Please help--Euro FP

[dw]

I just turned a Berea TG Euro fountain pen for my wife. The barrels are beautiful, with the best CA finish I have done to date. I assembled the pen partway and got hung up. Tried to call Berea but no answer...maybe after hours for them.

Here's my question...and I'm hoping someone else has done this pen and
can help me. The lower barrel has two "reducers"--that's what they
call the one nearest the centerband but the one closest to the nib is
called...I don't know, the "nib reciever" or some such. The
instructions specifically say that they are "identical."

In any case, both are threaded internally. This works fine for the
nib, it screws in. But the "post" is supposed to be *pressed* into the
"reducer" on the other end. Trouble is, there's threads in there and
the post doesn't want to go in. I tried and backed off for fear of
breaking something. The post won't start straight (because of the
threads) and even if you persist, it just won't go with normal pen
press pressure.

Help!! What am I doing wrong? Is there a solution?
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Thanks

 

[melchioe]

If that is the same kit they sell at Rockler (and from the pics I think it is), I share your pain. I decided to press the threaded end in anyway, and it did not crack anything - I too had to apply more than normal pressure.

I made two pens from this kit, and the first one didn't get pressed in straight, and is just a slight tad crooked (my wife likes it tho, it's spalted maple and she thinks it's great). On the second one, I was more careful and went a lot slower, and was able to make it perfectly straight.

I've not used that kit again because of the uncertainty.

-e-

 

[dw]

Thanks for your response. I bit the bullet and pressed the receiver intot he reducer this morning...*after* calling Berea for tech support. It was hard but it worked out fine

Thanks for the reassurance. I'm glad I got through that! you can see the finished pen in my photo album.

thanks again!

 

[melchioe]

Nice pen - love the grain and finish!
Yeah, it's nervewracking getting that one together...
-e-