiful work!  I've been away for a couple of weeks and the first thing I see when I come back is this thread.  What a beauty.  You both make me jealous.  On a good day I can drive a nail into a pine 2x4 and that's as far as my skills with wood go.  Tremendous work, both of you!

[KevinG]

Thanks BLSH, I guess high school woodshop paid off after all. Just hope I don't lose any fingers like my instructor.

[deb415611]

Nice pens Kevin

[KevinG]

Thanks Deb! Bet they aint even half as good to eat as that home made cheese you do.  ;D

[BuyLowSellHigh]

Same happened to mine, who was also a good family friend,  in class.  School system was too cheap to buy thickness planers so he regularly used a wide jointer as a planer where he used his left hand to keep downward pressure on the stock as it went over the blades.  Got a kickback one day on a hard piece of maple, four finger tips of left hand went so fast said he never felt it.

[Quarlow]

I use to love watching the original "This old house" That carpenter "Riley" every so often would lobe a finger off. Towards the end of Bob Vlia's era old Riley didn't have many fingers left. But he was a heck of a good worker....except  for the finger thing. :D :D :D

[classicrockgriller]

If I lost a finger playing with something, I wouldn't play with it any more.

I'd take my toys and go home.

[KevinG]

That's why we have 10, just in case.

[TestRocket]

Measure twice, cut once and count your fingers. Repeat as needed!