I've been wanting to try my hand at making kitless pens and/or making my own parts. I've been making a lot of cigar pens. I use kits right now, but I don't use anything but the nib, nib coupler, a trim ring and the threaded barrel insert for the upper barrel.
Are those parts that I could make? If so I guess I would need a metal lathe (which i've been thinking about getting anyway) or can you make a pen without any of those parts.
If I tried to make them all out of wood I would have to thread the wood. I have a tap and die set, but other than tapping threads in bottle stopper blanks, I've never done it before. Can you do it with wood? How do you know which size die goes with which size tap? Also, how do you know what size drill bit to use with each tap and how do you know what diameter to use with each die?
I know that is a lot of questions, but if anyone knows of a web site or something that would explain all of that, or some kinda of reference chart, it sure would be helpful
Thanks.
Are those parts that I could make? If so I guess I would need a metal lathe (which i've been thinking about getting anyway) or can you make a pen without any of those parts.
If I tried to make them all out of wood I would have to thread the wood. I have a tap and die set, but other than tapping threads in bottle stopper blanks, I've never done it before. Can you do it with wood? How do you know which size die goes with which size tap? Also, how do you know what size drill bit to use with each tap and how do you know what diameter to use with each die?
I know that is a lot of questions, but if anyone knows of a web site or something that would explain all of that, or some kinda of reference chart, it sure would be helpful
Thanks.