NewLondon88
Local Chapter Leader
I saw a pen the other day that really started my gears turning. Someone had
cast a label and put a name on the lower barrel of a pen. (I think engraving
ruins the pen, but that's just me)
So I read up on it, made up some labels on Avery 8354 (that's all they had)
figured out the size (lets' see .. 10mm tube .. pi times the radius squared..)
used silver tubes, white text and logo on black label. Tubes looked good.
Stopped at 3 Wal-Marts and none of them had popsicle ice cube trays.
Best I could do was some Jumbo plastic knitting needles. Cut them down to
size and put balloons on the bottoms. Mixed the resin, poured and put in
the tubes.
I forgot to get cork, so I took some dowels and cut tapers on them instead. Worked fine.
I put a Band-Aid across the top of the tube to hold down the floating tube
and put a sewing needle through the Band-Aid and into the top of the
dowel to stop any lateral movement.
But how do you stop the BOTTOM tube from moving??
The casting actually looks good! I popped them out after a couple of hours
and they look just fine except they're canted out to the edge on the
bottom, so I can't use them.
What obvious thing did I miss?
cast a label and put a name on the lower barrel of a pen. (I think engraving
ruins the pen, but that's just me)
So I read up on it, made up some labels on Avery 8354 (that's all they had)
figured out the size (lets' see .. 10mm tube .. pi times the radius squared..)
used silver tubes, white text and logo on black label. Tubes looked good.
Stopped at 3 Wal-Marts and none of them had popsicle ice cube trays.
Best I could do was some Jumbo plastic knitting needles. Cut them down to
size and put balloons on the bottoms. Mixed the resin, poured and put in
the tubes.
I forgot to get cork, so I took some dowels and cut tapers on them instead. Worked fine.
I put a Band-Aid across the top of the tube to hold down the floating tube
and put a sewing needle through the Band-Aid and into the top of the
dowel to stop any lateral movement.
But how do you stop the BOTTOM tube from moving??
The casting actually looks good! I popped them out after a couple of hours
and they look just fine except they're canted out to the edge on the
bottom, so I can't use them.
What obvious thing did I miss?