Tec-Pen Turquoise Pearl

[qquake2k]

This is a bolt action Tec-Pen in chrome. The blank is a Kirinite Turquoise Pearl. Wow, what a stunning blank!

 

[qquake2k]

More shots of the pen. Man, I love this blank!

 

[qquake2k]

This blank is definitely translucent. So I painted the tube and blank with spray paint, and colored the epoxy with acrylic paint. The spray paint is called "Seaside".

 

[qquake2k]

The Tec-Pen kit comes with a stylus for the finial end. It also includes a plain cap if you don't want the stylus.

 

[qquake2k]

This is the closest I've ever come to a captive ring.

 

[billyb_imp]

Great looking blank Jim, on a fine looking pen

 

[fortress]

What a stunner, great looking pen.

 

[woodhacker]

that is one stunning pen Jim

 

[Les ELm]

Great looking piece of plastic.

Les

 

[angelo49]

That is a beautiful pen Jim!!
Nicely done, looks great

 

[Woody]

Very nice pen Jim the kit is of good quality as well I turned some of them a few weeks ago

 

[qquake2k]

I've turned several of them, and they're nice. The only problem I had was the screws came out of the clip on one of them, and my friend lost one of the screws. I couldn't find a screw that size anywhere. I'll be putting threadlock on these.

 

[chas_41_uk]

That is a stunning blank Jim

 

[Jim]

A good looking pen Jim, i like the idea of the interchangeable cap ends ..

 

[silver]

Nice one Jim.. blank is superb.

 

[Penpal]

Picture fest Jim you brought out the arsenal of extras to make this one. Do you trim on the lathe or sand the ends before turning, puzzled how you achieved the broken closed ring. I am heavily in favour of the fastening of the clip but as you said some locking fluid would pay dividends a small extra with the additional treatment to make the blank. Those special cans of paint are very exxy over here per can. These fourteen pics deserve attention.

The end result is superb.

Peter.

 

[qquake2k]

Picture fest Jim you brought out the arsenal of extras to make this one. Do you trim on the lathe or sand the ends before turning, puzzled how you achieved the broken closed ring. I am heavily in favour of the fastening of the clip but as you said some locking fluid would pay dividends a small extra with the additional treatment to make the blank. Those special cans of paint are very exxy over here per can. These fourteen pics deserve attention.

The end result is superb.

Peter.

I always take photos of all the steps of making all my pens. I actually took 53 pics of this one. I like to be able to refer back to the various steps. That and I just like taking photos. I've always used either a commercial barrel trimmer or a piloted end mill for trimming the blanks. The captive ring was left over from the trimming process.

 

[Bill Mooney]

This is a stunner Jim.

 

[wm460]

Great looking pen Jim.

 

[Penpal]

I always take photos of all the steps of making all my pens. I actually took 53 pics of this one. I like to be able to refer back to the various steps. That and I just like taking photos. I've always used either a commercial barrel trimmer or a piloted end mill for trimming the blanks. The captive ring was left over from the trimming process.

Makes sense now Jim you must have an expansive library of pics mate.

Peter.