pmpartain
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I hope this is something new anyway. I am making my first closed end pen this week. I finished the nib end with the Arizona Silhouette expansion mandrel. I wanted to have a closed end with the clip for the cap. Looking at the finial for the El Grande it appeared that there was just a brass fitting encased in plastic. So I took a small pull saw and cut nearly to the brass. Took a small screwdriver and put it in the saw kerf. With a little twist, the plastic outer broke right off. I had cut the blank for the cap way too long. I cut the blank at just a shade longer than the cap tube. Drilled me a hole and glued in the brass fitting. Voila! I got a square finial. I plan to press the coupling in to the top tube and screw the square onto the top tube and put the bare top tube into a drill chuck. I can now turn a wooden finial for the cap and screw it on just like it would normally go on.
Has anyone tried this method yet? Does what I typed make sense?
Has anyone tried this method yet? Does what I typed make sense?