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Short pencil .. in Aluminium

silver

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Hi have a regular customer that asked me if I could make a propelling pencil at no longer than 115mm but as close to 110mm as possible. :thinks:

Well I looked at the many kits and I already had a couple of Daycom slimline kits but they wer nearly 140mm long..:thinks:..

After trials and errors finally managed to get a way of shortening the internal propelling lead holder and the total length is now 110mm

This one is made from Aluminium and no clip as the customer requested.

I'm sure I can trust you all to let me know what you think Customer was happy though.. so much so ordered another 4..
 

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That says it all Eamonn another 4 I think it is great very well turned and finished as we would expect from you
 

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Looks good to me ... in fact very good ! Just trying to work out how you managed to shorten the internals and have it still work.
 

silver

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It looks good with a nice shape Eamonn, but why no clip ... :thinks:

They wanted it for a handmade leather Diary that had a holder and with a clip it made it difficult to remove and was catching the side of the holder.

And yes, some people still use Dairies ...:winking:
 
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