Magnet pick-up tool

[1shootist]

Not a pen but was really enjoyable to do.
Used an aquabright green and black blank from PSI, painted inside with light green craft paint from hobby lobby .
20 coats of medium stickfast with stickfast activator every now and then.

 

[Sly Dog]

Those are fun and handy! I've made two and kept one for myself. Nice job!

 

[alphageek]

Nice lookin, but I'm curious why you did a CA finish on an acrylic?

 

[1shootist]

Those are fun and handy! I've made two and kept one for myself. Nice job!

Thank you !

 

[1shootist]

Nice lookin, but I'm curious why you did a CA finish on an acrylic?

Added durability to maintain it's appearance mostly....I'm gifting this to the secretary of a buddy who owns a storefront construction business .

 

[johncrane]

looks good great job

 

[SteveG]

That useful (and very nice looking) tool will never be hard to find, making it more useful than, say...a black one. The tape measures found in my shop are easily spotted amongst the clutter, because they are a bright lime-green color. A quick visual scan of the horizontal surfaces in the shop will immediately reveal the location of at least one of the tapes. How often does one us the mag-pick-up tool? Rarely, but it will be easy and quick to locate.

 

[sbwertz]

We sell a LOT of these to people in wheelchairs. They keep them stuck to the underside of the arm of the chair and can pick up items they drop, assuming they can be picked up by a magnet! Magnets are very strong. I use one at the blind center to retrieve bushings that roll back under a cabinet. That danged cabinet attracts bushings and drill bits! It has very little clearance under it and things are beastly hard to retrieve.