I am looking for a religious or sriritually themed pen kit. I have looked at the faith, love, hope kit but the reviews aren't very good. There are apparently problems with the fit. Does anyone know of any good kits in a spiritual/religious theme?
Interesting, as I have turned a half dozen faith, love, hope kits and not noticed any unique issues.
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I have done one F,H,L pen and did not have any problems with fit. I did it in Bethlehem Olive Wood and it looks great. I got the three pack and will definitely be making more, as I suspect they will be popular. I like the looks of the one from Signature, too. Sort of a Pastor's Pen feel to it.
I got the starter three pack from PSI. Good deal with the bushings and didn't happen to have the drill bits, either.
Thanks for the help guys. I just ordered the starter kit from PSI which includes bushings and drill bit.
Just did a FHL pen and I did have problems. I disassembled the pen and chucked the center in the lathe and trued up the edge of the casting with a file. Went back together without a hitch.
I believe this is one of the kits that the threaded portion of the center adapter is pretty thin (not uncommon) and you want to make sure you do not press it in directly on the threads but by placing a strip of solid wood or plastic with a hole in it over the threads and pressing on the shoulders. You bend or break the threaded stub sticking up.
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I have had problems with the center band of the FHL ballpoint pen - the casting was not uniform (on each of 3 different finishes) so it did not match up well with squared pen tube. But that was about a year ago, and from what I recall they (PSI) said they had a known supplier issue on that and were working to resolve.
I've also made several FHL rollerball pens, and those have turned out great. One thing I will say on that kit though is to make sure to measure your components with a pair of calipers and turn to the measured diameter; the bushings weren't quite the same size as the cap required, but it was an easy fix and the end result was quite nice.
I have had problems with the center band of the FHL ballpoint pen - the casting was not uniform (on each of 3 different finishes) so it did not match up well with squared pen tube. But that was about a year ago, and from what I recall they (PSI) said they had a known supplier issue on that and were working to resolve.
I've also made several FHL rollerball pens, and those have turned out great. One thing I will say on that kit though is to make sure to measure your components with a pair of calipers and turn to the measured diameter; the bushings weren't quite the same size as the cap required, but it was an easy fix and the end result was quite nice.
Tim, as mentioned previously I have noticed with some of the shapes I use for my pen bodies, the FHL ballpoint can quickly seem top heavy in the hand. I have been wondering if this would be less of an issue on the Rollerball version since we will have the extra metal on the bottom and the weight shifting down some. Any insight?
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