Shot-glass Inkwell

 

I wanted an inkwell, so I made one out of a shot-glass and a piece of (probably) rimu.

The only shot-glasses I could get locally are double-shots, and it's really a bit tall. A single-shot (30ml) glass would be better. I'll keep an eye out for one on my travels.

It could do with a cap of some sort to help stop the ink evaporating and thickening, but for the moment it will be a use-it-and-wash-it thing. 

A bit later...

I did find some 30ml shot glasses, so I modified the wooden carrier to fit one. 

The notch out of the rim is just there to tidy up a chip that broke out when I was thinning it down enough to fit the new glass. 

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Blender screenshots

Antique inkwell
with its new reservoir in place

I have an excellent nickel inkwell from the '30s, with a sprung domed lid that slides out of the way when opened.

Regrettably, its original reservoir was made of bakelite, and over the years it had got cracked.

I did briefly use an aluminium insert made from an old case for some fairly fancy fountain pen cartridges, and that worked just fine, but in the end I decided to design and print a brand new reservoir for it.

I had to print it in resin, as FDM isn't reliably watertight, and also it seems to disintegrate when in extended contact with indian ink. Hopefully the resin will fare better.