I'll try to remember to let you guys know when I start making fountain pens. I really would like one for myself too. What do you normally pay for them? I need to look into places to buy the parts. I know Woodcraft has them, but they're pricey.
Here's some turquoise experiments. It's more difficult than it looks because it's like picking through sand to try to find a piece that will fit here and there, and then they don't fit... Then they keep falling out, then I put them back, then drop epoxy on them and the turquoise starts floating around instead of staying put, then I try to push them down and they stick to whatever I'm pushing them with...
I'm not sure why the color is different in every picture. I think my phone was trying to auto white balance and not doing it right.
As you can see, the burl doesn't have nearly as many or as big of voids as that bass I posted a couple days ago, so that's good. The voids do have a nice pattern to them (on the actual bass top piece) that looks like it's exploding from the center (subtly), so I think that will work nicely with this.
Now I have to wait and see what it looks like when it's sanded.
to combat the floating, do each pocket at a time, pour resin, place stones, cover with wax paper, set something heavy like a squat glass full of stones on top. when it dries peel off the paper.
