Steve Busey
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I've turned some shredded money blanks in the past, but haven't been completely satisfied with them. The first one, when I was quite the newb, was glued straight onto a brass tube, and in the end, more brass showed than did cash... :frown:
Second try, I painted the tube green (whatever shamrock-ish green they had on the hardware store paint aisle. End result - the green was not even close to the color of the shredded bills, so it was still pretty ugly. :thunder:
Third try, black tube, again, lousy results.
Finally it struck me! :beat-up: In order to get the tube to match the color of money, why not use - (wait for it... wait for it... ) MONEY! I've already got $5 or so invested in the blank - what's another dollar?
Even doing a pen as thin as a slimline, I've now got the most "money-colored" pen I've ever done. And enough material to do two more pen kits! :bananen_smilies039:
Pic 1 - Cut bill epoxied to tubes. The added thickness required a slightly bigger drill bit to drill out the blanks.
Pic 2 - The end result.
Pic 3 - Close up - you can see the real bill underneath the shreds. The haze in some spots on the blanks is a function of the closeup lighting - it's really not visible to the naked eye.
Second try, I painted the tube green (whatever shamrock-ish green they had on the hardware store paint aisle. End result - the green was not even close to the color of the shredded bills, so it was still pretty ugly. :thunder:
Third try, black tube, again, lousy results.
Finally it struck me! :beat-up: In order to get the tube to match the color of money, why not use - (wait for it... wait for it... ) MONEY! I've already got $5 or so invested in the blank - what's another dollar?
Even doing a pen as thin as a slimline, I've now got the most "money-colored" pen I've ever done. And enough material to do two more pen kits! :bananen_smilies039:
Pic 1 - Cut bill epoxied to tubes. The added thickness required a slightly bigger drill bit to drill out the blanks.
Pic 2 - The end result.
Pic 3 - Close up - you can see the real bill underneath the shreds. The haze in some spots on the blanks is a function of the closeup lighting - it's really not visible to the naked eye.
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