Jamesbeat
Member
Hi guys,
I'm new here, but I have been collecting vintage fountain pens for many years.
I always dreamed of making my own, but never had the equipment.
I make prop replicas, and the time came to buy a metal lathe. I have a HF 7x12 coming on Wednesday
It occurred to me that I could also use this lathe to make fountain pens.
I'm not interested in kits, only kitless, so that I can make pens like the vintage models that I love.
I have a fair bit of machining and pen repair experience, and I feel that I can follow the superb tutorials on this site, but there is one construction detail that has me stumped.
What is the purpose of the nib/feed holder that goes into the section?
Or to phrase it another way, why isn't the nib/feed inserted directly into the section?
It's been a while since I last removed a nib and feed from a section, and I have only really worked on older pens, but if I recall correctly, the sections of all the pens I have disassembled have just had a simple round hole into which the nib and feed were inserted.
Is it perhaps something to do with the cartridge/converter configuration (of which I have zero experience disassembly-wise)?
It seems like making a section that will accept one of these threaded inserts would be much more complicated and expensive (because of the unusual tap) than making one with a simple hole.
I know there must be a good reason for this component, otherwise pen builders wouldn't go to the trouble of including it.
What am I missing?
I'm new here, but I have been collecting vintage fountain pens for many years.
I always dreamed of making my own, but never had the equipment.
I make prop replicas, and the time came to buy a metal lathe. I have a HF 7x12 coming on Wednesday
It occurred to me that I could also use this lathe to make fountain pens.
I'm not interested in kits, only kitless, so that I can make pens like the vintage models that I love.
I have a fair bit of machining and pen repair experience, and I feel that I can follow the superb tutorials on this site, but there is one construction detail that has me stumped.
What is the purpose of the nib/feed holder that goes into the section?
Or to phrase it another way, why isn't the nib/feed inserted directly into the section?
It's been a while since I last removed a nib and feed from a section, and I have only really worked on older pens, but if I recall correctly, the sections of all the pens I have disassembled have just had a simple round hole into which the nib and feed were inserted.
Is it perhaps something to do with the cartridge/converter configuration (of which I have zero experience disassembly-wise)?
It seems like making a section that will accept one of these threaded inserts would be much more complicated and expensive (because of the unusual tap) than making one with a simple hole.
I know there must be a good reason for this component, otherwise pen builders wouldn't go to the trouble of including it.
What am I missing?
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