Corian and aluminum rollerball from scratch

[greeneyedblackcat]

I built this today for my wife. It took me 7 hours but I think it will pay big dividends. (at least a few batches of home baked cookies) It is built from scratch, solid aluminum and corian. This is a thread less design, I pressed a delrin bushing into the cap. I got the idea from my wife's lipstick :O
>>>JK

 

[Jgrden]

Shoot a mile. That looks great. Good job. Send blueprints of how you did it.

heh, heh... Good job anyway.

 

[bitshird]

Neat looking pen Jim, How will the refill be replaced? I like the window cuts.

 

[greeneyedblackcat]

Ken, Glad you like it. The pen body is one piece of aluminum, I milled a slot all the way through the aluminum and pressed a solid piece of corian into pen before turning it on the lathe, the roller ball loads from the bottom of the pen. If you look close there is a line for a threaded cap at the rear.

 

[LEAP]

Very nicely done! color me green with envy for having access to a milling machine and metal lathe. Great idea for the cap.

 

[devowoodworking]

That's another winner for sure, great work!!

 

[cnirenberg]

Very Cool

 

[workinforwood]

Great job on that one too. Very sleek looking.

 

[Ligget]

WOW, that is really cool work!

 

[gwilki]

Great lines!

 

[alphageek]

Woah.. That is WAY too cool of a pen for a guy with only 64 posts --- You're holding back on us!

VERY nice custom job.

 

[greeneyedblackcat]

I just a NewBee

 

[elody21]

I love the pen! It would be really wild if you used the graphic blue from corian. If you need a piece let me know and I can send some. Alice

 

[greeneyedblackcat]

I love the pen! It would be really wild if you used the graphic blue from corian. If you need a piece let me know and I can send some. Alice

Alice, glad you like it, blue might be nice. I really like working with corian and metal because the sanding and polishing of the two materials is basically identical

 

[PenTurnerfromMaine]

nicccccccccceeeeeeeeeeeee

 

[johncrane]

That's another ripper Jim!

 

[greeneyedblackcat]

That's another ripper Jim!

John, Thanks for the vote of confidence

 

[Bugware]

Very nice job. A proper pen made from scratch. Something to work towards.


Neil

 

[cnirenberg]

Sweeeeet. I hope those cookies taste good. That is a nice looking pen.