watch_art
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I made a short video for fitting a clip too, but I still have to upload that.
Okay - so this is the cap in a collet. The end of the cap that's thicker is all going to be removed.
The other end of the cap is where the pen goes.
With this tool....
Turn baby turn! Disco inferno!
Drill with a K and tap with 5/16/20 or 28... something like that.
Actually - I'm going to replace this with a finer M8x.75 tap and die combo... the 5/16 is too coarse.
Ooh pretty. Nice and flat. Ready for the finial?
No. THe threaded part doesn't go all the way in - so I need to cut away from the hole a bit...
See?
Yay! Now to turn the finial to fit the cap. This is the easiest way I've found to do this. For me. I only work from the top and cut down into the cap. I don't push away from the collet ever - I broke one cap like that and won't do it again.
Turned down and ready for sanding...
A bit of polish for a shine...
And I cut down a bit using the bottom corner of my pen pro tool (love that thing!) creating a recess for the clip ring to fit into. Then I take it all off the lathe...
And this is where the video will fill in. Basically you just file a tiny gap in the little wall there so the clip can fit into it.
Hope this helps somebody.
Okay - so this is the cap in a collet. The end of the cap that's thicker is all going to be removed.
The other end of the cap is where the pen goes.
With this tool....
Turn baby turn! Disco inferno!
Drill with a K and tap with 5/16/20 or 28... something like that.
Actually - I'm going to replace this with a finer M8x.75 tap and die combo... the 5/16 is too coarse.
Ooh pretty. Nice and flat. Ready for the finial?
No. THe threaded part doesn't go all the way in - so I need to cut away from the hole a bit...
See?
Yay! Now to turn the finial to fit the cap. This is the easiest way I've found to do this. For me. I only work from the top and cut down into the cap. I don't push away from the collet ever - I broke one cap like that and won't do it again.
Turned down and ready for sanding...
A bit of polish for a shine...
And I cut down a bit using the bottom corner of my pen pro tool (love that thing!) creating a recess for the clip ring to fit into. Then I take it all off the lathe...
And this is where the video will fill in. Basically you just file a tiny gap in the little wall there so the clip can fit into it.
Hope this helps somebody.
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