Padauk with Laser Engraved Accent

I've jerry rigged a half-baked way for my little NEJE laser engraved to print simple patterns around the pen.
This is about my 4th try with the new system and the first I like enough to post.
The center band is doubled-up Aluminum Composite ACM material.
Thanks for looking!
- Cullen

Any chance you could show your rig / jig
please??

Very nice Cullen!

Awesome work Cullen. I really like all the accents.

Food for thought...

Silver/chrome thin bands around the upper left angled segmented section??? Sorry to nit-pic someone's work whom I respect .

Beautiful pen!

mark james said:

Silver/chrome thin bands around the upper left angled segmented section???

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Mark- that's a great idea. I could use a layer of "soda can" aluminum. It would work on a bunch of levels. Thanks!

Pebbles said:

Any chance you could show your rig / jig

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Absolutely. This pen was made with "version 2" of my setup and I have "version 3" ready to go. Here's the idea:


I originally tried a rack and pinion setup but it was not at all accurate and the results were awful. So I'm trying this setup with two raised rails held to the bed by thick rubber bands. I place my pen between the two wood cylinders, which roll along the rails. The friction between the rubber bands and the roughly sanded wood cylinders keeps things pretty accurate.



The green is my old design of what I put on the sides to hold the axle up. The black is newer and has some measurement refinements. One of these on each side works well. I use metal bushings to keep friction down.

The weakness of this design is that there is some play and the start and end do not line up. For instance, I would not be able to laser burn a thin line 360 degrees around. There would definitely be a misalignment. So my designs take this into account. The pen that I showed at the top has a misalignment that I buried behind the clip.

I'm going to keep messing around with this and will post anything interesting: successes and the opposite.

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I've jerry rigged a half-baked way for my little NEJE laser engraved to print simple patterns around the pen.
This is about my 4th try with the new system and the first I like enough to post.
The center band is doubled-up Aluminum Composite ACM material.
Thanks for looking!
- Cullen

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Cullen great work.

Love the creativity.

Many thanks for your reply- no way I will be trying this soon as no 3D printer yet!!