Pen is mightier than the saw? - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

CanadianScroller · 12-24-2007, 04:22 AM

This isnt fretwork, or intarsia, maybe somewhere between the two.
I made a pen, with the scroll saw. no lathe.
I drew a rough design up some months ago and it is posted on here somewhere. I had a few free hours before Christmas so this is what I did.
It is a present for a dear friend at work.
The woods are fiddleback maple for the feather and rosewood for the spine.
The slot in the middle takes a standard ball point stickpen refill.
On the underside, I didn't photograph it, is a shaft of mahogany.
I may have to put a small ring of brass wire around the tip. I didn't leave enough material for the glue to hold

oops99 · 12-24-2007, 06:00 AM

Hey Carl,
All I can say is WOW, I'll bet you will get Bill Young thinking on this one. I consider him the pen MASTER, but this is something totally different, you did an awesome job.
Merry Christmas,

oops99

Tor · 12-24-2007, 07:28 AM

Very fine work. Even if you add the wire, it will still look great. The only problem I saw is one you probably noticed, and I am continually frustrated by, which is that the ripples in fiddleback wood run counter to the grain. I still have not come up with a satisfactory solution, so let me know if you find one. I do like the pen, or should I say, quill.

Tor

CanadianScroller · 12-24-2007, 11:15 AM

I know what you mean about the ripples and the grain.
I haven't used fiddleback much before. It is fun to finish, once you sand the Dickens out of it.

Andy · 12-24-2007, 01:34 PM

That's COOL!!!

Andy

Magpie · 12-24-2007, 01:36 PM

You must be one of the most inventive people I have ever heard of

That's a pretty cool pen.

Sawduster · 12-24-2007, 02:13 PM

I second that emotion Magpie

Carl where do you get these ideas ?
That is just too kewl ....got me thinking

William Young · 12-24-2007, 02:59 PM

Well now that is really something Carl. A pen made on a scroll saw. Who would have ever thought it would be possible.
Just goes to show where there's a will there's a way.

Merryy Christmas to all.
W.Y.

12-24-2007, 06:00 AM	#2
oops99 Tom B. Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: New York Posts: 509	Hey Carl, All I can say is WOW, I'll bet you will get Bill Young thinking on this one. I consider him the pen MASTER, but this is something totally different, you did an awesome job. Merry Christmas, oops99 __________________ oops99 KEEP THE PIECE Glue it back on, they'll never notice. DW788

12-24-2007, 07:28 AM	#3
Tor Mad Marqueteur Join Date: May 2007 Location: The "Green Side" in Hawaii Posts: 1,416	Very fine work. Even if you add the wire, it will still look great. The only problem I saw is one you probably noticed, and I am continually frustrated by, which is that the ripples in fiddleback wood run counter to the grain. I still have not come up with a satisfactory solution, so let me know if you find one. I do like the pen, or should I say, quill. Tor __________________ I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. - Thomas Jefferson Garden Island Marqueteur http://www.fineartmarquetry.com

12-24-2007, 11:15 AM	#4
CanadianScroller Moderator CUT IT OUT Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Chilliwack British Columbia, Canada Posts: 3,904 Blog Entries: 12	I know what you mean about the ripples and the grain. I haven't used fiddleback much before. It is fun to finish, once you sand the Dickens out of it. __________________ CAЯL HIRD-RUTTEЯ "proud member of the best scroll sawing forum on the net." Ryobi SC180VS scroll saw EX21 Last edited by CanadianScroller; 12-24-2007 at 07:48 PM.

12-24-2007, 01:34 PM	#5
Andy Pattern Person Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ridgetown, Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,060	That's COOL!!! Andy __________________ Shoot for the moon. If you miss you'll be headed for a star! www.80artdesigns.com

12-24-2007, 02:13 PM	#7
Sawduster Hi-tech Redneck Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Youngsville NC Posts: 809	I second that emotion Magpie Carl where do you get these ideas ? That is just too kewl ....got me thinking __________________ ...~Robert~ DW788 and Hawk 226 " Please let me grow to be the man my dog thinks I am "

12-24-2007, 01:36 PM	#6
Magpie Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Gainesville, Florida Posts: 352	You must be one of the most inventive people I have ever heard of That's a pretty cool pen.

12-24-2007, 02:59 PM	#8
William Young Banned Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Wynndel, BC, Canada Posts: 869	Well now that is really something Carl. A pen made on a scroll saw. Who would have ever thought it would be possible. Just goes to show where there's a will there's a way. Merryy Christmas to all. W.Y.

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