John’s Desktop Engineering

Musk Mars II is under construction. It will have a motorized mode vice that moves the space craft onto the booster rocket. Lights will have their own circuit and switch. The space craft will be a replica of SpaceX rocket designed to go to Mars. One side will be of heavy aluminum and the other of Brass. The booster will resemble the real one with rivets piecing the stainless steel bands together. A high torque nine-volt motor drives the elevator shaft. In really the space craft is moved from its shelter to the booster by means of a motorized vehicle moving forward and back, with its “shield.”
This motorized vehicle moves forwarding backward. The unit is deigned by John and is really a fountain pen desk set. The fountain pen has an iridium nib and the ink is supplied by mechanical pump and or with cartridge.The completion is at about 94%. The tower and lights are inlace. Those individuals who follow Elon Musk and his adventures could be referred to as “Musketeers.” I issue Certificates of Authenticates on my work as each is unique and only one produced for each design. I also make Steampunk style pens as well as classic on a commissioned basis. Contact me; tell me what you want; I do a sketch and we go from there. Please consider following me here at BaywoodGallery.com under GrdenArtsWonkyDesign. Pens, Leather, Sketches, Prints, Prayers~coming.
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“DIPLOMAT NEVER DRY” is a Steampunk Fountain Pen with both an ink pump and two cartridges mounted externally, and designed to fit your hand comfortably while writing. The cartridge inside uses a mechanical pump to move ink into a fresh supply or insert one of the two cartridges on hand. A miniature hourglass ( three second)  works and is on the top-cap portion of the pen. Two watch gears  relate to the 3 second glass.  A Texas star adorns the very end of the cap. Although the cap looks as though it has a “clip”, it does not, due to the length of the pen.  The cap screws on and is seven inches long when capped. Uncapped it is six and one half inches long.  This would be a lifetime gift for anyone who might be a calligraphy writer or one who just loves to write. It comes with a cap and separate ink to be installed when your pen arrives. Ink and pump are included. The box shown will be included in your purchase and arrive with your pen inside. No glue was used in making this pen and was NOT made from a kit designed and constructed by me by soldering and making a fully functional writing pen. Designed and handmade by the Artist John Grden, II, of TheWonkyDesignStudio.com   Made by a retired guy who is saving these proceeds to buy his last SSR.  I issue a signed Certificate of Authenticity for my pen purchases. The box is included at no extra charge. This pen is priced at $95 + tax, just click the payment bar below.

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“SIX SECONDS TWIST” John is working on the description as I type this and get another pen in his collection added. The box shown will be included in your purchase and arrive with your pen inside. Named “Six Seconds Twist,” because there are two “3 Second” hour glasses inserted into the finial of the pen. The body is of a spent .30–06 rifle shell. The shell and adornments are built around a 7 MM brass tube that runs the length of the pen on the inside. To write, just twist the nib and the point will be exposed. Brass makes up 99% of the structure.  One percent is the glass and powder inside the glass tubes. Instead of calling them “hour glasses” we should call them “second” glassses. Ink is supplied by a mini tube.This pen is fun to write with and is refreshing to look at. To keep the brass bright a polishing cloth is supplied. No glue was used in making this pen and was NOT made from a kit designed and constructed by me by soldering and making a fully functional writing pen. Designed and handmade by the Artist John Grden, II, of TheWonkyDesignStudio.com   I issue a signed Certificate of Authenticity for my pen purchases.The box is included at no extra charge. This pen is priced at$85 + tax, just click on the payment “bar” below for details.

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Twisty Tube is thusly named. In order to expose the writing tip the crank needs to be twisted to push the ink tube out the nib. The body is made of two spent .30-06 bullet casings. In order for you to speed up your writing, a 3- second our glass has been added to the body. Other than the hourglass, it is all brass. A polishing cloth is included to keep your pen as the colors change into beautiful hues in its surrroundings. The ink tube is a standard tube, nothing fancy. In order to change the tube, pull the crank out of the body allowing the tube to fall out the top. The title was changed from “Cranky” because we thought it might adversely affect your mood. Be prepared for it to steal the show. I issues a signed Certificate of Authenticity for pen purchases. The box is included at no extra charge. This pen is priced at $95 + tax, just click on the payment “bar” below for details.

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Let me introduce you to “KEYS” a pen from my back yard engineering. It is all brass with two .30-06 spent shells soldered together. The Name “Keys” comes from the keys added as an adornment to the body of the pen. The ink is delivered by a mini tube and is easily replaced by just pulling the nib out. Also added are a gear and the end of a .22 cal. bullet, my favoite metal with style and use in penmaking. This pen will be fun to write with and will certainly promote questions from anyone watching you write. Twisting the nib exposes the ink. I issue a signed Certificate of Authenticity for my pen purchases. The box is included at no extra charge. This pen is priced at $72 + tax. Just click on the payment “bar” below for details.

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Wild Won, uses a mini ink tune that is easily replace by just pulling the bottom mechanism out. The pen is all brass. A play on words with “won” the centerpiece.  When people ask you what it is, you can make something up. The design is complete with spent, brass, bullet casings as the shell.  It comes with a rollable hand-carved “caisson” with one ball and tamping rod .  A “Wonky” brass plate is affixed to the end of the pen. No glue was used in making this pen and was NOT made from a kit, but designed and constructed by me by soldering and making a fully functional writing pen.  It is found here in Etsy as an Art Object, fully functional pen, designed and handmade by the Artist John Grden, II.   Made by a retired guy who is saving these proceeds to buy his last SSR truck. I issue a signed Certificate of Authenticity for my pen purchases. The “caisson is included at” extra charge. This pen is priced at $68+ tax. Just click on the payment “bar” below for details.

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We will be listing every day from 5-28-23 with wonderful photos and reasonable pricing on our all handmade by Mary and John. If you have any questions, please use the form below and it will eventually be at the end of this Scroll Category. We have other categories too, and if you don’t want to miss a thing, please consider joining our email on the home page.