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workin for wood · 09-07-2009, 09:55 AM

I was having some fun out in the shop and couldn't help myself. Some multi acrylic inlays. I wish I could capture better photo's. The alien is a shimmering silver and grey. The black has just a touch of shimmer and a touch of metal flake. There are stars around the sides and back of the alien. The images on the pen wrap around too much to catch it all in a photo, but it is a flying saucer streaking a trail around the earth. It's pretty cool.

scrollpup · 09-07-2009, 10:26 AM

Looks great Jeff! I don't know how you did it, but it couldn't have been easy!

Jerry

workin for wood · 09-07-2009, 12:56 PM

Magic. It's all about out-smarting the human brains optical senses. There's a fair amount of time in a pen like this, but the difficulty level is not that high. It's funny too, because in a competition setting, this would compete as advanced and my experience in the past is that it can take down scrollwork that takes a man months to make, but only takes me hours! Makes sense too. You take a monster clock..you can knick pick at a thousand holes, missed filing a saw mark here and there, a little rough spot in the finish in just one tiny spot and points continue to mount against you. You look at this pen, it's shiny and shimmers attracting you to it, you feel it and it's smooth as new glass, and the seams are 10000% flaweless, and your mind is perplexed as to how a scrollsaw could rotate like that, let alone not go all the way through.

Scrolling Days · 09-07-2009, 01:37 PM

Really cool, Jeff! How is that done? I'm thinking that you cut a veneer, like in marquetry, and then wrap it around a turned blank. Is that right or am I totally off?

marshall · 09-07-2009, 01:54 PM

Looks fine Jeff , anyone will love this kind of work.........Marshall

Sally · 09-07-2009, 02:34 PM

You didn't make it on a scroll saw, did you? No - you must have used a lathe.

workin for wood · 09-07-2009, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Scrolling Days

Really cool, Jeff! How is that done? I'm thinking that you cut a veneer, like in marquetry, and then wrap it around a turned blank. Is that right or am I totally off?

Yea..you would be on a different planet, pardon the pun. It is not veneer. Chances are good that veneer would not make it around such a tight circumference. Besides that, it's urethane, not wood. I scroll my pens, but of course the final product was turned on a lathe. Few more months..the secret will be set free.

KtownScroller · 09-07-2009, 03:11 PM

Hey Jeff - How about some work in progress pictures. I'll bet everyone would love to see how you manage to make such cool looking pens!

Janette · 09-07-2009, 03:31 PM

Very nice ! My experience from doing shows is that "shiny" and "sparkly" win out every time! I feel like I should add glitter to my finish some days.

Andy · 09-07-2009, 03:39 PM

Absolutely amazing ... these are just SO COOl!!!!

Andy

09-07-2009, 10:26 AM	#2
scrollpup Avatar by Casey Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Hot Springs,Arkansas Posts: 1,732	Looks great Jeff! I don't know how you did it, but it couldn't have been easy! Jerry __________________ Two wrongs don't make a right....they just even the score...

09-07-2009, 12:56 PM	#3
workin for wood Master Scroller Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Eaton Rapids Michigan Posts: 2,474	Magic. It's all about out-smarting the human brains optical senses. There's a fair amount of time in a pen like this, but the difficulty level is not that high. It's funny too, because in a competition setting, this would compete as advanced and my experience in the past is that it can take down scrollwork that takes a man months to make, but only takes me hours! Makes sense too. You take a monster clock..you can knick pick at a thousand holes, missed filing a saw mark here and there, a little rough spot in the finish in just one tiny spot and points continue to mount against you. You look at this pen, it's shiny and shimmers attracting you to it, you feel it and it's smooth as new glass, and the seams are 10000% flaweless, and your mind is perplexed as to how a scrollsaw could rotate like that, let alone not go all the way through. __________________ Jeff Powell

09-07-2009, 01:37 PM	#4
Scrolling Days Jigsaw Puzzle Maker Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Along the Lower Niagara River Posts: 1,214 Blog Entries: 5	Really cool, Jeff! How is that done? I'm thinking that you cut a veneer, like in marquetry, and then wrap it around a turned blank. Is that right or am I totally off? __________________ Shawn Ferguson Come visit at The Ferguson Puzzle Company !

09-07-2009, 01:54 PM	#5
marshall Just love Being Here Join Date: May 2008 Location: Jonesboro AR Posts: 2,106	Looks fine Jeff , anyone will love this kind of work.........Marshall __________________ Usually busier than a cat in a sandbox !!!!!!!!!!! { Dewalt 788 only }

09-07-2009, 03:11 PM	#8
KtownScroller So much better :) Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: PA Posts: 2,662	Hey Jeff - How about some work in progress pictures. I'll bet everyone would love to see how you manage to make such cool looking pens! __________________ - Rick

09-07-2009, 02:34 PM	#6
Sally Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Renton WA Posts: 1,024	You didn't make it on a scroll saw, did you? No - you must have used a lathe.

09-07-2009, 03:31 PM	#9
Janette Intarsia Moderator Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Eugene, Oregon Posts: 2,108 Blog Entries: 4	Very nice ! My experience from doing shows is that "shiny" and "sparkly" win out every time! I feel like I should add glitter to my finish some days. __________________ Janette www.square-designs.com

09-07-2009, 03:39 PM	#10
Andy Pattern Person Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ridgetown, Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,073	Absolutely amazing ... these are just SO COOl!!!! Andy __________________ Shoot for the moon. If you miss you'll be headed for a star! www.80artdesigns.com

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