Retro Font Word Pen
Description
Do you like to write with a pen? Sure why not?
Do you like reading stuff written in 8 bit font on the side of your pen? DO I EVER! Now you can too! Use the MakerBot Customizer App to customize your very own Retro Font Word Pen! People will be so jealous at meetings when they see this fancy writing instrument!
*** UPDATE, Thingiverse's excellent support staff located and fixed the bug preventing the text from being displayed, is now working****
Instructions
Be sure to let me know what you think with comments or suggestions!
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Use the customizer app to design your own pen.
You have some controls over font size and spacing. And what it says of course...
When you're done, download it and print it out!
The inside of your pen may have some dropped threads you will need to clean up. I used a piece of coat hanger to scratch and grind them out.
Then simply take any old pen you have laying around your house and steal the ink tube and ball point. Slide it in and BAM. Coolest pen ever!
Example uses:
Put your name!
Use a friends name, and print them their own custom pen as an interesting and original gift!
Put your company name, and give out these pens as a promotional gift.
** Please note, this is still a thing in progress, I am currently working on adding a Pen-Cap and a few other refinements **
Thanks
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This is very neat!
I wonder if there might be a way to reverse the text direction, for those of us who write with the other hand.
Very cool! It's interesting to compare to my http://www.thingiverse.com/thi..., which is a bit different - it's designed to fit specific pen inserts. Hmm, perhaps I should wire it up to Customizer!
Customizer has been fixed and the pens should work now. (this script was using a new-ish openscad function (search) so we had to upgrade what was running on the server)
Yeah, sorry about that. There is a glitch in the customizer side of things. I have opened up a ticket with thingiverse support. Since we ARE able to preview the file correctly. Just the final STL doesn't get generated properly for some reason.
I assure you the SCAD script does work if you download it and run it yourself.
However check back later tonight, as I will be finalizing a few things such as a pen-cap for it.
If you do print end up printing one out on your own, please still post a copy of it.
Hey, I tried to use the customizer with this but it just generates a blank pen.
License
Where would I get the ballpoint inserts/cartridges?
I just took them from pens I had laying around. The kind of pen you get at a hotel or wherever.