Corian pen

[Paul hd]

Hi All.

Recently Forum member Roly mentioned Corian and then somebody posted a beautiful Shell made from Corian. So I decided to get some.

 

This Corian is nice to turn. The Red band is from a normal acrylic blank. I had to add it as the Corian blank was not long enough for the pen mechanism.

I did mess up with my drilling. I went way off centre, but I decided to go ahead and turn it as a practice piece.

 

Had to glue the black and white together. 

 

Added the Red band to make it a little longer.

 

My drilling started off nice and straight. 

 

But didn't end on line. Never mind it is all good practice. 

 

I am happy with my first attempt with Corian. Next time I will hopefully have a straight drill hole down the centre of the blank.

 

[don watson]

Excellent piece of pen making.

[amazingkevin]

Hi All.

Recently Forum member Roly mentioned Corian and then somebody posted a beautiful Shell made from Corian. So I decided to get some.

 

This Corian is nice to turn. The Red band is from a normal acrylic blank. I had to add it as the Corian blank was not long enough for the pen mechanism.

I did mess up with my drilling. I went way off centre, but I decided to go ahead and turn it as a practice piece.

 

Had to glue the black and white together. IMG_4455.JPG

 

Added the Red band to make it a little longer. IMG_4457.JPG

 

My drilling started off nice and straight. IMG_4458.JPG

 

But didn't end on line. Never mind it is all good practice. IMG_4459.JPG

 

I am happy with my first attempt with Corian. Next time I will hopefully have a straight drill hole down the centre of the blank.

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Whoa,made in the shade.Striking beauty,Any hand would love to try this one.Keep your fantastic work coming! :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:Show us your lath  

[Lucky2]

Paul, that's an awfully good looking pen, I like the red band it gives a nice separation point. I'm not sure of how you go about drilling your blanks, but, if you cut your blank in half before drilling it, you will find it's a lot easier to keep on center.

Len

[Scrolling Steve]

Very nice pen, love the colors !

[Paul hd]

Hi Len.

I totally agree. I should of drilled before the glue up.

Normally I am working with wood or acrylic with no pattern, so when the drill goes off slightly it doesn't matter so much.

[Paul hd]

Very nice pen, love the colors !

Thanks Steve.

 

I couldn't get Black Corian from this supplier so I went for what they call Blackberry as it was the darkest colour they had. It has a metallic fleck which doesn't show up on camera but it is real nice.

 

Cheers

Paul

[Paul hd]

Show us your lath

Hi Kevin.

Here is my Lathe. It is a Myford Mystro and I think it dates from the 80's maybe 70's

It makes a good solid base for my Hegner as well.

Unfortunately I think the old girl is getting a little tired and I think I will retire her. 

After running it for a while the headstock gets fairly hot, probably due to worn bearings. 

[LarryS]

Nice looking pen!!