Hey all, I'm trying to make a pen part that will attach to a magnet (to hold onto a scrub shirt - no pockets).
I was looking for some 430 stainless, 3/4" diameter 2ish inches long, but can't.
I either suck at finding stuff online (yeah) or it's not out there.
What's my best bet if not 430? Thanks
So I just heard back from the person who took this photo (in Italy by the way) back in 2015, and he said this was a custom made tool for the job - swaging rings onto cap bands. They told him it was very old.
I know I saw a video once of it being used on a triangular pen (the Omas 360) but I...
that's all really cool.
As for the size of the caps - these aren't your typical ball points or G2 that are 1/4 to 3/8" or so. Some of these caps would have been around 5/8" and larger.
Has anybody seen a collet closer like this before? It was used as part of fountain pen manufacture, swaging thin bands onto caps
https://newtonpens.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/omas-ring-collet.jpg
Just wondering if it's totally custom, or maybe just old and not something we see anymore...
update - it was the wood pegs/squares -
https://www.kramerindustriesonline.com/product/hardwood-tumbling-media/
with the high polish paste -
https://www.kramerindustriesonline.com/product/cream-finishing-compounds/
With an 8 hour run the acrylic is perfect, the ebonite is nearly there, and...
Okay - so.
I got my 3 test pieces back from Kramer. They didn't say what they used in the note, but the results are pretty good.
The regular acrylic was very shiny. I'd be happy to send it to a customer.
The ebonite was about 90% of the way there. Maybe more time in the bowl would get it...
The corncob turned to dust without any water at all. I'm guessing it was just cheap stuff in no way meant for this. It was all compressed into little cylinders, and after half a day it was all dust. :/
Yeah I have the 5lb bowl from HF. Seems to work as well as my Burr King, but a lot louder.
I might just be using the wrong additives, but the walnut shell I ran the other day only gave it a moderate shine.
Not near enough to a mirror or almost mirror polish that I get with the buffing wheels.
So been running corncob bedding overnight, 14 or so hours so far - and VERY little difference from a matte finish. Will add a bit more polish to the bowls over the course of the day to see which one does better. The bedding might not be great though - it's mostly crumbled and turned to dust in...
Yeah if they show me I can spend $300 and get what I want, I'm happy to do it. It's the spending big money without knowing what will happen that I don't want to do.
Update - the sand is just leaving a nice matte finish on the parts. There's a big difference between the two polishes I chose...
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