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Sierra Vista Laser Inlay

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This is my first Sierra Vista pen, and my first laser inlay. The pen finish is black titanium and titanium gold. It's for my ex-wife's cousin, who is graduating from university. Her cousin has always been a cat person, so we both decided the kitten inlay would be perfect. The inlay was definitely challenging, but I'm very happy with how it turned out. My ex chose the perfect kit. I think Lori will be pleased with it.
 

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Like I said, the inlay kit was challenging. Very challenging. The instructions say to remove the tube at one point, before all the pieces are glued in. That allowed some of the pieces to depress, and I had to sand the inside to get the tube back in. Some were so low, I thought they weren't going to turn with the blank. But in the end, they all turned. Either the nose piece was missing or I lost it, so I filled the nose hole with medium CA.
 

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Jim

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That is a little beauty Jim, some great work making that blank .. :thumbs:
 

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Since there were spaces between some of the inlay pieces, I painted the tube and colored the epoxy. Also, the instructions said to sand the tubes, not to use a barrel trimmer. So I made up a sanding disc, and used a letter V drill as a guide. It worked well.
 

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It's very novel, but I am not sure I could be bothered putting it together, you have made a real nice job of it, the finished pen looks great:thumbs:

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I underturned the finial end, and I'm not quite sure how it happened. I was careful to match the bushing diameter. So either the bushing is too big, or I wasn't as careful as I thought. The finial bushing is slightly larger than the nib bushing. I need to measure and see what happened.
 

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That is a little beauty Jim, some great work making that blank .. :thumbs:
 

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That pen is the Cats Whiskers Jim what patience you have and inventive to boot the final result is a tribute to the time effort and parts involved. Yes that end result is superb. Your Ex and rellies will be thrilled.

Peter.
 

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I underturned the finial end, and I'm not quite sure how it happened. I was careful to match the bushing diameter. So either the bushing is too big, or I wasn't as careful as I thought. The finial bushing is slightly larger than the nib bushing. I need to measure and see what happened.

Okay, the "rings" at the finial end measure 0.548", and the bushing measures 0.549". The specs say that the bushing should be 0.550". But regardless, I underturned it. That's definitely more than 0.002".
 

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I like it..i have done loads of the inlay kits...i find them fiddley...but fun....i always paint my tubes just in case....but i have to thankyou for a cracking end sanding idea...i will be trying that!!!..at present i do use a barrel trimmer but carefully:thumbs::thumbs:
 

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Looks good.. dunno if my sausages would be able to do that..[emoji106] [emoji106]

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