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Timber Ripper
Member
Those are Very Nice!
ed4copies
Local Chapter Manager
They look GREAT, Mark! Did you use white tubes for #3 and #7?
mark james
IAP Collection, Curator
You turn pens??? :wink:
JohnU
Member
Looks great Mark! Love the endless options. I'm thinking a thin blue line blank with a replaced custom blue acrylic ring in the center band.
Jim15
Member
Great group of pens.
mg_dreyer
Member
Ed,
To reply to your questions - no I used the standard brass tubes. I paint the insides of the holes - I know many people paint the tubes. Here is my theory on painting the hole - then the light reflects directly after the acrylic. Painting the tubes requires light to go through the acrylic, then the glue then hits the paint. On the way out it has to go through the glue again.
I cover all this in a video I did for the AAW -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2F6I_yUU8Q&t=26s
The color theory starts around the 2 minute 28 second mark. That video also explains the fifth pen - the purple. It is a bright purple blank.
Also found I needed to over drill the hole to accommodate the paint. The bottom was a perfect 10 mm and the top 12 mm (yes not 12.5). The pens look better in person - never claimed to be a photographer.
Thanks,
Mark
To reply to your questions - no I used the standard brass tubes. I paint the insides of the holes - I know many people paint the tubes. Here is my theory on painting the hole - then the light reflects directly after the acrylic. Painting the tubes requires light to go through the acrylic, then the glue then hits the paint. On the way out it has to go through the glue again.
I cover all this in a video I did for the AAW -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2F6I_yUU8Q&t=26s
The color theory starts around the 2 minute 28 second mark. That video also explains the fifth pen - the purple. It is a bright purple blank.
Also found I needed to over drill the hole to accommodate the paint. The bottom was a perfect 10 mm and the top 12 mm (yes not 12.5). The pens look better in person - never claimed to be a photographer.
Thanks,
Mark
mg_dreyer
Member
As for Mark and John,
Yes Mark = I occasionally turn pens. Thanks for the laugh.
And John a this blue line would look great - did not think of that.
I wanted a black set of fitting on a roller ball pen with a body and cap - something distinctive.
Yes Mark = I occasionally turn pens. Thanks for the laugh.
And John a this blue line would look great - did not think of that.
I wanted a black set of fitting on a roller ball pen with a body and cap - something distinctive.
OZturner
Member
Great Presentation of Pens Mark,
Excellent Assortment of the Black and White Themed Blanks,
Perfect Concept and Execution with the Black Pens.
Congratulations,
Brian.
Excellent Assortment of the Black and White Themed Blanks,
Perfect Concept and Execution with the Black Pens.
Congratulations,
Brian.