InkyFingers
Full Member
Hi Guys,
With reference to an earlier post about taps and die I decided to but the 6.5 and 7.4 x 0.5 from Silver Pend parts. I managed not to pay vat and all the other charges you can occasionally get caught with and I got a rebate on the postage. Now I have made my first kitless fountain pen.
I used a schmidt nib with filler and a modified clip from a Slimline kit. The blanks (2) are from Axi.
I started with the instructions from http://newtonpens.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/kitless-fountain-pen.pdf but these do not show how to fit a clip so I had to experiment.
I did find this afterwards however The Clip "story" - Pen Turning and Making - The Fountain Pen Network but it seems a big step for a beginner.
Threads: I used a 3/8 BSB for the section to barrel and 1/2 BSB for cap to barrel. The schmidt nib uses 6.5x0.5mm.
Things I learned:
The bad drilling of the first hole meant I didn't have enough of the same blank for the finial and the cap so the patterns don't match.
Overall length 135mm
Barrel diameter 12.5mm
Cap length 50mm
Barrel length 88mm
Section length 18mm
Posted 170mm
Some photos
Sorry about the photo's although there's a lovely sunset going on
there's not quite enough light to take good photo's. I remember seeing a thread on taking pen photo's, I'll have to read up on it.
Cheers
Inky
With reference to an earlier post about taps and die I decided to but the 6.5 and 7.4 x 0.5 from Silver Pend parts. I managed not to pay vat and all the other charges you can occasionally get caught with and I got a rebate on the postage. Now I have made my first kitless fountain pen.
I used a schmidt nib with filler and a modified clip from a Slimline kit. The blanks (2) are from Axi.
I started with the instructions from http://newtonpens.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/kitless-fountain-pen.pdf but these do not show how to fit a clip so I had to experiment.
I did find this afterwards however The Clip "story" - Pen Turning and Making - The Fountain Pen Network but it seems a big step for a beginner.
Threads: I used a 3/8 BSB for the section to barrel and 1/2 BSB for cap to barrel. The schmidt nib uses 6.5x0.5mm.
Things I learned:
Don't drill acrylic to fast it melts and produces a much bigger hole than the drill.
The diameter of the end of the barrel has to be less than the core diameter of the cap to barrel threads otherwise you cannot post the cap.
You can't get the clip you want so had to modify the slimline one and hack at the cap end.
The bad drilling of the first hole meant I didn't have enough of the same blank for the finial and the cap so the patterns don't match.
Overall length 135mm
Barrel diameter 12.5mm
Cap length 50mm
Barrel length 88mm
Section length 18mm
Posted 170mm
Some photos
Sorry about the photo's although there's a lovely sunset going on
there's not quite enough light to take good photo's. I remember seeing a thread on taking pen photo's, I'll have to read up on it.
Cheers
Inky