"floating" pen

[sbwertz]

I thought this was a unique idea!

http://thewoodwhisperer.com/louis-floating-pen/

 

[DCBluesman]

If you think that's cool, look at this one. My good friend Tom McMillan did it way back in 2004!

 

[sbwertz]

What bothered me about the description was he said it was a brass rod. I thought brass was non-magnetic.

Sharon

 

[sgimbel]

I assume the brass rod is what the pen is setting on. The magnets are in the pen and the wood above it. That's what I think.

 

[ldb2000]

The brass rod is the part that the pen is resting on . It don't have to be magnetic , the pen is just sitting on it . The magnets are in the top of the pen and in the overhead .

 

[sbwertz]

Duh! Ok, I didn't engage the brain before putting the keyboard in motion that time!

Sharon

 

[Chuck Key]

From the 2008 BD Bash: