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Pen Modifications / What Has Pen Modding Do To Your Life?
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Date: Sat, Apr 30 2011 01:10:52
Sorry if this thread is already posted or posted in the wrong spot, but what has pen modding/spinning do to your life? Like, before... after... To me, at first, I wanted to throw away a lot of my pens (yes, my Miffys and Melanies, and my 3000*f, Dr. Grip, and stuff), but now, I know how to actually use them to make these pen mods. What are your stories?
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Date: Sat, Apr 30 2011 01:14:27
i make pens mods!!!
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Date: Sat, Apr 30 2011 01:15:10
I now can destroy brand new pens that are terrific for writing with no remorse. WHAT HAS MODDING DONE TO ME? D:
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Date: Sat, Apr 30 2011 02:24:44
Yes... Its something i do when im bored, and i wanna try something new... but I TOTALLY AGREE!!! NOW IM DESTROYING BRAND NEW PENS I BUT WITHOUT REMORSE TOO!!!
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Date: Sat, Apr 30 2011 02:49:40
Before, i dont care bout any pens...i see a pen on the desk, i'd be like..meh who cares..now..i take a look at every single pen i see....=.=
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Date: Sat, Apr 30 2011 03:06:24
when i see a useful pen for modding, i get tempted... xD
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Date: Sat, Apr 30 2011 03:10:27
-There are no more pens that have grips, tips, or caps in my house -Wounds from knives and other tools -Uses up a lot of my time -I enjoy it -Stress relief -Fun to post stuff on UPSB
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Date: Sat, Apr 30 2011 03:22:24
brian685 wrote: Before, i dont care bout any pens...i see a pen on the desk, i'd be like..meh who cares..now..i take a look at every single pen i see....=.=
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Date: Sat, Apr 30 2011 03:39:18
I used to take pens apart and put them back together even before i knew about spinning and modding. Now I look at every pen I see and take it apart to see what I can use for a new mod. I just wish I had the $ to get a lot of parts for mods. But I feel nothing every time I take apart a new pen that I could actually write with at school.
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Date: Sat, Apr 30 2011 18:14:39
Pen modding is kind of a gateway into actually modding. I modded pens because I liked the process of creating something purely your own. However it expanded me into working on smaller electronics and not being afraid to rip something open.
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Date: Sat, Apr 30 2011 19:00:38
when I started modding, all pens in my house with any kind of grip disappeared in some weird way @_@
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Date: Sat, Apr 30 2011 21:02:37
It made me poor and impecunious. :/
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Date: Sun, May 1 2011 14:06:15
i am soo addicted to moding i mod in my house i mod at school i spend 100 or more on pens. i guess u can say i am alright.
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Date: Sun, May 1 2011 14:18:17
i dont mod that much
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Date: Sun, May 1 2011 14:33:51
beg my fren to gimme a pen that he had that was discontinued here
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Date: Sun, May 1 2011 14:40:00
When I ask money from my mom (rare) to buy a pen FOR school she doesnt because she thinks ill tear it apart.
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Date: Fri, May 6 2011 16:52:14
I need to have every pen out there !!
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Date: Fri, May 6 2011 17:46:46
Bankruptcy.
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Date: Fri, May 6 2011 19:07:45
I have bags full of pens I took apart from my house. Half the pens I dont use for mods have subbed grips because I took the original ones. Metal tips suddenly disappear from good pens. You know... but ive only spent like $5 on pens, so I cant argue there, lol
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Date: Fri, May 6 2011 19:10:07
Before: sees RSVP... meh After: sees RSVP... holycrap i need that!!!! *steals*
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Date: Fri, May 6 2011 19:23:55
It hurts my fingers, it makes me have less time for my girlfriend, it makes me know what pen a person uses in movies in 80% of cases, but most important: it makes me smile! :)
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Date: Fri, May 6 2011 21:23:37
I can rarely get a pen anymore without dissasembling it and i don't buy any more that are made of 2 or less parts.
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Date: Sat, May 7 2011 14:18:07
It kinda ruins ur life
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Date: Sun, May 8 2011 02:57:48
I spend a shitload of money on materials. I disassemble every pen I see. etc etc etc
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Date: Sun, May 8 2011 03:46:47
Explosion101 wrote: I spend a shitload of money on materials. I disassemble every pen I see. etc etc etc
EXACTLY. ^ -
Date: Sun, May 8 2011 04:07:13
Before: i used to not care about pens what so ever except the way they wrote. like a Profile writes so smooth on paper and an RSVP writes sharp on paper. i could careless about the grips, tips and caps and what have you. it was all worthless to me. it was atleast. lol. like id see a pen walk by and not once think "That could be useful" Now: pretty much the exact opposite. i pass a Profile on my friends desk or i see one in his back pack... booom gone. teachers RSVP? gone and gripless with no cap. lol. Pens started to disappear in my house. abuncha pens in my desk became something i liked. Modding has helped me steady my hands a little. i love modding cuz its creative and you use your mind. i love math and to me Modding is like math. one part goes here, but this wont fit adjust it alittle. lol. its fun spinning has given me more of an oppurtunity to meet new people.. all in all its a BIG PLUS!!
