Make Your Own Pen Nib, Cap, and Trim Ring from Corian
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- I was sent some Corian so I decided to turn the components of a Slimline Pen. In this video, I make the Nib, Trim Ring, and Cap for a Sapele Ink Pen.
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Bob
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OMG....i mean you hit this one out, i mean OUT of the park. Thank you very much for the inspiration on turning and skills that comes with this amazing hobby...i had to share on Facebook...This is up there in your top 3 videos of all time...amazing..
+Robert Evans Thank you Robert,
I appreciate the kind words and the share.
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Bob
GREAT JOB, I have been making pens for over 50 years and this is the first creative pen video I have enjoyed. Keep up the good work. Best wishes, Walt
+Walt Rissmeyer Thank you Walt,
What a complement, I really appreciate your king words.
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Bob
That was quite the process - reminds me of making a "Kitless" pen. Thanks Bob
+Lynn Lacey LOL,
It's a start In that direction. I was really just experimenting and learning. Hopefully I'll get better and be able to offer better builds in the future.
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Bob
Your videos are absolutely amazing... the shots you take on camera and the way you put together your videos. Please keep it up!
Thank you,
I appreciate your comment and definitely plan to keep making videos.
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Bob
This is awesome . If you ever give this away I would love to have one to view and try and make one myself
Thank you Ken,
I don’t believe I have that pen anymore.
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Bob
Another great video from you and so very well explained. Thanks Bob.
+BlueBoy9055 Thank you.
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Bob
I had wished I could make a nib ring and end cap different colors but did not know how. thanks for the inspiration.
+RCool Pens Thank you for watching.
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Bob
Super interesting! Corian has been one of my favorite materials to turn, but I'd never thought to make the hardware out of it.
+Michael Lawing This was a fun experiment and I learned a ton. I hope to try this again with even better results and a much smoother/less timely process.
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Bob
Hahahaha that is so great, Bob! What a killer idea! That is sure thinking out of the box. Now you got my mind turning at 1,800 RPM.
BTW, who is the Philistine that gave you the thumbs down! :-( Let me at him!
+Tenspeed TheBikeHanger LOL,
Al least they watched. It.
Bob
+Tenspeed TheBikeHanger That's what I like to hear. If I can get minds working then we get all kinds of great ideas.
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Bob
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😃😃thanks bob, at last another awesome RJB pen. Take care, see you on instagram
+Val Borchardt Thank you Val,
I was worried how this pen would be received. So far it seems to interest many people. I happy about that.
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Bob
That was a fun video. I’ll try that sometime Great work
Thank you John.
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Bob
Awesome Bob, I will be trying this, I have lots of corian that would be perfect for this.
+Everette Burk Thank you Everett,
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Bob
Nice catch on the center ring, Bob!!
+Mike Kubeck Thank you.
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Bob
Howdy Bob, that came out cool! With a stash of Corian, looks like we may get to see some more in the future! :) Might look good in a segmented blank? Have fun!
- Bill
+Bill Kibby Thank your Bill.,
I'm sure I'll come up with something else.
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Bob
i think this is very cool
Thank you Carson.
Enjoyed the video Bob, I may have to give this a try. I was thinking about making a solid red one after watching. Eddie
+Bent Tree Thank you Eddie,
I'd love to see what you come up with if you do give it a go.
Regards,
Bob
very nice Bob, been thinking about doing something similar for a while
+jerrybritt65 Thank you Jerry,
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Bob
I really enjoyed this video! Great work.
For this type of detailed work, a metal lathe with xy table and dro would be very helpful.
+Willem Kossen Thank you Willem,
I'd love to have a metal lathe. Maybe one day.
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Bob
Awesome job!
+R Chaplin (sweed1of3) Thank you.
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Bob
That turned out great Bob!!!
~Scott
+Hoosierchef70 Thank you Scott.
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Bob
Awesome video!! I think though you may want to consider trying your (HomeMade Tenon Tool) tip to get close to the OD, then sand from there.
+Bostish2 I have no idea why I didn't think of that. It would have worked much better and saved a ton of time. I guess I had a Duh Huh moment. Thank you for reminding me, I'll use it for the next one.
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Bob
Bob: Love the video
Thank you Ronald.
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Bob
Good job Bob. But what if you kept the back of the nib a bit longer till the end so that you could use it to hold the head firmly during sanding?
Thanks.
I wish I had known that back then. I do that now with my kit less pens. At least I can say I’ve grown and gotten better at this. 😃 so much to learn.
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Bob
awesome job and so creative BOB thank you for the video, next you will be making your own clips LOL PSI will go broke .............
+Rod Jaworski LOL,
I'd like to make a clip, just couldn't figure out how and the video was getting really long.
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Bob
I like these kind of project's . Something different . I wonder what some homemade hdpe with different color's would look like. Just a thought . Take care.
+Glen mckelvey Thank you Glen,
HDPE may be tough to get a finish on, nothing sticks to it long. It would be cool though. I may just have to give it a try.
