I was just thinking about figuring out some way to attach it to the click mechanism.
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PRECISELY what should have been done from the beginning when PSI introduced this first pen kit which uses the SKM-88 click mechanism. . This is the pen kit we are talking about, the DuraClick EDC. . Adding an extension to the click mechanism plunger is possible and could be done even now although it's best done when the click mechanism is being manufactured.
That is what Berea did when they brought out the "Blade" pen kit, and more recently the "Sierra Super Button Click" kit.
They lengthened the plunger part of the click mechanism ... the part which "reaches down" and contacts the refill.
There are no "refill extenders" in either of these Berea pen kits. . I am thinking that Berea actually ordered the SKM-88 mechanisms from Schmidt with the plunger already lengthened because there is no visible add-on to the plunger in either Berea kit.
To their credit, PSI does not require a refill extender in their other pen kits (all introduced within the last year) which utilize the Schmidt click mechanisms. . There are three such pen kits, namely the "Everyday Classic", the "Anvil", and the newest, the "Groove". . It is worth noting that all three of these use the Schmidt SKM-192 click mechanism, whereas the subject of this thread, the DuraClick EDC, uses the Schmidt SKM-88 mechanism. . Both the SKM-88 and the SKM-192 are based on the same principle and work the same way. . The SKM-192 differs from the SKM-88 mainly in the fact that it is smaller in size and also in the fact that it does not have a nicely integrated "button" that your finger contacts. . The button is provided by the pen kit manufacturer, not by Schmidt who is merely the mechanism supplier.
EDIT: An INTERESTING EXPERIMENT which I just did. . Remove the click mechanism and the refill extender from the PSI DuraClick.
Replace both parts with the already lengthened click mechanism from the Berea "Blade".
You now have what we want. . But ... the lengthened click mechanism is just a little too long ... by about 1 mm.
So ... All you have to do now, is grind about 1 mm off the longer mechanism from the Berea "Blade" and use it in the PSI DuraClick ...
..... no refill extender needed now !! . I guess this proves the point both effectively and conclusively !!
So .... buy two pen kits, and make one pen !!! . And
then you can extend the PSI extender, put it in the Berea "Blade" and .......
Voila ! .... you are almost back to where you started ! . ( ... with a little role reversal which will not please everybody !!! )
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