Gepzo
Member
Hi! I just joined after finding this site off FPN.
I'm a chemical engineer by day, working in a chemical plant, I live and work near Houston, Texas. I've got a wonderful wife and two young children (ages 2 and 8 months as of this post) who occupy most of my time away from work, but I do find a few hours a week to spend in the shop.
I started using fountain pens a few years ago, after many years off, and became interested in making my own. I've made about 7 or 8 pens from kits, and am just now starting to make closed-end parts. One of my goals is to make frankenpens from decent-performing-but-inexpensive pens, like the Pilot Petit and Platinum Preppy. That, and upgrade some mechanical pencils with nicer bodies. Eventually, I want to be able to make an entire pen except for the nib (and maybe the feed) from ebonite and/or clear acrylic/lucite/plexiglass, as I've seen others do. Nothing like setting the bar high!
My current lathe is an old Ingersoll from the 60's, older than I am, but it seems to be doing pretty good.
My other interests are computers, martial arts, and I dabble with making music with an electric guitar. Not directly related to what's going on here, but it may explain why I like excessively gadget-laden, shockingly colored pens with fine Japanese nibs.
- George
I'm a chemical engineer by day, working in a chemical plant, I live and work near Houston, Texas. I've got a wonderful wife and two young children (ages 2 and 8 months as of this post) who occupy most of my time away from work, but I do find a few hours a week to spend in the shop.
I started using fountain pens a few years ago, after many years off, and became interested in making my own. I've made about 7 or 8 pens from kits, and am just now starting to make closed-end parts. One of my goals is to make frankenpens from decent-performing-but-inexpensive pens, like the Pilot Petit and Platinum Preppy. That, and upgrade some mechanical pencils with nicer bodies. Eventually, I want to be able to make an entire pen except for the nib (and maybe the feed) from ebonite and/or clear acrylic/lucite/plexiglass, as I've seen others do. Nothing like setting the bar high!
My current lathe is an old Ingersoll from the 60's, older than I am, but it seems to be doing pretty good.
My other interests are computers, martial arts, and I dabble with making music with an electric guitar. Not directly related to what's going on here, but it may explain why I like excessively gadget-laden, shockingly colored pens with fine Japanese nibs.
- George