My Mom wants a pen........(done)

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....and what Mom wants, Mom gets!!!:D

My Mom has arthritis in her hands and has to wear a hand brace. She can no longer hold the other normal pens I've given her so time to make something a bit special.

She had a number of requests;
1. It needs to be fat enough to hold easily
2. She like to hold pens very near the tip
3. It must be a click-pen
4. She wants a silver finsh on the hardware, but it must be VERY tough - this time
5. 'Ooh, thats nice' Mom spots my prized Ocelot blank

Ok, I hope this works or I'm gonna look stupid (again )[:I]

Here is the material of choice, 1 Stainless Steel pop rivet, 1 piece of 8mm Stainless Steel threaded rod and a chunk of 16mm Stainless threaded rod.
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I will use a 24k Artisan click pen with some serious mods
Here are some pics of progress so far.


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I will post pics of further progress tomorrow;)
 
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These bits won't be used. The only remaining gold bit will be used but hidden. If you've done a click pen you will know what the silver tube was for.
Any guesses on what the rivet is for?[:D]


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Very innovative, Mr. Rat!!!!

The rivet will hide the eraser, of course!

And operate the "click"[:D][:D]

Good progress, so far!
 
Nearly there!![:D] Just built it to check it works. I had to hand drill the inside back end of the rivet because I didn't leave enough space for the bottom spring[:(] With the exception of the plunger, all the metal bits are fixed as part of the blank. This means they serve as the bushes too. I don't think the final shape will do it any favours, but it needs to be functional for my Mom.[:D] I've just got to polish it up, then I'll post it in SOYP.[:D]

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wow, very unique. The blank is gorgeous and it certainly looks like it would be easy to hold.

The only thing I might suggest is that if she has a hard time holding things a really slick polished surface is not the best solution. Maybe adding a slight texture right at the grip area.

GK
 
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