gwilki
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Black chrome Sierra kit.
Copper and black
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johncrane
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Now thats different looks good Grant!
R2
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Love it![:X][:X] Wonderful pen![^]
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Tanner
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Looks cool!! I like it. Did you wrap copper wire around the tube?
gwilki
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Thanks, guys.
Tim: Yup. I wrapped black-coated, solid core copper wire around the tube, then covered the whole thing in CA glue. I made up some delrin pegs that fit into the tube and were the same outside diameter as the tube, so that I could start the wrap and end the wrap off the tube. Once the CA had hardened, I took the pegs out and squared off the ends. Then I just turned it between centres with a sharp skew. That took the black off the surface, but left it between the coils. Then 4 coats of poly, sanding and buffing. I thought that it was a fun look. I wouldn't do it with a more sophisticated kit.
I've done another one with bare wire, on a Sierra click, black titanium. I think that it looks classier.
Tim: Yup. I wrapped black-coated, solid core copper wire around the tube, then covered the whole thing in CA glue. I made up some delrin pegs that fit into the tube and were the same outside diameter as the tube, so that I could start the wrap and end the wrap off the tube. Once the CA had hardened, I took the pegs out and squared off the ends. Then I just turned it between centres with a sharp skew. That took the black off the surface, but left it between the coils. Then 4 coats of poly, sanding and buffing. I thought that it was a fun look. I wouldn't do it with a more sophisticated kit.
I've done another one with bare wire, on a Sierra click, black titanium. I think that it looks classier.
Mather323
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Very nice work on your pen, and a great finish.
toolcrazy
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I'll dub the pen "Black Out"
Very cool looking pen.
Very cool looking pen.
gwilki
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I like the name, Steve. I think I'll keep it. Tks. Tks to you, too, Mike
karlkuehn
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Grant, that's really cool, you're thinking outside the box again! Neat looking pen and I'd have never thought to start off the tube with the wrapping. Very nifty indeed.
doddman70
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Very nice!!!
gwilki
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Thanks to you all.
Karl: I tried one without the pegs, and it just didn't work out. I drilled a transverse hold in the pegs. I start by sticking the end of the wire in one of the holes. That way, I have a solid fixed point to pull the wire tight against. When I get to the other end, I do the same thing. Then with a slight twist of one of the pegs, it really tightens up the wind.
Karl: I tried one without the pegs, and it just didn't work out. I drilled a transverse hold in the pegs. I start by sticking the end of the wire in one of the holes. That way, I have a solid fixed point to pull the wire tight against. When I get to the other end, I do the same thing. Then with a slight twist of one of the pegs, it really tightens up the wind.