milling jr gent 2?

[underdog]

I recently got an order for a Jr Gentleman II fountain pen, so I ordered the hardware, the bushings and the drill bits...

When I got to the milling part, I realized I couldn't mill it with the standard mill...

What do you guys do to get the ends squared up? Should I make a couple of sleeves for both sizes of tube?

 

[wolftat]

You can either make a set of sleeves which is very easy to do or you can buy them from someone like JohnnyCNC or others that make them.

 

[chriselle]

Turn a couple 7mm tubed blanks down to the ID of the tubes. Only takes a few minutes. I leave a bit of a shoulder on one end.

 

[jjjaworski]

I've been using some UHMW plastic rod I have to make them as I need them. They hold up better than wood sleeves.

 

[lorbay]

I recently got an order for a Jr Gentleman II fountain pen, so I ordered the hardware, the bushings and the drill bits...

When I got to the milling part, I realized I couldn't mill it with the standard mill...

What do you guys do to get the ends squared up? Should I make a couple of sleeves for both sizes of tube?

I use these from CSUSA.
Barrel Trimmer Adapter Blank - Woodturners Catalog - Woodworking tools and supplies specializing in woodturning.

Lin.

 

[Linarestribe]

I use the HF punches and a sanding disc on the lathe most of the time. I've also made sleeves out of corian but sanding is a little more gentle on some blanks.

 

[jcm71]

The Majestic Jr. pen sleeves work with the Jr. Gent II. See if you can get a starter kit from PSI.

 

[cwolfs69]

i use the new style barrel trimmers found at woodcraft. there is an mandrel for each pen size that we make. you just put it on the cutter and go. it will also take out any excecc glue, epoxy etc in the barrel since it has a cutting point. i now have aboun 10 different sizes. no more adapters.

 

[Phillyjer]

Bench sander

 

[underdog]

Thank you all for your help. I did have to turn some sleeves to mill the ends. Since I'm such a scavenger... I had some delrin locator pins laying around from where our KOMO CNC router chewed them up. The new sleeves worked well...
Since then I ordered a Whiteside milling set and a mandrel saver... We'll see if that improves my fit and finish.

This kit turned out fairly well, even though I couldn't get the bushings and bodies to turn concentrically, and put way too much glue finish on. (about .015-.020" thick!) What I finally did was return one at a time instead of both at the same time. I turned them undersize and then added finish until they were just a tad bigger than the bushings, then sanded them level, and used that EEE creme to polish them off. I don't think it leaves as good a polish as the micromesh, but it certainly doesn't take as long...

I'll try to post pix later on today...

 

[underdog]

Well here are the results.

Sorry the pix are so dark. I took them under the office florescent lights, and then corrected with Irfanview.

 

[el_d]

Nice work there Jim.

I like it.