My Rubik's Cube Pen

[minime12358]

Hey, I'm hoping I put this in the right thread (I was trying to decide between general puzzle and off-topic.)

I recently finished making "le Stylo de Rubik". It took a long time to make, but I think it turned out well! It is just my first try, and I think I'll be trying one again soon.

Note: I make the wood part. The plastic/metal pen parts are purchased.

 

[Rubiksboy1]

Ummm, what is it?

 

[minime12358]

It's a pen that is a Rubik's cube. I solved the cube to that scramble.

 

[mdolszak]

That's really cool! Nice craftsmanship!

 

[minime12358]

Thanks!

 

[qqwref]

Is the pen functional at all?

 

[Tyjet66]

Wow, that is awesome!

 

[minime12358]

Is the pen functional at all?

Yep! It actually is a really good quality pen. The other end is a capacitive stylus.

 

[ThomasJE]

If you had a mini functional cube at the end (where you push the thing in - no idea what it's called), that would be cool. It would take some work, but if you got bored in an exam, then...

 

[YddEd]

^^ Haha yeah..

 

[minime12358]

If you had a mini functional cube at the end (where you push the thing in - no idea what it's called), that would be cool. It would take some work, but if you got bored in an exam, then...

Hehe, this one is actually a twist mechanism, as the place where the click button would be is occupied by the capacitive stylus. This said, I can't imagine it would be too hard to glue a center to the end of a click pen. I originally planned on doing a very very careful glue up so I could actually turn each layer on the pen (after a bit of work), but I abandoned the idea for the first try.