FGarbrecht
Member
Just a little rant about the lack of technical specs on most suppliers websites for pen parts. I'm trying to branch out into kitless and fully custom building, and part of the fun and challenge is to design around the parts that are generally commercially obtained, like nibs and feed assemblies. When suppliers don't specify technical data (like basic dimensions, threading specs, etc), it gets pretty hard to know what to buy. Even basic info like 'this is a Bock (Jowo, Heritance, etc) spec feed assembly' is often lacking, but at least that basic information would be enough to know what tooling is necessary to complete the build.
Maybe I'm just not looking hard enough, but the frustrations are daunting. Also, I realize that a phone call or email to the supplier would probably resolve these questions, but c'mon, if you are supplying parts for custom building then it seems reasonable (to me at least) to provide the basic minimal specs someone would need to make informed buying decisions. I suppose someday I'll have taps and dies and drill bits in every possible combination, but until then I'd rather buy my parts to fit the basic tooling I have, rather than the converse.
Maybe I'm just not looking hard enough, but the frustrations are daunting. Also, I realize that a phone call or email to the supplier would probably resolve these questions, but c'mon, if you are supplying parts for custom building then it seems reasonable (to me at least) to provide the basic minimal specs someone would need to make informed buying decisions. I suppose someday I'll have taps and dies and drill bits in every possible combination, but until then I'd rather buy my parts to fit the basic tooling I have, rather than the converse.