munruben
10th December 2009, 09:23 AM
Have been watching some of the pens John (gawdelpus) has been showing recently and it inspired me to try something myself a bit different. This slimline is made from aluminium tubing bought from Bunnings ($4.80 for a length) I cut 2 lengths exactly same size as brass tubes for the slimline and treated the tubes same as making the bullet pen with black shrink tubing on each end of both brass tubes. Glued the tubes in place with 5 minute Epoxy and spent about a couple of minutes turning down the ends of the tubes to accommodate the clip and the pen nib part so they fit flush.
Finshed by sanding throught the grades to 12000m/m to achieve a high shine. Picture doesn't show the finish off too well, It looks better in the flesh.
I applied a coat of Wattyl copper/Brass lacquer to presereve the finish and it seems to have worked well. Minimum work rerquired on this pen and with a little more care and taking a bit more time would be a very elegant pen in appearance.
Unfortuneately I didn't have a complete kit of one colour components so I used a gold centre band but it adds to the appearance of the pen.. I call it "A touch of gold"
You could finish the pen in a brushed aluminium if you didn't sand it to a high lustre finish with the micro mesh. Will be interesting to see if the lacquer will stand the test of time on aluminium. The pen is a good weight and doesn't feel too light.
Sorry about the quality of the picture but you all know I am not the best photographer in the world. :)
Finshed by sanding throught the grades to 12000m/m to achieve a high shine. Picture doesn't show the finish off too well, It looks better in the flesh.
I applied a coat of Wattyl copper/Brass lacquer to presereve the finish and it seems to have worked well. Minimum work rerquired on this pen and with a little more care and taking a bit more time would be a very elegant pen in appearance.
Unfortuneately I didn't have a complete kit of one colour components so I used a gold centre band but it adds to the appearance of the pen.. I call it "A touch of gold"
You could finish the pen in a brushed aluminium if you didn't sand it to a high lustre finish with the micro mesh. Will be interesting to see if the lacquer will stand the test of time on aluminium. The pen is a good weight and doesn't feel too light.
Sorry about the quality of the picture but you all know I am not the best photographer in the world. :)