Not a pen, nor is it acrylic, so I am not sure it really belongs in this forum but anyway...
A couple of years ago I made my first ever pen related thing. It was a pencil for use in my workshop. The trouble is I used a sandy coloured fake snake-skin blank, which is an excellent camouflage against pretty much everything else in my workshop, so I can never find the thing.
So I decided to make another one, using a nice bright piece of vintage cellulose acetate.
I used a Workshop Sketch Pencil kit from Turners Retreat. I disposed of the internal tubes and some of the trimmings and just used the mechanism and the chrome top and tail. I did consider making my own but I like the chrome effect against this blue material.
In terms of assembly, there is a threaded part to the mechanism, and I tapped the cellulose to accept it. So it was actually a very simple project that only took about an hour to make.
I really love using it. It's short and chunky and, what's more, I can usually find it on my bench in under a minute.
Cheers
Ash
A couple of years ago I made my first ever pen related thing. It was a pencil for use in my workshop. The trouble is I used a sandy coloured fake snake-skin blank, which is an excellent camouflage against pretty much everything else in my workshop, so I can never find the thing.
So I decided to make another one, using a nice bright piece of vintage cellulose acetate.
I used a Workshop Sketch Pencil kit from Turners Retreat. I disposed of the internal tubes and some of the trimmings and just used the mechanism and the chrome top and tail. I did consider making my own but I like the chrome effect against this blue material.
In terms of assembly, there is a threaded part to the mechanism, and I tapped the cellulose to accept it. So it was actually a very simple project that only took about an hour to make.
I really love using it. It's short and chunky and, what's more, I can usually find it on my bench in under a minute.
Cheers
Ash
