Seam rippers, with a twist?

[AlanZ]

Here are my first three seam rippers.

The third has a little twist... mating it with a Jr Gent body. So it has two twists... or threads to be precise. It can be capped, and the cap can be posted.

The normal hole in the Jr Gent is a little large for the blue tang, but I narrowed the hole with a little epoxy, and after the glue dried, filed it to fit the tang.

Now I'm working on a pin chuck to make turning and finishing the closed end easier (especially with acrylics).
I will likely insert a 7mm brass tube into future handles to facilitate the use of the pin chuck.

Fun stuff.

 

[Mark]

Pretty cool. I wander if a necklace pen could be altered to work. May have to try that one.

 

[ctubbs]

How cool! That third one in the jr. Gent is outstanding. How did you ever come up with that idea? The other two are very good, also.
Charles

 

[glycerine]

super cool... but makes an expensive seam ripper! I guess if you use the apprentice version it wouldn't be so bad...

 

[sailing_away]

Very impressive.

 

[AlanZ]

The JR Gent was one of a batch I got from Smitty, so it looks similar to (if not the same as) the Apprentice series. So it's pretty cost effective.

The trick is getting a good fit into the barrel, and making sure that it's in far enough so that the cap can screw on fully.

As to how I came up with this... let's just say that I tend to think outside of the box (or is it barrel?). I like taking the road less traveled <vbg>

 

[AlanZ]

Hmmm... I wonder if I could work one into a pendant... just for Richard <s>

 

[Woodlvr]

Very nice work and great idea. I really like the blue and black one.

 

[nava1uni]

Here are my first three seam rippers.

The third has a little twist... mating it with a Jr Gent body. So it has two twists... or threads to be precise. It can be capped, and the cap can be posted.

The normal hole in the Jr Gent is a little large for the blue tang, but I narrowed the hole with a little epoxy, and after the glue dried, filed it to fit the tang.

Now I'm working on a pin chuck to make turning and finishing the closed end easier (especially with acrylics).
I will likely insert a 7mm brass tube into future handles to facilitate the use of the pin chuck.

Fun stuff.

I made a wooden jam chuck that fits into the drilled hole and it allows me to turn the end without a tail stock to finish the last piece. I like the ripper that utilizes the Jr. Gent body. Very nice and quilters will appreciate the look and travel ability.

 

[Mr Vic]

Hmmm... I wonder if I could work one into a pendant... just for Richard <s>

If you make the pendant with long strings of colored PC, the handle would make it look like a lolly pop...