Joey-Nieves
Member
I've been using a technique that I came up with(at least I think I did), to make pens with segmented wood or to make 10mm pens.
My best sellers are 10mm fountain kit pens, as most of you know, Fountain pens require a 5/16" ID in order for the converter to fit, Sections are 8.5mm allowing only 1.5 mm for the threads. This is not enough material for Acrylic, plastic or wood, specially if you take in account almost 1mm of the thread depth. My solution was an aluminum or brass tube.
The pen body is a Guayacan- lignum-vitae. I cast with regular PR resin, (I found a almost clear resin for $25 a gallon) the threads are 12mm triple start.
The section is made of aluminum and polished to 12000 grit and then some metal polish.
My best sellers are 10mm fountain kit pens, as most of you know, Fountain pens require a 5/16" ID in order for the converter to fit, Sections are 8.5mm allowing only 1.5 mm for the threads. This is not enough material for Acrylic, plastic or wood, specially if you take in account almost 1mm of the thread depth. My solution was an aluminum or brass tube.
The pen body is a Guayacan- lignum-vitae. I cast with regular PR resin, (I found a almost clear resin for $25 a gallon) the threads are 12mm triple start.
The section is made of aluminum and polished to 12000 grit and then some metal polish.
