Welcome back to the machine shop! This video I’ll be tackling a project I’ve wanted to revisit for 8 years; a bolt action copper pen. I manually machined a custom pen years ago as a Christmas gift for my father-in-law and have been itching to make one for myself. While I was able to find the old prints I threw together back then, I’ll start at the drafting board and put together proper engineering drawings. The will be made from both 110 copper and 410 stainless steel, with a few button head screws, and a nice ballpoint pen ink cartridge thrown in the mix. Most of the work will be done on the manual lathe, though I do get to visit the vertical milling machine and try out the rotary table chuck adapter I spent 3 long videos building. The final part of the pen will be a stainless steel clip that I’ll use a ball peen hammer to work harden before forming into its final shape. Enjoy!
And a special thanks to my Micrometer level patrons! Zachary C., Matthew V., Topher C., Erik C., Nevin S., Robert B., Rowen B., David W., Noah R., Patrick B., Michael A., Tom D., Wesley T., Karam A., Patrick K., Jason A., Max, Sandra C., Laz A., Philip Z., Michael B., Joe W., ???, Kevers., Lollimewire, Toon A., James S., Noah G., Michael G., Brennan M., Jim A., Benjamin D., Grant F., Brendan W., Caleb T., Stephen M., Samuel G., Ralph M., Brenton, Ethan B., Esti-Mari D., Chris W., Matthew K., Terence K., Charles P., Michael T., Ben M., Jose R., Jim H.
0:00 Intro 1:28 Therapy Session 3:13 Lube All the Things 4:21 Threading Backwards? 6:22 Trickery 7:39 May the 4th (axis) be with you! 8:56 I said ALL THE THINGS! 10:13 Let's try this again, shall we? 11:18 Fancy Schmancy 12:22 Not the Kind of Bolt You are Thinking 13:47 Technically a Nut 14:38 Some Assembly Required 15:37 Just Beat the Devil Out of It 16:40 She cleans Up Nicely!
