Extended Tycoon/Navigator ?

[gatornut]

Hi All,

I made my brother a Navigator and he wants me to try and make one with a longer barrel on the nib section. He has a bunch of ink cartridges from an old fountain pen that are a little to long to use on the Navigator. He says 1/4 inch longer would be plenty. I have found longer lengths for 7mm, 8mm, 3/8 and 10mm tubing. Has anyone tried using the 10mm as a replacement for the Nav. tube? Or do you know where I can get the right size tubing?

Thanks, Dan

 

[marcruby]

I'd just use two kit tubes to make up the length. You should be able to get spares from Woodcraft, Arizona Sil...., etc.

 

[Russianwolf]

What Marc said.

I had a tube slide part way out while the glue hardened. I cut off the part that was sticking out, and glued it in the other end.

Truth be told, you only need one tube. cut it in half and glue it in the two ends of the blank. The unsupported middle will be a little week, but shouldn't be too much of a problem.

 

[wdcav1952]

What Marc said.

I had a tube slide part way out while the glue hardened. I cut off the part that was sticking out, and glued it in the other end.

Truth be told, you only need one tube. cut it in half and glue it in the two ends of the blank. The unsupported middle will be a little week, but shouldn't be too much of a problem.

Mike, I don't think he meant to make it that long!! :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

 

[gatornut]

I had thought about using two pieces of tubing, one inserted from each end but wasn't sure it would be strong enough. Also wasn't sure if they would line up perfectly when milling the ends square. I will give it a try as I allready have some spare tubes. Might make the cap a little longer too.

Thanks for the suggestions, Dan

 

[RussFairfield]

Make it a closed end pen and you can make it as long as you want and not have to worry about the tubing length.

 

[its_virgil]

And I've written a couple of articles for More Woodturning on making closed end pens that you can find here: http://www.RedRiverPens.com/articles
Do a good turn daily!
Don

Make it a closed end pen and you can make it as long as you want and not have to worry about the tubing length.