The first kitless click I've made with ebnite, and only two others before this to experiment with the click mechanism to get the hand of a clickless click (I figured out it's all about very careful measurement).
Emerald green swirl ebonite from Exotic blanks (used 4.25 inches but some of that was cleanup of the ends to exact length), a very fine click mechanism form Indy Pen Dance, a clip that came from I don't know what but have a number of them from somewhere, the center coulping and nib cone from brass stock and chrome plated using a copy chrome formula from Caswell and my own plating rig, and a tiny bit of nylon rod scrap.
Only thing unique (to me) about this is this is the first pen I designed with a CAD program and it uses either a G2 or Uniball refill interchangeably and was designed to use a parker refill with an adaptor but I haven't tried this yet. Also my first shot at plating. the click mechanism was chrome or SS so I had do go that color.
OAL of pen 137.1mm, dia 10.9mm, weight 24gm.
My learning from thispen (which is what I find the interesting part of penmaking): CAD design, designing to use multiple different refills, plating parts and making the plating aparatus and the voltage and current controlled power supply, and additional experience with Ebonite which I really like but can't afford a lot of.
Total cost ot his pen -ignoring labor- was around 11 dollars (without figuring it exactly) and would be around 7 or 8 using my home cast resin instead of Ebonite. Something I can easily justify to myself for a hobby.
Emerald green swirl ebonite from Exotic blanks (used 4.25 inches but some of that was cleanup of the ends to exact length), a very fine click mechanism form Indy Pen Dance, a clip that came from I don't know what but have a number of them from somewhere, the center coulping and nib cone from brass stock and chrome plated using a copy chrome formula from Caswell and my own plating rig, and a tiny bit of nylon rod scrap.
Only thing unique (to me) about this is this is the first pen I designed with a CAD program and it uses either a G2 or Uniball refill interchangeably and was designed to use a parker refill with an adaptor but I haven't tried this yet. Also my first shot at plating. the click mechanism was chrome or SS so I had do go that color.
OAL of pen 137.1mm, dia 10.9mm, weight 24gm.
My learning from thispen (which is what I find the interesting part of penmaking): CAD design, designing to use multiple different refills, plating parts and making the plating aparatus and the voltage and current controlled power supply, and additional experience with Ebonite which I really like but can't afford a lot of.
Total cost ot his pen -ignoring labor- was around 11 dollars (without figuring it exactly) and would be around 7 or 8 using my home cast resin instead of Ebonite. Something I can easily justify to myself for a hobby.
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