On Fri, 29 Dec 2017 10:58:45 -0700, Bob La Londe
wrote:

On 12/29/2017 10:07 AM, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Fri, 29 Dec 2017 09:26:25 -0700, Bob La Londe
wrote:

On 12/29/2017 4:01 AM, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Thu, 28 Dec 2017 12:48:07 -0700, Bob La Londe
wrote:

On 12/25/2017 8:26 PM, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Mon, 25 Dec 2017 15:06:27 -0700, Bob La Londe
wrote:

On 12/25/2017 7:48 AM, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Mon, 25 Dec 2017 00:27:12 -0700, Bob La Londe
wrote:

Some not so quick... quick and easy Christmas presents. *Started out to
be 8 of them. *I did two prototypes, then did a plan to make these 4 all
very similar. *Destroyed two top pieces because I had the wrong speeds
and feeds for stainless when cutting out the notch for the catch. Didn't
have enough time to make two more top pieces. *Still I have enough for
the most important people. *They use either Parker refills or Fisher
Space Pen refills.* I went with the Fisher Space Pen refills for the
ones to be given out as gifts.

http://tacklemaker.info/gallery/1_25..._12_25_46.jpeg


Nice! Simple mechanism too. Now about a pocket clip..and a price?


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Too much work to sell. I do have a tough replaceable pocket clip
mechanism figured out, but I just ran out of time.


Id pay $15 for one.

Gunner



I bet. The stainless steel "tactical" pens are selling for $20 to $50
on Fleabay. The way I made these there is no way I could afford to sell
them that cheap. I did think about it though. If I made a couple sets
of soft jaws for the Hurco I could do 8-10 at a time doing everything
except the internal threading of the cap, and the finish taper and grip
lines of the body. Then finishing them on the lathe would be much
quicker. I suppose I could sit down and figure otu the speed and feed
for my tapping head to do the internal threads too, but that would be
fiddly and time consuming to get just right to not jerk the pens out of
the vise and not break the taps on the retract without constantly
clicking the head.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...pe n&_sacat=0

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odk...l+pen&_sacat=0


Its aluminum. The ones I made are 304 stainless. Aluminum is like
butter by comparison.

Yes. They also dont weigh 13 oz. And can penetrate a mans skull if
swung point on easily enough.


Sounds like you already have the right pen for you then.

Probably. I also own about 200 knives. And keep adding to them.