thewishman
Member
I'm working with a friend and we have an idea for making pen clips from stainless steel. We can engrave and cut the clips, but neither of us has made a clip before.
The concept sounds easy, but there are some things that will complicate matters. Please add to this list, or better yet, help us solve the problems.
1. Springy-ness - how do we make sure the clip can operate as a clip?
2. Smoothing edges - we'll be cutting with a laser, is there a simple way to get smooth edges?
3. Bending angle - 90 degrees won't quite work.
4. bending a foot - do we need to add a slight bend where the clip ends?
If we can get the details worked out, that will clear a huge hurdle to making almost all of the parts of a pen custom. No more 50,000 minimum clip orders.
The concept sounds easy, but there are some things that will complicate matters. Please add to this list, or better yet, help us solve the problems.
1. Springy-ness - how do we make sure the clip can operate as a clip?
2. Smoothing edges - we'll be cutting with a laser, is there a simple way to get smooth edges?
3. Bending angle - 90 degrees won't quite work.
4. bending a foot - do we need to add a slight bend where the clip ends?
If we can get the details worked out, that will clear a huge hurdle to making almost all of the parts of a pen custom. No more 50,000 minimum clip orders.