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As typical for a hobby machinist, most of my projects revolve around making more tools for my shop. It can honestly be a never ending cycle. But every once in a while it's necessary to break out of the loop and make something that's not for the shop at all. I once made a bolt action pen as a gift and to this date it's one of my favorite creations. For 8 long years I've waited for an opportunity to finally make one for myself. And now the time has come!

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PATREON - Making a BOLT ACTION Pen || INHERITANCE MACHINING

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! #inheritancemachining #machineshop #hobbymachininst 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. Follow me on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/inheritancemachining/ You can also check out my website at https://inheritancemachining.com/ TIMESTAMPS 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! MUSIC AND SOUND https://www.epidemicsound.com https://youtu.be/7d2V9XK9KfQ © 2022 Inheritance Machining, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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Jason Noiles

Delightful! Please let us know when these are available in the merch shop ;)

John

Next shop upgrade…. CNC lathe. 😀👍🏼

Aydin Jenkins

I want to try this project on my lathe!

Chris Williams

definitely making one for myself... what model cartridge did you use???

Chris Williams

Finished mine this morning at school... with slight modification to work with pilot g2 cartridge.

Inheritance Machining

I just saw the picture and it looks great! I like your version of the knob too. Looks like it's a little easier on the fingers. I appreciate you sharing!