Waste not

[Rick_G]

The wife's canon printer finally died after about 10 years. We had lots of left over ink so I thought why not?? Mixed a little blue and yellow in a jar of alcohol and dropped in a couple box elder blanks. The hole had been drilled. Left them for 2 days, took them out and dried overnight. The result.

I think I'll do this again, got lots of box elder from the tree cut down a couple years ago. Maybe some other colors.

 

[R2]

Very good result. It looks for all the world like acrylic.[]

 

[jwoodwright]

What a great idea. Cool pen.

 

[les-smith]

Smart, very smart. Pen looks good too. Good color combo.

 

[rhahnfl]

What a cool idea. I had my Canon die a few months back and found some spare ink. Think I'll try that too. It's a shame that they can't just get one standard ink cartridge and be happy with it. Every time you get a new printer it's different.

 

[Rick_G]

Likely won't work for all woods. The box elder I had was pretty soft before I dried it in the microwave. The tree had been down for a couple years I have lots of it and lots of ink left over.

 

[louisbry]

Very nice looking pen and thanks for the idea.

 

[Ligget]

Great dye job, Box Elder is one of my favourite woods to dye by hand![]

As Rick says it looks almost like an acrylic blank!

 

[Dan_F]

Best to keep in mind that some printer inks are notriously non-lightfast, so depending on the type of ink, the colors may fade rapidly. Still a cool experiment, and it may well hold up, but if you are selling....

Dan

 

[GaryMGg]

Looks very nice.

 

[johncrane]

Cool idea [8D]

 

[Mather323]

I hope my printer is next[}]

 

[simomatra]

Good lateral thinking, it worked and you have crafted a great pen

 

[Ozzy]

Cool idea and a good looking pen.

 

[clthayer]

Great Idea!!! Looks liked it worked well, nice pen.

Christian