Steve,
I use the harbor freight pressure pot. I did a few with out it and had success. I then had a failure with bubbles in the casting so I just went to the pressure pot method to reduce that chance. As for the resin it’s from Mr Fiberglass.com the crystal clear. The colors for the castings are from artstuff.com I called them and they allowed me to select a bunch of small sample jars of different colors to try for a few bucks each.
jkirkb94,
I found the idea in the library I don’t remember who. They made a pen display board for photography and used a small wire drilled into the board. Just remove the refill and the wire goes right up the nib. The wood is just something that sheared off next to my wood splitter.