nurse's pen

Frank Fusco

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My wife's niece just graduated from nursing school. Wife asked me to make her a pen. This is a nurse's pen kit from PSI. It is a magnetic chain thing. I was not happy with the kit and do not plan to make more of this model.
For a nurse, the wood is.....Bloodwood......what else do you expect? ;)
I made it so I'm showing it.
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The pen looks great, Frank. :thumb: What didn't you like about the kit?

It requires two drill bits of sizes most of us don't have laying around. The tube length is just too-too finicky. The lower (writing) end has an abrupt shoulder that is very ugly. That is correctible though. The tenon for the upper end that accepts a ring is turned from the blank after the fact using the tube as the tenon. Almost impossible to get smooth and true if turned using a mandrel. Fortunately, I am an advocate of the no-mandrel method of turning pens. For others that would create problems. I did have a problem with this. I must have left a very tiny lump of wood or glue on the tube and could not seat it perfectly on the tube/blank.
 
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