duncsuss
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I'm making great strides (if "strides" is defined as "boo-boos"). I didn't get the drill bit stuck in the blank this time -- it had gone in a little deeper than my first depth-gauge told me, so when I parted the barrel off I got a little "pressure relief hole" :redface:
And at the other end of the barrel, when I screwed in the section ("borrowed" from a kit fountain pen), I split the material -- hadn't relieved enough of the internal threads to make space for the "step" at the end of the section threads :redface::redface:
The cap worked out pretty well, though -- so I now have a functional pen!
Next steps: I have some ebonite on order, when it arrives I'll make a screw-in finial for the barrel (destroying the evidence of the drill-through). Then I'll try making a finial and clip for the cap.
I'm still having fun, which is what really matters to me
And at the other end of the barrel, when I screwed in the section ("borrowed" from a kit fountain pen), I split the material -- hadn't relieved enough of the internal threads to make space for the "step" at the end of the section threads :redface::redface:
The cap worked out pretty well, though -- so I now have a functional pen!
Next steps: I have some ebonite on order, when it arrives I'll make a screw-in finial for the barrel (destroying the evidence of the drill-through). Then I'll try making a finial and clip for the cap.
I'm still having fun, which is what really matters to me