Almost kit-free (pen 5)

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This is another step closer to a kit-free pen. Mahogany again (whatever, I like it and I have loads of it). It's another twister, based on a slimline transmission. The top twists to reveal the dangerous end. The interesting bit about this pen is that rather than having a decorative band seperating the two halves, I've shoved the bottom part up inside the top part.



The second photo shows off the CA finish a bit better. I found a new CA glue which is a bit more like a gel and it seems to be great as a filler, but I'm still finishing with a couple of coats of my runny fast CA glue.

The trasnmission, ink cart and pen tube are the only "kit" parts. The nib end, I turned myself out of a brass bar. I find the slimline nib ends are just too long.



Next time, I'm going to try to make thebottom part go all teh way down to the point, with just a tiny brass tube 2mm internal dia to guide the writing end. The idea is to reduce the number of visible non-wood components.

Do you like my robot pen-holder? Now, I'm off to read that tutorial on photographing pens, because my photos are woeful!
 
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I would definitely consider that kitless. You can buy transmissions seperatly as well as the brass tubes... Looks good. great job.
 
glycerine said:
I would definitely consider that kitless. You can buy transmissions seperatly as well as the brass tubes... Looks good. great job.
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Many thanks.

Yep. Just waiting for 20 of them to arrive from eBay. Also, bought a 3ft length of brass tube.

Now I REALLY need to figure out how to make a decent clip. I have some brass sheet and some fine brass rod.
 
It's definitely on it's way to being a kitless, Now you get to figure out some clip arrangement, I've heard that Stainless Steel wire from hobby shops works real nice.
 
That's a great start Ken . My first attempts looked very similar . Once you get the mechanics of kitless design you can start refining the styles and shapes . check out this thread for some ideas and answers to questions you will have as you progress http://www.penturners.org/forum/showthread.php?t=36211 This is a challenge
I had started awhile back when I first got hooked on the kitless addiction . There are a number of great examples of kitless design including a totally kitless design that didn't even use a transmission .
Clips will come in time .
 
Thanks for the link Butch! There is some really good reading and amazing work in that there thread!
 
Jgrden said:
The red, yellow and black wires are not attached on the "grippper".
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Yeah. That's a mod I'm making to the original robot. I've added grayscale discs inside the joints with a phototransistor pointing at each. I hope to use this to read back the joint position. I've got a bunch of telecomms relays and made a serial interface to switch them on and off. The plan is to have teh robot controlled from a PC. (That's not Polymer Clay, LOL.)
 
KDM said:
Yeah. That's a mod I'm making to the original robot. I've added grayscale discs inside the joints with a phototransistor pointing at each. I hope to use this to read back the joint position. I've got a bunch of telecomms relays and made a serial interface to switch them on and off. The plan is to have teh robot controlled from a PC. (That's not Polymer Clay, LOL.)
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When you are done with it, will it fetch a beer?
Check this guy out. He's my son: http://unity3d.com/support/resources/unite-presentations/bringing-star-wars-to-the-iphone
 
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