This is my third attempt with the wooden roller balls. they are a fun challenge and cheap to make. I have about $2.00 in tubes and the refill plus what ever the blank would cost. I chose to make the body out of Burl mesquite this time and crotch walnut. Unfortunately the pieces of walnut are so small they dont really show the figure in the walnut well.
Picture of the tubes, the walnut connector with threads inside for the nosecone and outside for the cap. Also the walnut center band with internal threads.
The brass piece is threaded the same as the cap threads in this case m12 x .75. I put a penny in to get an idea of sizes. The walnut connector piece is screwed into the brass piece mounted on the lathe and the groove for the tube is cut in the back of it. You can see the groove in the next picture.
the nest 3 are pictures of the pen it needs a clip but i may not make one for it and I may. I haven't decided yet. It has some issues but I was focusing on improving the threading on the wood parts. I was able to make them cleaner and smoother than the earlier two I had made.
I did put mesquite inserts in the ends. I will probably keep this one for my desk pen for a while.
Comments and questions are welcome.
Picture of the tubes, the walnut connector with threads inside for the nosecone and outside for the cap. Also the walnut center band with internal threads.
The brass piece is threaded the same as the cap threads in this case m12 x .75. I put a penny in to get an idea of sizes. The walnut connector piece is screwed into the brass piece mounted on the lathe and the groove for the tube is cut in the back of it. You can see the groove in the next picture.
the nest 3 are pictures of the pen it needs a clip but i may not make one for it and I may. I haven't decided yet. It has some issues but I was focusing on improving the threading on the wood parts. I was able to make them cleaner and smoother than the earlier two I had made.
I did put mesquite inserts in the ends. I will probably keep this one for my desk pen for a while.
Comments and questions are welcome.
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