bmachin
Member
Hi All,
I'm making a kitless fountain pen for a friend from stabilized cherry burl.
My original plan was to make a liner for the cap from ebonite or alumilite to protect against the inevitable leakage from the nib that will find its way through the probably inevitable voids in the burl. In the meantime, I was planning to leave the interior of the barrel unprotected.
The, dangerously, I had a thought. "Is burl generally strong enough for a 14mm diameter tube with a 2.5mm wall thickness?" I think that I could easily do it with straight grain, but have no feel at all for the stabilized burl.
Any thoughts or educated guesses?
Thanks.
Bill
I'm making a kitless fountain pen for a friend from stabilized cherry burl.
My original plan was to make a liner for the cap from ebonite or alumilite to protect against the inevitable leakage from the nib that will find its way through the probably inevitable voids in the burl. In the meantime, I was planning to leave the interior of the barrel unprotected.
The, dangerously, I had a thought. "Is burl generally strong enough for a 14mm diameter tube with a 2.5mm wall thickness?" I think that I could easily do it with straight grain, but have no feel at all for the stabilized burl.
Any thoughts or educated guesses?
Thanks.
Bill