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I thought I would try my hand at one of the patriot pen kits. The upper barrel assembly is not as easy as the instructions make it out to be. Needless to say, despite using soapy water (per the instructions) and taking my time, about half of the little stars would not fit. I spent over an hour trying to tweak each opening. When I went to try to seat the stars better, the upper barrel cracked in a couple of places. A few choice words later, I calmed down and ordered a blue dyed buckeye burl blank and used it for the upper barrel. I think it came out OK but sure would have liked to have all those stars. Mechanism is an Ultra Cigar.
-- GSY from N. Idaho
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Chris Wright
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posted 112 days ago
PSI has a great little video about how to set these up. In case you haven’t see it already. I think you have a good save with the Buckeye. I’ve thought about doing one of these.
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Hacksaw
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posted 112 days ago
Nice pen.What would you charge to make 2 of them for a fellow LJ?
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MooreWoodworks
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posted 112 days ago
I love this pen! I think I actually like your version more than the actual patriotic pen kit. I thought about making one of these but they are a bit pricey for me. Anyways, great job!
deucefour
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posted 112 days ago
Thats an expensive kit to have it blow up on you, I think you did a nice job recovering, actually its cool that its different from the original design of the patriot pen. well done
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Innovator
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posted 112 days ago
Great recovery, it looks very nice as is.
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scrappy
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posted 112 days ago
Very nice pen. Great recovery. Have seen the originals and I think I like the Blue buckeye better.
Keep it up.
Scrappy
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