CaptG
Member
This is my submission pen to the Pen Makers Guild.
I call it the kaleidoscope pen
It is unusual, but the submission form repeats NEW idea, NEW, did we say we liked NEW IDEAS. The lower body is one piece made from aluminum. The pen is a twist design, much like a Sierra. The upper is aluminum, carbon fiber, clear acrylic and 346 gem stones. The lower aluminum band on the upper body is bonded to the acrylic. The upper cap is machined with a deep tre-pan groove that fits the acrylic tube with very close tolerance on both ID and OD. The cap has a threaded post that mates with a tapped hole in the carbon fiber tube to draw the cap down tight on the upper body. Can not have those gems getting loose. I got the gem stones from a friend who is a gold buyer and he has to remove the stones from the jewelery before sending them off to the smelter. We traded a baggie of stones for a bucket of advertising tokens I lasered out for him. Total count of gems is - 19 opals. 20 saphires, 24 emeralds, 108 rubys, and 175 diamonds. I have a diamond tester, they are all real, small, but real.
As you rotate the pen, the stones tumble around the carbon fiber shaft kinda like a kaleidoscope.
All comments welcome and appreciated. My photo skills still suck, but there are better pics on the guild site (some one else took them
).
I call it the kaleidoscope pen
It is unusual, but the submission form repeats NEW idea, NEW, did we say we liked NEW IDEAS. The lower body is one piece made from aluminum. The pen is a twist design, much like a Sierra. The upper is aluminum, carbon fiber, clear acrylic and 346 gem stones. The lower aluminum band on the upper body is bonded to the acrylic. The upper cap is machined with a deep tre-pan groove that fits the acrylic tube with very close tolerance on both ID and OD. The cap has a threaded post that mates with a tapped hole in the carbon fiber tube to draw the cap down tight on the upper body. Can not have those gems getting loose. I got the gem stones from a friend who is a gold buyer and he has to remove the stones from the jewelery before sending them off to the smelter. We traded a baggie of stones for a bucket of advertising tokens I lasered out for him. Total count of gems is - 19 opals. 20 saphires, 24 emeralds, 108 rubys, and 175 diamonds. I have a diamond tester, they are all real, small, but real.
As you rotate the pen, the stones tumble around the carbon fiber shaft kinda like a kaleidoscope.
All comments welcome and appreciated. My photo skills still suck, but there are better pics on the guild site (some one else took them
).
