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Steampunk Mechanical Pencil

I made this shortly after making my first steampunk project, my steampunk pen. I think it came out to look pretty well. I also made a steampunk finger stylus after making this.
If you want to know the aging/darkening method i used on the aluminum tape, just go to my steampunk pen instructable.

9 comments

May 15, 2011. 6:39 PM

Win Guy says:

Clever uses of the word "Thingy"!
Win Guy

Dec 14, 2011. 6:15 PMbuilding_boy says:

I must agree! LOL!

Apr 2, 2011. 2:53 PMCyberDoomKnight says:

That is the coolest thing i ever saw but you should tell how to make it. is it even an instructable if you dont tell how to make it?

Apr 4, 2011. 4:09 PMprosper58 (author) says:

There's a type of instructable where you can just show off things you've made. If you click "upload" there are 3 options. One is "pictures". Click that. Telling how to make it is a bit too much of a hassle for me since i lack the resources to make another.

Jan 26, 2011. 9:41 AMrlnbkseeberger says:

you should show how to make it!

Jan 26, 2011. 6:15 PMprosper58 (author) says:

I might make another and show how i made it. (i don't know if i will, though) Don't get your hopes up.

Feb 24, 2011. 8:22 AMmotleyjust says:

Is it really an instructable, if you don't show how to make it?

Feb 24, 2011. 8:54 PMprosper58 (author) says:

No. There's an option now called "Pictures", where you just upload pictures of your project(s). I haven't posted any real instructables yet. Just posts in the catagory "pictures".

Jan 26, 2011. 8:33 PMrlnbkseeberger says:

you absolutely should