One Click

[marcruby]

I'm not really showing off, this was an experiment - actually too many experiments. It's my first click, and my first try at segmenting with metal inlay. And my first effort with a carbide 'scraper'. And my first use of the PR Princess's alternate ivory. All I can say is that the photograph hides most of the flaws.

The click is a larger pen than I expected -- I was looking for a more feminine effect. The bulge in the curve could be a little closer to the point. The metal (too hard to be aluminum, probably tin) fought back through three skews and that carbide scraper but I wound up using the scraper as a shear scraper which worked, but I'm going to have to round out the lower edges so that the tool rides the rest better.

I'm not all that fond of the was the click clicks. Breaking it in a bit helped, but I'd really wanted a solid, machined feel and it's not quite there.

And I'm not going to tell you about the things you can't see...

Marc

 

[ldb2000]

You seem to have hidden the flaws rather well , beautiful looking pen . It must have been fun keeping the metal and the alt ivory even , I just did a pen with the stuff and it cut like butter .

 

[workinforwood]

Looks real good Marc. Congrats on defeating the blank!

 

[akbar24601]

Looks like you did a great job to me Marc. Great color selections for the segmenting. Make sure to use aluminum next time, you will have far less troubles.

 

[talbot]

Thats a great looking pen Marc. Love the segmeting and the metal inlay and the mix of materials works really well.
A nice one!
regards, Bill

 

[george]

This really looks nice. Congrats.

 

[jackrichington]

That's not showing off..that's showing a real nice pen..thanks for the idea, I plan to abscond with the idea

 

[leehljp]

I think you won that fight with a KO! Polished that up just beautifully. I have more trouble with slightly softer aluminum than I do harder brass.

Super job for trying new techniques. Shows the experience behind the tools!

 

[pipeyeti]

that blue lucite is nice stuff, but sure hard to hide the tube. Yours is the first pen that I have seen with it.

 

[fernhills]

I like the way you did it, looks real nice. the clicks all make some noise, some more then others. I read some place that when you drill a blank with metal inlays you should not use a brad point bit. Just wondering what you drilled with.

 

[Billman]

Wow... That's a few more new variables than I'd tackle at one time. But that's just me bein' a newbie too I guess.

That being said, the pen looks very nice in the photo and you can't see any of the flaws you say you notice when holding the pen.

 

[marcruby]

"but sure hard to hide the tube"

I had more trouble than usual because the length of the hole made it hard to get complete coverage with with the black paint I use for blue lucite.

"Make sure to use aluminum next time"

This is a prototype for a version that will use silver as the inlay. Fine silver is pretty soft. I'll beat up a coke can or two as well.

"Just wondering what you drilled with."

I got the bit from laulauwoods when I bought the kits. It's not a brad point. And it cuts beautifully.

Marc

 

[Jim15]

I think it looks great, nice work.

 

[thewishman]

Love it!! That is a beauty. Hope the next one looks as good and turns better.

 

[VisExp]

That looks very nice Marc. I like the shape, it flows nicely. I do think the white swirls in the blue are a bit distracting.

 

[skiprat]

Very Nice:biggrin: I love the colour combo you chose too. I like the style of these big clickers, just wish they weren't so noisy.

 

[papaturner]

WOW! I like that one.......Awesome job.

 

[toolcrazy]

Beautiful pen. I want to try one of those kits, one day.

 

[bitshird]

Mark, the pen looks great, I'm glad the woodchuck worked somewhat, actually what you did with it was what I made the tool for, since you are about the second or third person to actually use one except me, and I didn't do any thing near that nice,and am pretty much a hack turner. I think, once you get past the learning curve, you ought to do some killer pens, that's a heck of a variety of material hardness's and for the first go with it That's a beautiful pen