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Been busy the past two weeks after our only Spring Craft Show. One of our regular customers asked if I could make a selection of Inertia Pens and Key Chain Screw drivers for them to use as gifts during the holidays.

The Inertia Pens were recently put on Clearance at Woodcraft so I ran over to the local store and grabbed what was left to add to my small stash. Wound up with a full dozen in various color finishes. I was able to match the woods to the finishes with stuff I already had on hand and pretty happy about how they turned out. If you are not familiar with these pens they retract and drop with a flick. Kind of fun type of pen.

The screwdriver kits are from Penn State (not a huge fan of their pens but like their little kits) Gun Metal was the chosen finish and again I matched up stuff I already had on hand. As you can see in the last pic they have a selection of tips stowed inside and then are held in the stem with a magnet. Great for glasses or small electronics.

Now I have some other project I need to get done and then it on to the BBQ Swap.

Hope you all have a good weekend in or out of the shop.

CtL

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Nice work. I love the little screw drivers.
Thanks for sharing them with us.
 

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Neat.

Good luck at the show.
 

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nice array of sizes shapes and colors,and i like the screwdriver also,never saw those before.nice work.
 

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Those are really nice Chris!
 

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Thanks All.

CtL
 

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Wow!...Those patterns looks incredible! So colourful.
 

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Clever screw driver design. I had to re-read the post a couple times before I figured out how the pens worked. Turning the dyed wood blanks made some eye catching patterns. Looks like it was a fun project and you made some $$ too.
 

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Those are beautiful Chris. The wood color is eye appealing. I can see why these are good sellers.
 

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Thanks again all. Those color woods are getting harder to find. Thankfully I still have a small stash of a few colors that can be used for small items. They are weird cutoffs my turning club used to get from a company that made rifle stocks out of them.

CtL
 
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