Anyone gotten a Pilot G Tec refill to work in a rollerball kit?

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BHuij

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I've done some searching on this forum and Googling, but so far not finding much beyond totally custom builds.

I have a friend who really loves the G-Tec pens and asked me to make him a custom wooden body that could fit those refills. From looking at them, compared to a standard 888 style rollerball refill, they seem to have a bit more diameter around the bottom, and not as long of a thin section that would protrude past the section of a kit. Hopefully both solveable problems with some ingenuity.

Just figured I'd ask if someone has managed to modify either a rollerball pen kit or one of these G Tec refills to get them to play nicely together? If not, I'll take a crack at it and report back.
 
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Which refills exactly? The G-tec ones I'm talking about are pretty different from the popular G2, which is pretty easy to make work in most rollerballs.
 
I don't but wonder if it might not be something along the lines of the Pentel conversion. Either modifications to fit inside a 7 mm tube or special drill bits to achieve a fit. You might be onto something if you figure it out.

Forget it, I see it needs a cap. I guess you could modify one as bespoke makers do.
 
Dieseldoc said:
Should be easy. Just to mount the roller ball nib in collet chuck and drill out step to fit refill.
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That's about what I was picturing trying if I can't figure out how to modify the refill itself to fit an unmodified nib/section.

Never tried mounting a cone in a collet chuck. Is there some trick to it?
 
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