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Date: Mon, May 9 2011 15:22:44
DeeJaySpin wrote: EXACTLY. ^
Second that. -
Date: Wed, May 11 2011 02:58:20
iMatt wrote: Pen modding is kind of a gateway into actually modding. I modded pens because I liked the process of creating something purely your own. However it expanded me into working on smaller electronics and not being afraid to rip something open.
I agree I dont know much about spinning mods (like grip cuts are still an amazing mystery) but its an interesting challenge because its so many different things, like, 1. miniaturization 2. lightweight 3. C.G. balance 4. spinning momentum 5. strong against drops on hard surface like a computer modder, they do really cool stuff, but what is the challenge - you have lots of room and lots of power and lots of money to do crazy things. car modders - everyone makes the aftermarket parts and you're just buying shit to put into your car, building up a "unique" ride is more like just tacking on everything you can afford. nobody does a gripcut on a hood LOL. pen modding is cheap so its approachable for everyone, and originality is more important than overall quality, so its cool to see so many people that are young and have good ideas and lots of motivation to make something new. I love pen modding!!! -
Date: Wed, May 11 2011 05:13:49
I like Mods more than spinning. I think I fail.
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Date: Wed, May 11 2011 15:26:07
Explosion101 wrote: I spend a shitload of money on materials. I disassemble every pen I see. etc etc etc
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Date: Fri, May 13 2011 01:10:00
V-Storm wrote: I like Mods more than spinning. I think I fail.
That's natural, it happens even for me lmao -
Date: Fri, May 13 2011 01:19:22
Breezy wrote: That's natural, it happens even for me lmao
lol. that's why I'm a 6 month spinner who can't do crap. lol. I wish I can order from penwish again. -
Date: Fri, May 13 2011 02:14:32
V-Storm wrote: lol. that's why I'm a 6 month spinner who can't do crap. lol. I wish I can order from penwish again.
thats exactly me. when i stated penspinning i spent so much time modding that i didnt practice teh actual tricks. therefore im an 8 month spinner, with the spinning ability of a 3 monther. =.= -
Date: Fri, May 13 2011 19:38:20
DeeJaySpin wrote: thats exactly me. when i stated penspinning i spent so much time modding that i didnt practice teh actual tricks. therefore im an 8 month spinner, with the spinning ability of a 3 monther. =.=
Lol practice make perfect right, I send more time buying mods and just noticing its beauty instead of pen spinning it lmao -
Date: Fri, May 13 2011 22:51:53
Jacob... (I mean Yacob...) *ahem*... HAHAHAHA wow, when was that? You don't do that anymore, do you?
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Date: Sat, May 14 2011 20:34:21
@MBW First of all, don't call me that. Second of all, who are you talking to? If me, then you're wrong. And besides, what does that have to do with this? If you want to go spam, then go into the Spammers' bin.
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Date: Fri, Nov 16 2012 14:43:16
Pen modding makes me gone crazy about pens even when i wanted unwanted pens from my friends they said something about like 'argh the death of pens is coming for my pens' or 'which part do you want?' Plus it makes me go wild about buying pens and my parents almost banned me
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Date: Fri, Nov 16 2012 17:46:54
Pen modding lol It has less effect than the weather, but more effect than the price of Stilton Cheese.
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Date: Sat, Nov 17 2012 21:35:51
Getting heavily obssessed with pen tips, grips, bodies, etc. Spending more money that I had anticipated.
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Date: Sun, Nov 18 2012 07:38:26
It has provided me with a hobby in which there are infinite outcomes.
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Date: Sat, Dec 15 2012 07:01:54
It made me ask my classmates if they have any useful pens And it made my computer monitors screen get inked
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Date: Fri, Dec 21 2012 20:38:23
It made my parents say,"John! Stop destroying perfectly good pens and putting them back together so that you can twirl them!"
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Date: Sat, Dec 22 2012 06:28:04
My hands were getting excoriated.
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Date: Sat, Dec 22 2012 07:26:07
Modding has cut my hands a few times, thanks to grip cutting. It's also rubbed my hands raw, from trying to pull or push grips onto a REALLY tight body, my hands go numb after a while and then I end up just de-modding the whole thing I killed my hands making.
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Date: Sun, Dec 23 2012 13:47:38
I´ve spent money that I could use on other things now, but I don´t regret it, because penmodding was and still is a very funny and entertaining thing for me. Also, if I enter a store and there´s a pen divison I often recognise pens I use for modding. Yeah, thats quite it. Oh and ofc, I like the designing part of it, like creating something unique.
