Save on 2nd kitless pen

[propencity]

Ended up stripping the cap's inner threads for the finial. So to save the cap, I turned a delrin rod to fit inside the cap, glued it inside the cap, wait to dry, and redrill/retap to save the cap (shown on last pic). I also have to find a way to shorten the cap and still have the nib fit; clip looks short relative to the cap length. Just of few things to improve on, but overall I think I'm steadlily improving on these kitless pens. Used M12 and M9 size tap/die sets. Polished #5 Bock. Thanks for looking.

 

[GrantH]

Nice looking pen, and good save!

 

[Sylvanite]

What glue did you find that will stick to delrin?

 

[boxerman]

Very nice looking pen.

 

[Twissy]

Nice pen and a good save. Like the blank too.

 

[johncrane]

Great save i am also curious with the glue used, too reduce cap size you could reduce grip size

 

[propencity]

I know this sounds crazy, but all I had at the time was some medium CA. That's all I put for adhesive; although I did round the delrin just small enough to have a tight fit inside the cap. Didn't need much to drill the hole for the cap tenon and it held and was able to also hand turn the tap to thread inside.

 

[Stevej72]

Great looking pen and nice save!

 

[Dalecamino]

Nice work on recovery. The pen is nice. Looks like one of those blanks that needed dark paint inside the cap, where the material is thin. Good work on second pen.

 

[SDB777]

Interesting blank, and great save!




Scott