Stainless Bocote Slim

[skiprat]

I thought I'd have another go at doing a pen in wood. I'm sorry about the really poor pic, but if it was any better, then you would know as well as me, that I should stick to plastics[:I]
The bottom piece was just an old 12mm stainless steel bolt. The whole pen is suprisingly light, only 21 grams. ( I've started weighing all my pens now.)It's not bad, but not worth the effort it took.

That is not the refill sticking out of the nib, just a bit of wire to support for the pic.

Heres a pic of the completed metal work before being dressed in the bocote.

 

[R2]

Interesting concept steven. Haven't made up my mind aout it yet but does lend itself to some interesting possiblities.

 

[Gulfcoast]

Looks like a great job to me!!

Joe

 

[guts]

Steve,that looks like a fine looking pen but when you hold it can you feel the round holes in th s.s. bolt and does it seem to be a problem with the feel as far as comfort goes?

 

[skiprat]

Bill, the bottom half is cast in Alumilite to fill in those spaces. []

 

[rherrell]

This is getting old. Another miracle of creation from Steven.COOL!

 

[Ligget]

Lovely work Steve, glad to see you are still being creative! []

 

[LEAP]

Damn, you make me want a metal lathe[]. Very nice. how do you attach the clip? are you soldering the wire in or is it a press fit? I can just see myself having fits trying the get the bends right.

 

[galoot_loves_tools]

Outstanding! The continuation of the bocote down into the nib section really works, visually.

 

[skiprat]

Originally posted by LEAP
<br />Damn, you make me want a metal lathe[]. Very nice. how do you attach the clip? are you soldering the wire in or is it a press fit? I can just see myself having fits trying the get the bends right.

Thanks all[]

Phil, the clip is fixed into two holes in the finial. I was under the impression that this wire was tungsten welding rod, but have since found out that it too is stainless. It is a very tight fit but I did put a blob of metal Araldite in the bottom of the cap to hold the ends. Of course, I did use my metal lathe, but really just to drill the holes down the middle and to remove the threads from the original bolt. The other holes in the sides were done on a drill press and the shaping was done with a file.
I find I can get a lot of control with a file.[8D]

 

[gwilki]

That's beautiful, Steve. On the lower barrel, does the alumilite encase the stainless, too, or does it just fill the holes?

 

[workinforwood]

Yea, it's probably not something profitable, but otherwise outstanding as usual! []

 

[skiprat]

Hi Grant, I cast the whole bottom piece inside a piece of plastic conduit, then turned it back to the steel. The wood was a loose fit inside the steel, so the resin fills that gap too.

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[UKpenmaker]

Yet another master-piece Steven
Do you dream up these idesa in your sleep[][]

 

[keapople]

Thats awesome!

Kirby

 

[alamocdc]

Steven, you're really starting to tick me off. Okay, not really, but you are making many of us look bad. [}][] Great job on this.[^]

 

[louisbry]

Great work Steven. I love what you can do with just an old 12mm stainless steel bolt.