lately I have shown you a project or two that were not quite complete, well i am semi happy to say that they are now done and I am now working on a 3rd with more in planning.

Remember the bell ornament that i was making out of Amboyna burl scrap?

Here it is.

It is a bit longer on the hammer end of the bell than i really wanted, but it just was not wanting to go together the way I had planned it

Remember the pen I was working on that i showed you the nib end of?

Here it is, it was a "fat" pen that I thinned down to try to make it a bit more appealing to people that wanted a regular pen look instead of something that had considerably more wood on it.

It didn't turn out as good as I had hoped because the tube ends were apparently not quite square with the wood (I originally made this pen when I had the old lathe).

Next up will be one of my favorite projects, yet another magnet, this time in Birdseye Maple.

More on that later.

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Charles
nicholls61@att.net

Charles, those both look good, thanks for letting us see them.

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Greg
http://www.thesawdustfactory.net/

Looking good Chuck!

 

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Ron Dudelston
Above and Beyond WoodWorks

Charles I like the bell and the pen. Nice job man. I know you are glad to see it finished.

Thanks for posting it.

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John Moody
John Moody Woodworks
http://www.johnmoodywoodworks.com

Looking real good Charles,

Glad to see your back to doing the things that you enjoy!

Take care my friend.

Regards,

Larry

Your work looks great Charles! And I am incredibly happy to see you back at it buddy! Congrats Charles, how ya feelin by the way?

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

Very nice looking pen Charles. I love to turn Cocobolo also. It turns very nicely and has such a good finish. Glad you are able to get a little time in to turn and to share them with us.

Charles Nicholls said:

Thanks guys for the kind words. The magnet got put on the back burner for a day or 2 because I will have to strip the finish off and re sand due to a tool mark that I didn't see until after pictures were being made. Oh well, here is a pen that I just completed in Cocobolo. i don't get a chance very often to work with that type of wood, so it's a treat when i do.

Yea there is a small piece of wax on the clip in this image, it's not there now though

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Charles
nicholls61@att.net

As my wife keeps telling me, I'm my own worse critic!

Looks very good to me.

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Harry Brink
Bulldog Woodworking
Montana

Charles,

Looking good!

SQ

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Happiness is wood chips flying!

Nice looking pen Charles.

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John Moody
John Moody Woodworks
http://www.johnmoodywoodworks.com