A chunk of a pecan tree that was removed to make way for some construction in Baxter county. While much of the tree was cut into firewood, some of the more interesting parts were saved for the shop. Some pen blanks were cut from the chunk of wood on the bandsaw, then cut to length…
Continued from Making a Dragon Pen – Part 1 A pen mill is used on the drill press to trim the extra wood at the end of the blank, and to square the wood to the brass tube. Care is taken to trim just to the end of the brass tube so as not to…
Continued from Making a Dragon Pen – Part 2 View Making a Dragon Pen – Part 1 Ready for assembly now. Here is all the components ready to go together. The wood is still on the bushings, kept together for grain alignment. The lower barrel assembly, which is the finished wood and brass tube, is…