Here's a new idea I'm playing with

[Wood Butcher]

The Golf Ball pan

 

[leestoresund]

Golf ball pen

Before I even look on the site to see how you did those -
How'd you do those?

Lee

 

[PaulDoug]

Very very clever. Those will surely be a big hit.

 

[Displaced Canadian]

That is cool.

 

[hewunch]

very neat!

 

[Tanner]

That is fricking cool. Great ingenuity!

 

[aggromere]

Wow. How did you do that. Did you skin the golf ball and cast it or what. That is the slickest new pen idea I've seen in a long long time.

 

[Mark]

Nicely Done. That's thinking outside the box, or ball in this case...:biggrin:

 

[darcisowers]

very cool idea! How do you do that??!!

I like the golfball placed on the top of the pen better. :biggrin:

 

[BRobbins629]

You play nice!

 

[Wood Butcher]

Thanks boys and girls for the kind words. The "ball" part is white polymer clay. After seeing and making the baseball and football pens I thought, why not a golf ball? It took a while but I figured out that it had to be done by hand rather than a mould, or at least for me it did. I turned a 1/2 x 1/2 strip of Corian to form a "dimpler" and had to redo that several times before the size was correct. I cover the brass tube, that's been sanded, with the PC, roll it smooth and then, wearing magnifier glasses, I start dimpling till it's covered. Takes between 150 and 160 dimples. I do it in rows radially off setting like bowling pins are lined up. I put it on the lathe and apply 2 coats of thin CA and when dry apply the slip off decal. I let it dry overnight, cause it was getting late, and then apply 4 or 5 more coats of thin CA. No sanding or buffing, just the CA. It came out just as I had hoped (after 4 days of doing it and tearing it off and doing it again). Give it a shot. These should sell but be careful with the trademarked names you use.

 

[ed4copies]

Forget trademarked names, think "gag gifts":

"A ball you won't lose" comes to mind.


Oh---Great idea and nice execution, Bill!!!!

 

[bitshird]

Man that is a great Idea, I'm still not into the Polymer thing, but those should sell like the dickens, Very sharp looking pens.

 

[Stevej72]

What a great idea! Thanks for sharing how you do it. I have some friends that golf a lot and I think would love a pen like that.

 

[thewishman]

Absolutely fabulous!!!!! That is a great idea!! Thanks for sharing.

You gonna make some blanks to sell?

 

[GoodTurns]

very nice idea and execution. the purists might say you should pair it with persimmon wood!

 

[wizard]

Way too cool !!!

 

[Penl8the]

Hi Bill,

As a golfer, golf club maker and a pretend pen maker, I salute you.

Awesome pens. Very creative.

I heard of Balata cover, Surlyn cover and so on. But not Poly Clay cover. Just wait and see how soon the big golf ball manufacturers like Titleist, Nike, Callaway, etc get a hold this new material.

PC cover golf ball gives you greater distance, more control, less spin and more spin at the same time. :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

 

[Toni]

When I was reading the comments I was starting to wonder could it be PC? Excellent work love the creativity!!!

 

[Pioneerpens]

very clever and beautiful job with the pc!!

 

[PrinterTom]

Those are really cool...when are we going to see them for sale..

 

[boxerman]

That is cool. Nice pen.

 

[johncrane]

That's a winner right there Bill i like the golfball at the clip end best,excellent work:biggrin:

 

[seamus7227]

thats clever! nice job

 

[RAdams]

Yup... Ernie was right, This thread was definately worth a look!! Really cool work!

 

[wood-of-1kind]

Great idea and very well executed. How about doing one as a "Euro" pen and using the golf clip pen clip(s) that they sell? Bet that it would look great and be a big hit on the links.

 

[Buzzzz4]

Wow! I wasn't into the other designs you had, but this one rocks the house. When you are ready to sell a few, please let me know!

 

[Jim Smith]

GREAT idea and excellent execution! You could even use the laminated wood from the head of an old driver to make the top portion of the pen. Either way, great looking pen.

Perhaps you should consider going to some of the pro-shops at the golf courses around where you live and I've sure that they would sell like crazy.

Jim Smith

 

[bruce119]

Nice job I actually had this idea and tried doing skinning a golf ball but as you found out that doesn't work. You know the core of the golf balls make great segmenting material and turns great and just about every ball I cut open is a different color there a very hard rubber and turn well. I also chopped up the old persimmon wood clubs and used the laminated to make pens with the golf ball core laminated in them. The golfers here love them.

Great job thanks for sharing. I got to start playing with clay. Just not enough time in a day

thanks

 

[Dalecamino]

I am not at all surprised that YOU came up with this ! Very nice work Bill. :biggrin:

 

[workinforwood]

Very cool pens!

 

[bgibb42]

What a great idea, and perfectly executed...great pens!

 

[Seer]

I have some Hickory pieces that are remnats of actual golf club shafts as well all about 5 to 6 inches long that would pair up with this nicely. Well done pm me if you want some to try.
Jerry

 

[Stick Rounder]

Great idea! Great looking pens.

 

[johnspensandmore]

Clever! That's a keeper for sure!

 

[RyanNJ]

Where did you get the PC?

 

[Wood Butcher]

It's just Sculpy III in pure white from Michaels.

 

[cnirenberg]

Great idea and a pretty cool looking pen. Now that's what I like to see on the IAP. Well done.

 

[Ankrom Exotics]

Great idea and nicely executed. Have you tried one yet with both tubes in faux golf ball?

 

[kruzzer]

Bravo Great idea.....and great looking pen.