More Lucite Please

[cnirenberg]

I finally had the time to finish this off. I had some Lucite laying around staring at me like the Geico stack of money. All comments welcome, thanks for looking.

 

[hewunch]

impressive!

 

[Mrs Rojo22]

Great looking pen!

Robin

 

[stolicky]

I have turned a couple pieces of Lucite and like the way it has turned out (pun?).

Good job on the pen.

 

[cnirenberg]

Thanks. I like the Lucite material, it's nice to turn, and finishes up with ease.

 

[chriselle]

Beautiful pen Cris! You've got the threading down tight. What did you use? I'm on a thread fetish these days.

 

[snyiper]

Sweet pens !!!

 

[Rollerbob]

Very nice my man, very nice indeed!!:wink:

 

[cnirenberg]

Beautiful pen Cris! You've got the threading down tight. What did you use? I'm on a thread fetish these days.

Yeah, I was ready to remove this post due to your's. That guy is amazing, he did it in seconds. He must not have any kids. I used a 1/2" x 36 TPI for the threads. They are the single start, so a few more turns. I like the metric threads a lot, but alas, no cash, story of my life. I have to see what a 12 x 1.0 would look like and what other tooling I would need.

 

[cnirenberg]

Very nice my man, very nice indeed!!:wink:

Thanks Bob, that made my day.

 

[bitshird]

Yeah, I was ready to remove this post due to your's. That guy is amazing, he did it in seconds. He must not have any kids. I used a 1/2" x 36 TPI for the threads. They are the single start, so a few more turns. I like the metric threads a lot, but alas, no cash, story of my life. I have to see what a 12 x 1.0 would look like and what other tooling I would need.

Chris, Enco has the 12 x1.0 taps and dies pretty cheap, I got a set, some day soon I'll use them, Your Lucite looks very nice, I really like the way you contoured the grip.

 

[Freethinker]

I used a 1/2" x 36 TPI for the threads. They are the single start, so a few more turns. I like the metric threads a lot, but alas, no cash, story of my life.

Love the pen. Beautiful.

Is there some reference telling the size in thousandths the tenon needs to be be for the 1/2" x 36 die to cut proper threads on? I know that some of the taps have it stamped on them the exact hole size to be drilled, but often the dies do not.

Is it simply a matter of sizing the tenon at .500 if the die is a 1/2" size? Thanks for answering the question of a newbie.

 

[Ligget]

Now that is a really cool pen!

 

[cnirenberg]

Love the pen. Beautiful.

Is there some reference telling the size in thousandths the tenon needs to be be for the 1/2" x 36 die to cut proper threads on? I know that some of the taps have it stamped on them the exact hole size to be drilled, but often the dies do not.

Is it simply a matter of sizing the tenon at .500 if the die is a 1/2" size? Thanks for answering the question of a newbie.

Dan,
I shoot for 0.485-0.490. Now I don't have a metal lathe so it's touch and go at this point.

 

[Mark]

Nice pen... I like your Lucite. It has a lot of depth.

 

[cnirenberg]

Nice pen... I like your Lucite. It has a lot of depth.

Mark,
Thanks. i got it a while back from Andrea at Pipemakers (I have no affliliation with them but good people nonetheless).

 

[Dalecamino]

Beautiful work Cris . I was thinking , that when I get back down there , you could lock those kids in a closet long enough for you to show me how that's done . :biggrin: :biggrin: Nice pen !

 

[papaturner]

WOW!

 

[cnirenberg]

Beautiful work Cris . I was thinking , that when I get back down there , you could lock those kids in a closet long enough for you to show me how that's done . :biggrin: :biggrin: Nice pen !

You're on.

 

[devowoodworking]

Very nice work Chris!