How to Make a Pen Holder
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My wife does Bullet Journaling, and has loads of pens that were kind of a mess, so I made her a Pen Holder. She loves it!
She also uses it every day, which makes us both happy.
I made it out of glass green acrylic and a small piece of old teak.
This is my favorite video to date, I hope you like it! Please like and subscribe.
This video does not have any narration, since I wanted to experiment with cutting it like a music video, but I think if you watch it carefully you could easily reproduce this thing. I have included on screen graphics and text where necessary.
Some notes about the project:
1. I'm pretty sure the teak is old growth - I got it from a friend who had chopped up and stripped some sort of antique teak tabletop.
2. When you use teak -- especially old growth teak -- you need to wipe it with acetone or something similar before gluing, or the glue will fail due to the oils in the wood. I didn't have acetone, but lacquer thinner seemed nasty enough to get the job done.
3. Based on my research, Titebond III seems to be the most suggested glue for this kind of oily wood. In the video you see a bottle of Titebond II on the table, but I'm actually using Titebond III.
4. I cut the dadoes the way I did to make it easer to deal with them. Cutting them first, out of the rectangular wood, was slightly wasteful. I do like how the grain ended up being parallel to the pens, though, so that was a happy accident.
5. You may notice that I used CA glue to hold the little piece of wood that aligns the acrylic sheets. Wood glue would have been stronger, but the sheets are really held in place by the hot glue I used, so strength wasn't a top priority.
6. I used my Glowforge to cut the acrylic. So, you would need a laser cutter to make this project exactly the same way I did, but you could use this design in a much simpler way to make the exact same thing out of plywood. I made a crummy prototype that way, and if I'd spent more time on it, it could have looked much better.
Thanks for watching!
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This is less of a “DIY” and more of a, “How much money can I give you so I don’t have to do this myself?”
@ParameterWorkshop
5 жыл бұрын
I am happy to accept all the money, there is no limit to how much you can give. 😁
@ShaktiSingh-hm8ch
4 жыл бұрын
@@ParameterWorkshop 😜😜😁😁😄😄
@elisareyes732
3 жыл бұрын
Do you sell these? Because I need to buy 6 of them for my art studio!
@ParameterWorkshop
3 жыл бұрын
@@elisareyes732 Id be happy to build them for you Elisa! Sorry for the late response, please contact me through my etsy page www.etsy.com/shop/ParameterWorkshop
The Rocky style music is a nice touch. "Yo! Adian!! I made you somthin'!!"
Nice table-saw sled. Alas I'm not friends with my table-saw. Cardboard, that's the ticket.
Wow ..this is so cool.
Good job
Loving the trim detail you put around all the edges. Most people would be too lazy and leave that part out! Is the glowforge easy to work with?
@ParameterWorkshop
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I'm really glad you noticed that, it's one of my favorite parts of this. Yeah, the Glowforge is incredibly easy, especially if you're just starting with laser cutting, like me. They sell "proofgrade" materials - wood, plastic, leather, etc -- that are specifically manufactured to laser well, and they have bar codes on them that the Glowforge scans, so it knows what settings to use. Once you're comfortable, you can of course use your own stuff and experiment. I've been really happy with it.
@David-xu3yk
5 жыл бұрын
@@ParameterWorkshop I think I'll have to have a look at the glowforge then! I've never worked with any form of cnc before so I'm still doing a lot of research into the best machines!
@ParameterWorkshop
5 жыл бұрын
@@David-xu3yk If it's CNC you want, you might want to check out carbide3d.com/. Great company, great people, great machines. For lasers, though, I can't imagine a better place to start than a Glowforge.
How i buy this pen stand bro. Can you Tell me.
@ParameterWorkshop
4 жыл бұрын
I'm going to start selling them on my etsy store in about two weeks. www.etsy.com/shop/ParameterWorkshop
I WANT TO GET THIS LIKE SERIOUSLY
@ParameterWorkshop
3 жыл бұрын
I'm planning to start selling them in about two weeks, on Cyber Monday! If you're interested you can check out my Etsy store. www.etsy.com/shop/ParameterWorkshop
Do you sell them?
Can I purchase 2 of these ? Thankyou
@ParameterWorkshop
3 жыл бұрын
I'm planning to start selling them in about two weeks, on Cyber Monday! If you're interested you can check out my Etsy store. If you request a custom order you can preorder. www.etsy.com/shop/ParameterWorkshop
this is the most expensive way to make a 20$ penholder lol