workinforwood
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Other than a Jr Statesman that I'm saving for who knows what, I have completely run out of kits. I'm scrounging out of my parts box now from pens ruined long ago.
Inspired by Skip, this is a 7mm tube with 7mm slim cross transmission, but reverse installed with a Parker Refill !
Inspired by Butch...finial twist action
Inspired by Rick Herrell..split cartridge
The antler was on it's way to the trash bin, but some time back people told me here not to discard the pithy punk antlers. I cast the antler in a green alumilite. I cut an antler design through the cast antler and poured it with black inlace so as to limit any bleed effect. I used (2) 7mm tubes and (1) 0 tube from a click kit gone bad (as they all seem to!). The 0 tube is a perfect snug fit for a cigar clip, and the o/d of a cigar clip is darn near the same as a 30/06 casing. a 7mm tube slides real nice inside an 0 tube. The finial twist is also a 30/06 bullet with a straight back end, I simply cut off the tapered end and melted out the lead, and a small dowel connects the bullet to the 7mm tube which holds the revers mounted transmission. The Parker refill required just a tiny shave. The outer diameter of the plastic on the back of a Parker fits snug inside the back of a 7mm tranny, so you have to shave just a touch off the parker diameter so it glides up and down the tranny. Thanks for looking. I know it's not a perfect pen, but I'm pretty proud of it on a first attempt.
Inspired by Skip, this is a 7mm tube with 7mm slim cross transmission, but reverse installed with a Parker Refill !
Inspired by Butch...finial twist action
Inspired by Rick Herrell..split cartridge
The antler was on it's way to the trash bin, but some time back people told me here not to discard the pithy punk antlers. I cast the antler in a green alumilite. I cut an antler design through the cast antler and poured it with black inlace so as to limit any bleed effect. I used (2) 7mm tubes and (1) 0 tube from a click kit gone bad (as they all seem to!). The 0 tube is a perfect snug fit for a cigar clip, and the o/d of a cigar clip is darn near the same as a 30/06 casing. a 7mm tube slides real nice inside an 0 tube. The finial twist is also a 30/06 bullet with a straight back end, I simply cut off the tapered end and melted out the lead, and a small dowel connects the bullet to the 7mm tube which holds the revers mounted transmission. The Parker refill required just a tiny shave. The outer diameter of the plastic on the back of a Parker fits snug inside the back of a 7mm tranny, so you have to shave just a touch off the parker diameter so it glides up and down the tranny. Thanks for looking. I know it's not a perfect pen, but I'm pretty proud of it on a first attempt.
Decisions, decisions:biggrin:. Thanks Jeff. Every item will be put to good use.:biggrin: They are superb!!
