Wood BIC Stick pen - Wanted

[Frank Kobilsek]

I am setting up a demo/class that has a very very small budget(Translation - Zero). Therefore I was thinking of doing a pen project without a pen kit. Somewhere I have seen a turner that pulls the refill from a cheap BIC stick pen and that becomes the 'kit' for a wood pen. If someone could share the instructions for that project I would greatly appreaciate it.
Frank

[Maria Alvarado]

Frank,
You can find instructions here: http://wnywoodturners.com/articles/stickpen/stickpen.htm

Good luck!

[Frank Kobilsek]

Maria
Thank You. That is exactly what I needed. Have a great weekend!
Frank

[Wally Dickerman]

Quite a few years ago I made something like 200 wood Bic pens before I got tired of doing them. They sold as fast as I could make them. A lot more turning skill required than the kit pens being made today. Very good practice for small scale spindle turning. I found that hard, dense woods worked the best.

Wally

[Frank Townend]

Those are very nice Wally!

[Jack Gaskins]

Quite a few years ago I made something like 200 wood Bic pens before I got tired of doing them. They sold as fast as I could make them. A lot more turning skill required than the kit pens being made today. Very good practice for small scale spindle turning. I found that hard, dense woods worked the best.

Wally

Have been thinking of making some of those. Would you have any tips or suggestions on how to make them?

[Jim Underwood]

There's another thing you can do with a couple of cheap click pens that have been bought at Walmart. If you do a search for "Walmart Pens" over at the IAP forums you should turn up some tutorials.

[Mark P. Brown]

There is also a you tube video called "The 12 cent pen" that shows the basics.
Mark