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Bob
I've only played around with the stuff a little myself . I know when I hit it with a heat gun it gets shiny . But I don't know how long that shine will last .
+Glen mckelvey Didn't know about the heat. That's interesting.
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Bob
In Australia Corian is a DuPont product made of a polymer with “stones” or stone chips embedded in the polymer and is mainly used for bench or counter tops. Is this the same material you guys in the U.S. use? It certainly looks identical. I’m a bit worried the stone chips, if they are actually stone, will damage my chisels.
It sounds like it’s the same. I’d try I’d and see what it does to the tools. The corian I use dulls them quickly but does not damage them.
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Bob
I don't think the transition from nib to blank is quite right. It just needs a little more work to be flush and your centre core was also off if you note but 5/10 for effort.
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Great idea Bob. I see you now have a set of blank jaws and drill chuck for the lathe. I get a lot better blank holes dead center, on both ends. A couple of tips, Don't but the blank all the way against the inside of the chuck. For some reason the blank will end up not being square. Get a set of centering bits www.amazon.com/Anytime-Tools-CENTER-COUNTERSINK-Tooling/dp/B000N216SU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1487682440&sr=8-1&keywords=lathe+centering+bits These will stop the drill bit wobble. I have been drilling a smaller hole in the blank first and then go to the required size. It seems to relieve the pressure on the inside of the blank as it gives the waste material someplace to go.
+Dave White Thank you for the info Dave,
I tried drilling on the lathe but there's so much slop in my Harbor Freight tail stock that I can't get a round hole. That's another reason I held the Jacobs Chuck. I want to get a nicer lathe.
Regards,
Bob
Ever thought of making a solid body corian body and turn the nib and cap also out of corian?
I hadn’t thought about that. So many cool ideas.
I think you should make the bodies out of corian and keep the metal cap, band and nib. you could do some real nice holy pens and music pens (with thier imperfections) corian will adjust with heat.
I knew it was going to blow when it started to "sing" and you had me gritting my teeth all the way through the cap piece.
+Marcy Cooper LOL,
I hope I didn't cause you to much stress. I have plenty of Corian now so I could see me making a pen just from it. The problem for me is plenty of ideas and no time.
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Bob
RJBWoodTurner I can understand that. just remember heat can whorp or blow out carian.
+Marcy Cooper I think that's exactly what happened. I think the bit was packed with dust and the excess heat and pressure from that made it blow.
Good news is we learn more from our failures then our successes.
Regards,
Bob
wouldnt that have been easier to glue it into the wood and shape both at the same time?
There are many ways that this could be accomplished. Every time I look back at one of my videos I think of another way I could have made the pen or part. That’s the beauty, no limitations. 😀
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Bob
Bob I really enjoyed the video and man that pen was great. I went to your Facebook page and clicked on the like button. If I wanted to share a build on Facebook how would I do it, say something off of the other channel?
God Bless my friend.
+Frank Ingram Thank you Frank.
To share a video on Facebook,
Method 1:
Go to the video you want to share.
highlight the whole http:\\
line at the top of UA-cam
Right click the line with your mouse.
Select copy from the menu.
Go to Facebook and start a post like you normally would.
Right click on the text area of the post.
Select paste from the menu.
Hit post and it's shared with Facebook.
Method 2:
Below the video, there's a Share button right under the Subscribe button.
Click share and select Facebook.
UA-cam should walk you
Through the rest.
Regards,
Bob
Excellent idea and as always excellent work. Will give this one a go for sure! Do you think acrylic would work or do you think it would be too brittle?
+Locks and Keys I think it would work just fine. Choose a type you've worked with before and are comfortable with.
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Bob
Looks good, your talent member fails to impress me, ? the headlight polish you mentioned is it good for acrylics, and CA finish's? going to share your video, have a good day...
+Tom Gossett Thank you Tom,
I appreciate the share too.
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Bob
Looks like when your turning it, its off center. Or turning as an oval. Around 16.32 after it breaks off, you show the end the the tip comes through it looks like its not centered correctly.
+Private Man I noticed that while editing the video. The nib and cap are centered. The Corian was more of a rectangular shape so it was a bit like off center turning and I think my phone exaggerated the movement. I also saw it when the drill bit was spinning after hot gluing it into the chuck. The yellow tint on the bit is only on half the bit and it gave a wobble effect. It kind of gave me a headache while watching it on video.
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Bob
I like the look. A metal lathe would work better.
+zippy Thank you Zippy.
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Bob
Just for the precision aspect yes...but for the material type its not necessary. I just got a metal working lathe a couple months ago, man can you get very precise if you want with that thing...just made my first aluminum pen and it turned out great, didn't do any sanding or finishing of any sort just left it as it came off the lathe...it turned out great...I do have an assortment of emery cloth now for future pens, but not sure what if any finish a person should use on metal pens.
The metal lathe is far more precise that's for sure...wonder how it would do on wood and acrylic?
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Nice.
Just curious how your gouges held up against that corian? Did the corian dullen them any quicker than a hard wood like oak or mahogany would?
