The dream of a mad turner: tamper handle made of pencils

January 1st, 2016, 4:07 am

My roastery is next to a turner's workshop. He drinks my coffee and sometimes has some really wild ideas. This was his latest one:

We need a hard wood core:

I had to make the surface of the pencil rough for glueing.

He drives me crazy too

. Hell, this is lot of work ...

One more pencil layer for the raw body. To be continued ...

January 1st, 2016, 8:15 am

Slicing the pencils for using as few as possible

Finished black wood color pencil raw tamper handle (BWCPRTH

):

January 4th, 2016, 2:46 pm

Not finished yet just some steps further

.

Sealing, polishing, sealing, polishing, sealing, polishing again and again.....

#4: Post by **jbenson4** » January 4th, 2016, 2:55 pm

That looks fantastic! The BWCPRTH is going to look unbelievable once you're finished. Well done!

#5: Post by **Ellejaycafe** » January 4th, 2016, 3:13 pm

Man that sure does look great! I wasn't sure where you were going with it until the last picture. It came together so nicely!.I would spend money on one of these. Very psychedelic looking.

#6: Post by **beta14ok** » January 4th, 2016, 4:08 pm

Yes, I would buy one .

#7: Post by **nickw** » January 4th, 2016, 4:17 pm

It turned out well.

I like the lighter one.
Cheers!

January 4th, 2016, 4:56 pm

Thanks! A new, the simpliest one is beeing glued together now:

We modified the core-design to make it easier to "assemble".

This will be the trickiest to polish tough. After I sliced the pencils I had hands just like a miner.

#9: Post by **weebit_nutty** » January 4th, 2016, 6:11 pm

hey that's neat. quite unique.. would make a great piece for my collection. wanna sell it?

#10: Post by **leon** » January 4th, 2016, 8:37 pm

Those are great looking! I think your wood turning buddy might have a new business opportunity here.