budnder
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Finished off an old project this morning to clone a Dr. Grip G2 Gel. I used a Long Boy for components, except for the middle ring which I omitted. Oh, and I used a P9000 refill and not a real G2 Gel (maybe next iteration, I'll stretch it and drill out the nose for a G2 gel). The rubber grip came off a donor Dr. Grip.
I decided not to "flatten" the area under the pen clip like a real Dr. By the time I got to that point things had gone so well, I decided not to risk screwing it up
And I'm not sure I like that flat front of the Dr. Grip anyway.
In case you don't know what I'm talking about... the Dr. Grip G2 Gel is the $6 "upscale" version of Pilot's G2 Gel. My wife swears by them, and I was kind a curios if I could win her over with a wooden version. I used a grip from a real Dr. Grip as I thought that would be important to making it feel the same. Some more info in this thread if you're curious.
Since this is a prototype (which turned out to be a keeper), I just used a piece of plain maple or oak I had laying around.
I decided not to "flatten" the area under the pen clip like a real Dr. By the time I got to that point things had gone so well, I decided not to risk screwing it up
And I'm not sure I like that flat front of the Dr. Grip anyway.In case you don't know what I'm talking about... the Dr. Grip G2 Gel is the $6 "upscale" version of Pilot's G2 Gel. My wife swears by them, and I was kind a curios if I could win her over with a wooden version. I used a grip from a real Dr. Grip as I thought that would be important to making it feel the same. Some more info in this thread if you're curious.
Since this is a prototype (which turned out to be a keeper), I just used a piece of plain maple or oak I had laying around.
