mark james
IAP Collection, Curator
My Pretty Screwed Up Cast Garbage Pith Pen...
For my PITH pen, I turned a bunch of aluminum plates for fittings. So I had a pile of aluminum shavings and knew I was going to cast the PITH pen, so why not try...
The cast (Alumilite) didn't work as I had used CA to glue the Aluminum to the tube and cast it within an hour; and I suspect I mixed improperly (poured B before A).
Anyway, I decided to turn it anyway. Now If I can just screw this up again ...
For my PITH pen, I turned a bunch of aluminum plates for fittings. So I had a pile of aluminum shavings and knew I was going to cast the PITH pen, so why not try...
The cast (Alumilite) didn't work as I had used CA to glue the Aluminum to the tube and cast it within an hour; and I suspect I mixed improperly (poured B before A).
Anyway, I decided to turn it anyway. Now If I can just screw this up again ...