Thanks everyone for the kind words! I've had this inked up and have been writing with it all weekend. Draws up ink like a champ and no leaks! Time to move forward on the customers pen :biggrin:
Wonderful job Jonathon. You've certainly come a long way since we first met.
I'll say! I couldn't even figure out how to hold the pen barrels on the lathe until my drive up to VA to watch your demo. That changed everything for me!
That's a winner Jonathon. I like being able to see the clip band. Seems to just fit nicely like that. Is that the brown swirl alumilite? One thing I noticed that could just be the angles. The recessed portion under the lever is not quite as polished as the rest.
Can't wait to see that in person. Great job as usual.
Thanks Ty. You'll see it on Thursday. It is a brown swirl, I was going for a wood grain look. It's easier to see it in person. Also, you have a good eye. The recess isn't quite as polished as I'd like. That area is super thin and I got a little heavy handed with a rotary buffer and melted it a bit. So I had to build it back up with CA and just did hand sanding up to 400 and some plastic polish.
Wow, gorgeous pen. Is that a combustion blank?
Thanks Marc! If yall have time when you're in town stop by and you can see it in person. It's not a combustion blank though. My pics aren't the greatest to really show off the blank.
Beautiful! I'm finding myself being left in your dust. :biggrin: Love the colors too.
Thanks Chuck! No way! I have yet to really add in metal to my designs. You have me in spades on that.
Wow. Kicked it up again! It's black and copper alumilite
Thanks Bret! Yeah, I like to try new things. I'm a sucker for the vintage look.
Really fine piece of work. Total Class! I have a friend whose wanted one of those since he was a kid watching Bugs Bunny use a pen like that to spray ink in Elmer Fudd's face.
Where does one get the mechanisms for these different FP types (lever fillers, pump fillers, etc ...) ?
Thanks! The cool part is that it'll really do that with a full ink sac. I just had to try it yesterday after reading this :laugh:
This particular unit I robbed off an old waterman pen that was in bad shape. I've been searching for a good source and really haven't found any that's affordable. The only place I did find wants $35-50 just for the lever and pressure bar! A good place for piston filler units, sacs, pressure bars, etc is Richardgreenwald.com.
Wow Awesome work Jonathan! I like the colors you came up with for this. The lever looks nice in there. Did you use a rotary tool to cut it out or did you make a jig and router it out? I bet that took some trial and error to get it right, but I really like the results.
Thanks! I used a diamond bur to make the initial holes, but I got down to size using hand files. There's no coming back from going a hair to much. I have a mini mill and eventually I'd love to have someone show me how to use it properly bc it'd be perfect for this application! Till then it's primarily done by hand.
Really nice Jonathan. When are you going to demo that one?
Thanks Tom. I really doubt the group would really want to see this demo'd. That and I don't know when I'll make another meeting! Though if anyone really wants to see it done they can always get a hold of me and are welcome to come by the house and I'll show how it's done.
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