Adding rings

[Vanagas Pen]

Hey all. I have a question again :)

Is there any content about adding rings (two or three) to the end of the cap? I don't understand to put it to a thinner space from the acrylic part...

 

[alan morrison]

Do you mean incorporating rings eg. aluminium into the blank???

 

[Vanagas Pen]

Do you mean incorporating rings eg. aluminium into the blank???

exactly yes... :)

 

[alan morrison]

If you mean that you want to incorporate aluminium rings on an already turned blank ( not on a tube) then I would do the following just being more careful if cutting on a table saw.

If starting with a drilled blank, cut where you want the ring placement using a stop block to keep equidistant.
Make sure you mark the blank so the pieces can be replaced in the same order. Build the blank onto the tube, adding the pre-drilled and scuffed aluminium, using 2-part epoxy.
Hope that helps.
All the best.

 

[Paul-H]

Another way is to do it the way many commercial pen companies did it.

That is to turn locating rings into the cap, preferably before is drilled and tapped

Then place your chosen slightly oversize metal rings into position, then using a swaiging tool, a collet chuck will do, then swaige the rings into the turned groves.

You do have to be careful not to damage the rings exposed surface, especially if using a collet chuck, wrapping the rings with thin metal sheet will help.

It sounds easier than it is to do though.

 

[Vanagas Pen]

Eğer önceden tornalanmış bir boşluğa (bir boruya değil) alüminyum halkalar eklemek istiyorsanız, o zaman bir masa testeresinde keserken daha dikkatli olmak dışında aşağıdakileri yapardım.

Delinmiş bir boşlukla başlıyorsanız, eşit mesafeyi korumak için bir durdurma bloğu kullanarak halkanın yerleştirilmesini istediğiniz yeri kesin.
Parçaların aynı sırayla değiştirilebilmesi için boşluğu işaretlediğinizden emin olun. Boşluğu, önceden delinmiş ve aşındırılmış alüminyumu ekleyerek, 2 parçalı epoksi kullanarak borunun üzerine yerleştirin.
Umarım yardımcı olur.
Herşey gönlünce olsun.

This way seems hard. I think this works for only one ring (thin or not) but when I want to add 2 rings or more, its getting harder to do it. I think I will just make one ring about 5 mm wide.. for adding this, I will shave my resin from 16 mm to 14 mm... then I will add the chrome ring which is 16/14. Then I will turn my resin from 18 to 16. Being same with the ring, and polish... I think this will work for one ring.

 

[Pierre]

Merhaba Burak Nasilsin. If you want to put aluminium rings into wood, it is better to make the blank with the aluminium already glued into the blank. then because it is soft you can drill it like wood and turn it like wood (although you may need to sharpen a bit more often) . I use good superglue on aluminium roughened to take the glue and I leave it to cure for 48 hours, then I can turn it. as in the lid below.

 

[geordie0928]

Wow I like it.