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Steampunked Mechanicle Pencil!!!

I just loved cowscankill's steampunked mechanical pencil so i made my own!
It took me ALL DAY and i cut myself several times making it =(
If you want instructions just ask and ill do it!

15 comments

Mar 29, 2009. 4:08 PMgildo4realdo says:

The name of the site is Instructables so you may want to assume instructions are already needed without people asking. cool pencil

Mar 29, 2009. 7:10 PMabsolute zero (author) says:

But making instructions if nobody wants them is a pure waste of my time, but even if only one person wants an 'ible i will make it because i know somebody appreciates it.

May 27, 2012. 5:01 PMKrimm says:

Your pictures are blurry. Stick to Facebook if you want to post blurry pictures of something that means allot to you.

Jul 2, 2010. 8:27 PMjhonny says:

Make some instructions on how to make it.

Apr 11, 2009. 9:55 PMEvil Bike says:

i like the clip. nice touch. great idea

Mar 29, 2009. 7:20 PMDoctor What says:

I love the swirly thing! The clippy thing is a little big, but when I make one I can file it down to my own preference. Very nice work!

Mar 30, 2009. 4:53 AMabsolute zero (author) says:

the clip isnt as big as it looks, the way i bent it and the ang;e of the pics make it look like 2x bigger, i decided not to use macro mode on my camera for some reason too....

Mar 30, 2009. 7:19 PMDoctor What says:

It took me a long time to find out that I had a macro mode on my camera. I still don't get why it looks like a flower.

Mar 31, 2009. 5:18 AMabsolute zero (author) says:

yea i dont really get that either, mabye its bc flowers are small? ill have to research that sometime...

Mar 29, 2009. 1:57 PMcowscankill says:

Sweeeet. So it's like a Bic MECHANICAL pencil in copper tubing?

Mar 29, 2009. 3:55 PMabsolute zero (author) says:

No, its a papermate. I used it bc the "guts" all come out in one piece. The tube, clicky thing an junk come all out leaving just a barrel and the cap, Its MUCH easier that way. heres a pic of the ones i used in case you have one:
http://content.etilize.com/Large/11966467.jpg

Mar 29, 2009. 3:56 PMabsolute zero (author) says:

yes mechanical

Mar 29, 2009. 1:06 PM

gmjhowe says:

Nice work! i would love to see some instructions, as well as some clearer final shots.

Mar 29, 2009. 1:55 PMcowscankill says:

You never asked me for instructions xD I just checked the slideshow.

Mar 29, 2009. 1:48 PMabsolute zero (author) says:

Thank You! Im not completely finished, but i shall add more too it someday soon...and sorry for the bad pictures, my camera is fairly old. I will eventually get around to the instructions, but it is more or less a gutted pencil shoved into some copper piping, then i just added a few bits on the outside.