The green "wood" pen....

So I got into the shop last night to finish up the green acrylic pen and was joined by my lovely wife CurvyBunky. She did all of the turning and finishing on this pen.

First, the blanks from yesterdays blog....

And the finished pen....

Now you'll notice that it's not all green. That's because I learned a valuable lesson last night about how much heat is generated when using polishing compound on a lathe. I melted the other half of the pen so we had to improvise