It’s been quite a while since I made this project so I really don’t remember. It is a very hard material so if I had to guess, I’d bet it dulled them quickly and I had to touch them up while turning.
Regards,
Bob
Next time try only wet sanding,not just with MM. You really get a nice finish wet sanding
+Alaric Medlock Thanks for the tip Alaric.
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Bob
Hello RJB WoodTurner. I am Hasan Huseyin from Turkey. I want to make my own pen myself. I can get the ballpoint pens on which site. Thank you for your help now.
+HASAN HÜSEYİN Hello,
Take a look at this Facebook link. I asked this question once before and several people responded with companies that ship international.
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Bob
Can you give me a facebook link
+HASAN HÜSEYİN Apologies.
facebook.com/RJBWoodturner/posts/1743149925710470
Do not apologize, please. Some things we can forget about humanity. I can assure you of the wooden materials, but the only mechanism I can not find is the internal mechanism. I want you to help me with this.
second? idk, this is the fastest I've arrived.
Cool. 😃
Do you think a pencil sharpener will cut this stuff?
"This stuff" is an acrylic polymer with Alumina Tryhydrate (ATH) as a filler. Corians' common use is for kitchen worktops etc., but having a large lump of what is essentially plastic in a place where fires are common place isn't a great idea.
This is where the ATH comes in, as it acts as a flame retardant and smoke suppressor. Another noteworthy thing is that ATH is also used as a white pigment, you can replace about a quarter of Titanium Dioxide (the stuff that makes white paint white) with ATH, hence the more pastel shades in Bob's samples.
TL:DR, it's another acrylic to the layman and behaves pretty much like an acrylic blank would. I hope this was informative in some way :)
+Neffers This was excellent information. I didn't know any of it but I appreciated all of it. Thank you for posting.
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Bob
+Mike Bratcher hello Mike,
This sounds like a test.
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Bob
Nice job Where do you get Clip and twist mechs? on there own?
+Robin Brooks Hello Robin,
You can purchase clips and transmissions from WoodTurningz. However, I find it to be cheaper to purchase a Slimline pen kit and just use the parts you need.
Regards,
Bob
Thanks Bob
A 3/32" bit for the tip, not a 3/16?
+Bob Blarney Hello Bob,
Yes, 3/32nd is the correct size for the tip of the ink refill to poke through the arrow.
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Bob
Now, if you can make a pocket clip from Corian.... LOL The guy (my neighbor) that I guided making a pen last night (see Instagram) said, "Do you know the youtuber --- RJBWoodTurner - he's got a bunch of videos on pens"....
Turn a man a pen and he will write with it for a lifetime.
Teach a man to turn a pen and he will go broke buying a lathe, pen parts, a pen press, sandpaper, barrel trimmers and etc and etc.
+Bob Stembridge Your neighbor sounds like a great guy. I like him already.
Regards,
Bob
+Bob Stembridge isn't that the truth. LOL.
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Bob
I love your videos but I've gotta call you out on 2 techniques. Once you cut off the blank you should face it off perpendicular. And then I almost screamed when I saw you hold your drill&chuck in your hand to "find the center". It wobbled like a go-go dancer (a term that won't be understood by the youth). While I have $50 KEO center drills in my lil machine shop, HF has a set for $7. Those held in the chuck in the tail stock will insure that your starter hole is centered. The result was your holes were not centered.
Thank you Steve,
Since I made that pen, I have replaced the lathe, purchased a new Jacobs Chuck that is much more secure in the tail stock and I just purchased a set of center bits for my bespoke turning. I agree that there was a lot wrong but hopefully I’m on the way to correcting it.
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Bob
Must be an error there somewhere as 3/16 is bigger than 1/8
Very possible, I try to be as accurate as possible but we all make mistakes.
Regards,
Bob
3/16 or 3/32?
+Cliff Hartle Hello Cliff,
3/32. Did slip up and say 3/16 in the video?
RJBWoodTurner I was watching on my phone so I couldn't easily rewind but then you said it for the third time. :)
It was a little "painful" watching you make the nib. I've made one pen similar but it was a pool cue pen where the "nib" was one piece going from the center band to the point.
I think you would be better off turning it with the point at the tailstock. When I did my pen I left a little bit at the end that road in the live center until the very end. I wish I would have documented making it it but I was in a rush since it was a entry in a contest at the IAP.
+Cliff Hartle Turning it the other direction would have probably been easier. I was kind of figuring it out as I went. The next one I'll try in that orientation.
Regards,
Bob
RJBWoodTurner I have a few thoughts. I'll be back.
Ok I've been thinking and you pretty much do it the same way but make the part that extends into the tube longer by 3/8ths or so. Turn the way you did but when you turn it around use something like a jam/glue chuck by drilling a 1/4" hole in a scrap block and gluing the nib into it.
love your work. I am new to the pen side of turning. I have a great idea for pens on my channel. check it out I think you will like the idea and use in your videos.
+Marshalls wood art Thank you Marshall.
Regards,
Bob