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SO.... This was challenging to make! Many hours have gone into the creation of this one, with many pitfalls along the way I have managed to avoid. Crafted from aircraft grade aluminium, and Anodised with three colours featuring butterflies throughout, with a medium JoWo Fountain nib
Inspired by my earlier Aluminium Alpha pen i decided to make this Alpha with a similar spiral body. The cap was turned using Hex Aluminium bar and finished with art deco style steps and hand filed to accommodate Clip on flat surface.,
I call this the "Supersonic" inspired by Dr Whos Sonic...
Had a nice day in the garden soaking up the sunshine and sticking bits of aluminium, corian and plastic together the aluminum square stock Mk 4 and another three just for fun
the Mk4 now has .5mm aluminium instead of the white plastic I'm hoping it looks a lot better I made 2 of them one is for...
I have seen both CA and Epoxy used for laminating Al strips into wood pen blanks. Is one better than the other or is it just personal. I use CA to laminate HDPE into wood and that works well so I would be inclined to go with that unless people say epoxy is better.
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