I had a few hours to "kill" over the weekend. First, I tackled the final pen building for the retirement gift :
The pen is an "Apprentice Gentlemans, Jr" kit in chrome. The tubes were simply discarded, and I used surgical stainless (comes in many different types, actually, not just 316 stainless) bars. I had 5/8" and 1/2" bars. I bored them out with drill bits, polished them up, and pressed them together. It is one of the most perfectly balanced pens I've ever made.
Next up, I tackled the base timing of the Corvette. It overheated while I was doing that, and I traced the problem back to the relay for the fan. Unfortunately, it was completely missing - and had enough primer overspray on it to know where it disappeared (a paintshop, maybe?). I grabbed one and installed it, but I need to test that still. It got hot enough to do this to the fuse assembly :
While that cooled down, I kept thinking about advertisements for "bullet pins" that you'd use on a cork board or a bulletin board (no pun intended). I still had the .40 caliber casings from the bullet ear bud project a while back, so I ordered some 10mmx3mm magnets (I don't use cork board) from Amazon, and they fit a little more loosely than I wanted, but I simply used epoxy to bond it all together :
I gotta let these cure, and then I can try them out. Turns out they work pretty slick. First, on the fridge :
And also holding the wiring diagram to the toolbox :
Nice!
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