driften
Member
I was just thinking again (maybe you noticed the burning smell []) and was wondering if we needed to use a brass tube on some pens. If we are turning Acrylic or Celluoid as the body and the pen does not need the cap to provide friction (like a slimline) to work the transmission do we need tubes in them? Why not just drill the hole to the size of the id of the tube. I would think after turning you would expand the holes slightly and then glue in the fittings. I would think this would work on all the fountain pens and roller ball pens and some twist pens. The center band would have to be changed out on the double twist pens but I would think it would otherwise work out there. I would think it would work on Atlas or Cigar pens. Baron's/Gents should work.
Has anybody tried it? I know Fangar and maybe others have made an aluminum cigar with no tubes.
Has anybody tried it? I know Fangar and maybe others have made an aluminum cigar with no tubes.