Having made the parts for a roller ball click pen that seperated in the middle I decided to make a long click version. I made a silver adapter to match the chrome click mechanism, soldered a clip directly to the adapter and turned a new nib that is drilled and tapped to take the m8 x .75 threads as well as drilled for the refill and spring sizes. In the first picture you see the parts that make up the pen. The front brass adapter,front return spring, silver nose cone, refill, rear spring,the clip/bushing adapter. and the Schmidt click mechanism.
In my last thread on this concept Skip mentioned the rear spring as bieng there for cushion for personal writing styles. When I pulled a spring out as luck would have it it fits right up around the stem of the click mechanism and sholders on the clip on the stem.
The pen bieng assembled
pictures of the finished pen
The blank was left overs from my grandchildren's pen making and my wife has claimed it for work. There are a couple rough spots I need to work out for future production but it was a fun proiject and i started and finished it in one day. Thats pretty quick for most of my pens.
Questions, comments, all are welcome.
In my last thread on this concept Skip mentioned the rear spring as bieng there for cushion for personal writing styles. When I pulled a spring out as luck would have it it fits right up around the stem of the click mechanism and sholders on the clip on the stem.
The pen bieng assembled
pictures of the finished pen
The blank was left overs from my grandchildren's pen making and my wife has claimed it for work. There are a couple rough spots I need to work out for future production but it was a fun proiject and i started and finished it in one day. Thats pretty quick for most of my pens.
Questions, comments, all are welcome.
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