Atrax Chrome Kit pen : Tulip bud shape.
I made this pen last night.
As usual, I do not have a lathe at home now, so I used a previously made part finished pen body and an Atrax kit.
This is the semi-finished body I used from stock.
This is the semi-finished body I used from stock.
Regular Atrax Kit pens come with parallel sides, but in this
one I have tried to add a curvature. The overall shape is inspired by tulip
bud. Seemed to
look good.
The Body
This pen has come out with almost no construction flaws. I
am happy that I could do the assembly and finish all by hand.
The wood is some scrap wood from ships engine room , perhaps packing crate for machinery spare parts. I had stabilized this wood by a vaccum chamber made on board at near to 1 atm vaccum, but the medium used was ordinary wood varnish . Can not say how effective the stabilization, but the wood had become much better for turning, ie no chipping etc and the dust was very smooth.
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