Stainless Octo-Flute
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mark james
IAP Collection, Curator
That's a beautiful pen!!! Be prepared for questions on your process, etc. 
jttheclockman
Member
A very nice touch. Another stainless steel fan I see. You and Skiprat should get along very well. Looks manly enough too. I am sure it will get well received. Thanks for showing.
That's a beautiful pen!!! Be prepared for questions on your process, etc.
Thanks Mark!
After I machined the tubes I just held them in my milling machine using a collet chuck on the rotary table and used the side of an end mill to cut the flutes.
Once cut I rotated the shaft 45 degrees and repeated.
This is a photo of the setup. (and speaker magnet collection
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He has made some amazing pens, and written some very handy notes.
I've got a long way to go yet!
Jim15
Member
Awesome work, beautiful.
Charlie_W
Member
An elegant pen for sure! Well done!
Dalecamino
Local Chapter Leader
Magnificent! This is why my friends suggest I get a mill. :redface::biggrin: Awesome pen!
Really cool pen. The octagon goes well with the kit. Well done:biggrin:
Chuck, you would need to demolish your cute little studio and build a workshop if you wanted to fit in a mill. :tongue:
Chuck, you would need to demolish your cute little studio and build a workshop if you wanted to fit in a mill. :tongue:
kruzzer
Member
stunning pen...
tomtedesco
Member
I like the way you used the left over millings in the picture, great pen.
Sandsini
Member
A creative and beautiful pen. Awesome!
JohnU
Member
Very inspiring! I'm sure he will love it! I'm intimidated by the mechanical "know how" every time I see a picture of that caliber of set up. I would love to think I will be at that level some day but I'm too much of a realist. lol
You are lucky. Most of my friends just suggest I shut up talking about mine.
:wink:
You never know till you try!
I'm much more intimidated by wood lathes and the thought of holding the cutting tool in my soft squishy hands. :wink:
Dalecamino
Local Chapter Leader
I can hang it from the ceiling in the middle :tongue: AND....it ain't a flippin' STUDIO! :tongue::tongue::tongue::tongue:
Dalecamino
Local Chapter Leader
Yes...I am lucky! My friends are the best. Although can be a PITA at times :biggrin: Talk away John. We love to listen. :wink::biggrin: AND, see nice pens :wink:
Gus Jr
Member
Just Wow!
Stunning
Si90
Member
Nice. Like that alot.
Very nice job. It has me looking for a mill again. (If only oil prices would climb up enough they'll quit laying us oilfield folks off).
I'd love to see one where you add a twist to the flutes around the body. An excuse to convert to CNC?
I'd love to see one where you add a twist to the flutes around the body. An excuse to convert to CNC?