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Date: Sat, Jan 5 2013 10:36:23
Suprisingly it made my savings higher! And made me come home from school WITHOUT looting at least three useful pens
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Date: Thu, Jan 10 2013 19:09:25
Everyone decided to gv their pen to me to fix them Pen Technician?LOL
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Date: Sun, Jan 13 2013 03:01:12
I'm a pen technician too! no idea why. They say, " hey, (my name), you're good with pens..."
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Date: Sun, Jan 13 2013 04:26:20
I have a huge box of pen parts under my bed...
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Date: Sun, Jan 13 2013 04:52:06
it makes me go broke
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Date: Sun, Jan 13 2013 05:54:37
It makes my spinning worse. D: It also is my only source of income right now. :/
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Date: Sun, Jan 13 2013 07:35:42
I suck at modding,but that leaves more focus for spinning! and @SuperVValrus how do you make money off modding??
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Date: Sun, Jan 13 2013 07:51:10
Made me disown my family, lose my home and start begging for money.
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Date: Sun, Jan 13 2013 14:13:00
CBC wrote: @SuperVValrus how do you make money off modding??
I sell my mods -
Date: Sun, Jan 13 2013 14:50:38
It makes me poor
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Date: Sun, Jan 13 2013 15:25:28
Can't watch a movie anymore without noticing every f'ckin pen
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Date: Sun, Jan 13 2013 16:47:38
Bleeding. Hapiness. Yes, I'm masoschist.
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Date: Sun, Jan 13 2013 23:27:16
I think of every pen as "ingredients"
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Date: Sun, Jan 13 2013 23:49:34
No matter how easy people say it is, I can't cut grips straight. Not even anyball profile grips. I have difficulty removing HGG grips and putting grips on big caps. I can't even cut an insert out the right way :facepalm: I AM TERRIBLE AT PEN MODDING AND I WOULD RATHER HAVE IT PRE-MADE!
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Date: Mon, Jan 14 2013 02:24:20
a desk full of useless parts, the edge is scarred with marks from over cutting, tape bits everywhere @.@"
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Date: Mon, Jan 14 2013 05:32:35
exactly.
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Date: Thu, Jan 24 2013 05:35:18
Well, to my life, it gave me a nice pen to spin. I just made about 2 differents mods. 4 pens all together, 2 each of one of my mods. Gave one of em to my math teacher who likes to spin too. Check this out and maybe vote if you like it ! http://remix.zedd.net/tracks/380
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Date: Thu, Jan 24 2013 22:15:30
When I'm modding, I'm modding. Doesn't really affect my life.
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Date: Sat, Feb 2 2013 10:14:50
Sense of achievement, more mods to spin with during free time, and made me poorer due to spending all the money on pens for modding :lol:
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Date: Sun, Feb 3 2013 10:53:25
[QUOTE=Syrti]Can't watch a movie anymore without noticing every f'ckin pen [/QUOTE] See what I meant? Poor G2...
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Date: Thu, May 23 2013 10:47:51
I can barely see my desk, Apart from my laptops.... Sooo many small pieces of pen, and a few pairs of side cutters, pliers etc. Trying to buy exacto knife, and more pens, but my parents are avoiding officeworks. I think they must be having premonitions, as I have only made 3 mods, with materials I had lying around :/
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Date: Tue, Jun 4 2013 14:51:39
I keep everything in a box. I have pliers and what not in a toolbox. No big effect
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Date: Fri, Jun 28 2013 10:34:13
I hv to keep my pens in those storage tings so my mun wouldn't see them.
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Date: Fri, Jun 28 2013 23:40:26
it gave me cancer :o :noface: lol jk, it made me drink blood, blood, gallons of the stuff (+1 for who can name reference)
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Date: Sat, Jun 29 2013 00:56:20
I used to just tape some cheap pencils together but now it has gotten way more sophisticated. From the starting point I eventually built up until I got to the advanced stuff. But yes, much like the other people I now look at a pen as more than a simple writing instrument but as a small piece of a greater object.:ninja:
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Date: Mon, Aug 26 2013 16:58:01
SwitchPalm wrote: it gave me cancer :o :noface: lol jk, it made me drink blood, blood, gallons of the stuff (+1 for who can name reference)
I freaking hate that song." My Chemical Romance" On Topic: Pen modding has completely destroyed all of my pens and has left me with no remorse for them :( Now everytme I see a pen I lunge for it. Then if it's used for a mod I keep it, otherwise I spare it's life. Regards, Zen -
Date: Wed, Aug 28 2013 09:14:12
Before,when I forgot to bring my writing pen in school,I look for pen parts(such as barrels and inktube) under other's desk and construct it to become usable. Now,not only I check the classroom for pens,I also now buy pens from bookstores. :D
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Date: Sat, Jan 18 2014 02:24:55
-stress reliever -funnnn -cure for boredom -no pens left behind!! -the school floors are now my penshops -downside... people think its stupid -buttttt they all ask me to teach them (:
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Date: Fri, Mar 7 2014 10:11:53
its like monopoly, tearing families apart. also, im broke right now. cant buy pens no more