Bryguy
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Pluggin away! Triple start cap thread.
I cut grooves in the cap to diminish the boring effect of that long stretch of resin. I use resin in all the parts that have to be threaded, the cap and body ends, the nib and the finial.Very nice .... I like the styling and the colors !!
I can't quite make out which parts are resin ... is it the nib and threaded parts ?
Also wondering about what appear to be "scores" directly beneath the clip end ... maybe that's an engraving ?
John, THanks for the compliments on the wood bits. I do consider the final result of the turning on the segmented piece when gluing up my blanks.This has some unique features some I like and some not so much. Do not like the shape of the nib end. Do like the optical illusion you get and maybe just the photo of what is cut and what is not as far as wood sizes within the blank. Now I know as you turn down segments like this they take on a different look due to the diameter of the section and this points that out to a good look. Thanks for showing.
. . . I'm not happy with the nib end either. I have been trying to come up with a standard design. The problem I have is that the pieces have such a small diameter and they need to be threaded to join them to the pen body. This is something I am still working on . . . . This is very much a work in progress and I'd like to know how others approach it. I know I've thrown away a lot of resin getting to where I am!
Look at Pelikan's line of rollerballs. They do the grip very well in my opinion.John, THanks for the compliments on the wood bits. I do consider the final result of the turning on the segmented piece when gluing up my blanks.
I'm not happy with the nib end either. I have been trying to come up with a standard design. The problem I have is that the pieces have such a small diameter and they need to be threaded to join them to the pen body. This is something I am still working on. I have two versions of this nib. One is just threaded on the end with a 10 x 1 thread and then I thread the body for the cap, but this means the threaded area has a very thin wall. The other version has the 10 x 1 thread on the end, just below that I thread it with the 12 x .8 mm triple start. This is very much a work in progress and I'd like to know how others approach it. I know I've thrown away a lot of resin getting to where I am!