New kitless I finished tonight

[Mintman]

Here's one I finished tonight. Polyresin with a #6 Heritance nib.

 

[Jim15]

Looks great.

 

[magpens]

WOW ! . What a nice looking pen !!!!

 

[Psychmike22]

I have been looking into trying kitless. I have learned a lot about pen turning by reading posts, using the library, and especially watching YouTube videos. When it comes to YouTube for kitless there is surprisingly little. Would you be willing to explain your process of better yet make a video. I love the look of your pen.

 

[jsolie]

Great looking pen!

 

[Mintman]

I have been looking into trying kitless. I have learned a lot about pen turning by reading posts, using the library, and especially watching YouTube videos. When it comes to YouTube for kitless there is surprisingly little. Would you be willing to explain your process of better yet make a video. I love the look of your pen.

Thanks Mike! There are some good tutorials in the library and here's a good youtube link http://youtu.be/4DQna36uThA.

This guy makes it on a wood lathe. I use both a metal and a wood lathe to make mine. I use the metal lathe with a collet chuck to turn everything to size and do all of the drilling operations. I move to the wood lathe, also using a collet chuck to shape the components and sand and finish.

 

[jcgolov]

Nice looking pen.... I just got a new lathe so I was thinking about going making them. what taps and die did you use for the section and cap etc.

 

[furini]

Very nice - great blank and shaping. Putting threads on polyester resin has always defeated me...any tips? Love the pen!

 

[OZturner]

Magnificent Pen Marc,
Inspired choice of Material.
Superb Profile, and Proportions,
Excellent Fit and Finish.
Outstanding Craftsmanship.
Congratulations,
Brian.

 

[Mintman]

Nice looking pen.... I just got a new lathe so I was thinking about going making them. what taps and die did you use for the section and cap etc.

Jean-Claude,

I used a m10x1 tap and die for this one. I typically use m10x1 for #6 nibs and I'll use m9x1 for the smaller #5 nibs

 

[Mintman]

Very nice - great blank and shaping. Putting threads on polyester resin has always defeated me...any tips? Love the pen!

Stuart, I size the PR to leave about 3.0mm of thickness. I typically thread the inside(for the section) first. I will then screw in a small plug as I thread the outside threads( mate to the cap)

 

[Mintman]

Magnificent Pen Marc, Inspired choice of Material. Superb Profile, and Proportions, Excellent Fit and Finish. Outstanding Craftsmanship. Congratulations, Brian.

Thanks Brian! I really like how it turned out but I will probably replace the clip with something a tad longer.

 

[furini]

Very nice - great blank and shaping. Putting threads on polyester resin has always defeated me...any tips? Love the pen!

Stuart, I size the PR to leave about 3.0mm of thickness. I typically thread the inside(for the section) first. I will then screw in a small plug as I thread the outside threads( mate to the cap)

Thanks - I'll have to persevere with my threading attempts.

 

[jcgolov]

Sorry for not responding earlier. Got too busy at work... Many thanks for this. I am glad you said this because that was the taps and dies I had ordered days before asking you Not quite actually. I ordered 0.75 rather than 1.0... Is 1.0 standard for this type of pen???

 

[RobS]

Amazing work. This is my dream to be able to make one.
Love the colors

Any tips on where you bought your taps & dies?
Where you bought the few parts you did use?

Thanks

 

[MikeinSC]

I like the pen. Something seems familiar though

 

[Mintman]

Sorry for not responding earlier. Got too busy at work... Many thanks for this. I am glad you said this because that was the taps and dies I had ordered days before asking you Not quite actually. I ordered 0.75 rather than 1.0... Is 1.0 standard for this type of pen???

Jean-Claude,

I believe the .75 will be fine but the m10x1 is compatible with the El Grande nib.

 

[Mintman]

Amazing work. This is my dream to be able to make one. Love the colors Any tips on where you bought your taps & dies? Where you bought the few parts you did use? Thanks

Rob,

I bought the taps and dies from Victor Machinery and used a El Grande nib from Berea. I also make my own sections and get Jowo nibs from Meistersinger nibs in the US and FPnibs in Spain. I think I bought the clip from exotic blanks.