Dieseldoc
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Use SS braid to make blank and Groove Gun Metal kit.
SS braid Groove
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Kenny Durrant
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Sweet! I like that. I might have to give it a try. Well done.
mark james
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A very attractive pen Charlie. Nice to see your work again.
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That's brilliant!
jttheclockman
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I always liked working with braided materials because they look classy and this is such a case. Nice job. Question what resin did you cast in?? Thanks for showing.
Dieseldoc
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Alumlite clear
Dieseldoc
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Had to make way to pull tight the braid on the tube. Use a pull clamp with couple vice grips, it worked but need to be improved .
Tube is .266 and nib and center band is .328 so you don't have much left with braid pulled very tight and a coat or two of thin CA , blank is at .318 before casted in Aumlite clear. Another thing is the tube, even with braid pulled very tight the brass tube shows a little in the back round, that is why I was was looking for nickel tube, which I found from my good friend Warren White as he has some in his stash.
At first I tried to just use CA to coat the braid blank but results was not even and that is why I casted with alumlite clear.
Tube is .266 and nib and center band is .328 so you don't have much left with braid pulled very tight and a coat or two of thin CA , blank is at .318 before casted in Aumlite clear. Another thing is the tube, even with braid pulled very tight the brass tube shows a little in the back round, that is why I was was looking for nickel tube, which I found from my good friend Warren White as he has some in his stash.
At first I tried to just use CA to coat the braid blank but results was not even and that is why I casted with alumlite clear.
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jttheclockman
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Not sure what braiding you are using but have since switched to the plumbers flex hose stuff. It does 2 things. It is a tad thinner and also has a nice gloss coating on it that when cast it really shines. I too use nickle tubes when I can or spray paint a gloss silver. It does show through the weave. The one that I have no problems with is copper braiding. That stuff is real thick weave and no show through so just use brass tubes.
dozuki
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That looks great. Good work.
johncrane
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great job! looks very classy.
Old Hilly
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Way back in my youth we used to work with coaxial cable which has a braided copper wire outer shield, Being copper, the brass inner tube wouldn't show through as much. Hmmm, RG8U co-ax could be about the right size. Hmmmmm.
PenPal
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Classy result Charlie worth the effort.
Peter.
Peter.
Lew
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Beautiful pen and it's obvious you put a lot of thought into making the end result spectacular