Thuya Burl Kitless

[Danie Maartens]

Latest kitless rollerball. Thuya burl and semplicita acrylic, finished with BLO and sanded to 8 000 grit 3m polishing paper. Did not want to put a CA finish on this one.

I have also incorporated a crescent moon logo on the cap that I will use on all my kitless pens. Logo is made the same way knife makers make mosaic pins.

 

[Ironwood]

Neat design, I like it.

 

[mark james]

Beautiful work and I like the choice of finish for the beautiful burl. . Stay healthy

 

[Chief TomaToe]

Wow, absolutely beautiful. Those threads are absolutely PERFECT as well.

 

[Aces-High]

So cool.

 

[Dieseldoc]

Complete !!!!! beautiful pen.

 

[johncrane]

excellent job! luv the detail cap end, the burl is beautiful and well finished

 

[budnder]

I like it. Very nice section - so often I see kitless rollerball's where the section just looks fugly to me. This one is great. Did you make the metal nib? Stainless?

 

[Danie Maartens]

No, I do not make the nib only the section, the nib is a unit much like a fountain pen nib unit. It uses the same fountain pen ink as well and is made by Schmidt. they are available in black and chrome.

 

[magpens]

VERY, very beautiful pen !!!

Would you mind telling us what threads you used (looks like double start for cap to body) and also the body and cap diameters, please. . Thanks.

 

[Danie Maartens]

VERY, very beautiful pen !!!

Would you mind telling us what threads you used (looks like double start for cap to body) and also the body and cap diameters, please. . Thanks.

Thank you

Pen length capped 132mm
Pen length uncapped 123mm
Cap length 54 mm
Barrel diameter 12,9 mm tapering to 11,7mm (I taper +-1 degree on the lathe)
Cap diameter 15mm tapering to 13,8mm
Pen weight with full ink cartridge 14,5 grams

Cap to body thread M12 x 0,8mm triple start
Section to body thread M9 x 0,75mm
Nib housing thread M6,5 x 0,5mm

 

[Bryguy]

Gorgeous work!

 

[magpens]

@Danie Maartens

Thank you very much for the dimensions and thread details.

One more Q ... did you insert any tube, metal or plastic (other than the cap threaded insert), in the cap or barrel to strengthen the pen walls ?

 

[Danie Maartens]

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Thank you very much for the dimensions and thread details.

One more Q ... did you insert any tube, metal or plastic (other than the cap threaded insert), in the cap or barrel to strengthen the pen walls ?

No metal tubes, only threaded acrylic insert in cap and body. 20mm each.

 

[TonyL]

Awesome. I love the way the whole blank is used. I also like the natural finish. Did you thread your own inserts or find a source from them please?

 

[Danie Maartens]

Awesome. I love the way the whole blank is used. I also like the natural finish. Did you thread your own inserts or find a source from them please?

Tony, I thread them myself.

 

[TonyL]

Tony, I thread them myself.

Fantastic!. I would love to see a tutorial on that.

 

[hokie]

Tony, I thread them myself.

I'd love to know if you did any additional work to the threads... like how did you terminate the thread so perfectly. My threads off the die taper way more. Also, did you polish the threads or is the material just very well suited to be threaded? Acrylic I try to thread seems to have a rougher look in the grooves, even with lubricant. If you do polish, how do you go about it?

Thanks for sharing!

 

[Danie Maartens]

I'd love to know if you did any additional work to the threads... like how did you terminate the thread so perfectly. My threads off the die taper way more. Also, did you polish the threads or is the material just very well suited to be threaded? Acrylic I try to thread seems to have a rougher look in the grooves, even with lubricant. If you do polish, how do you go about it?

Thanks for sharing!

No additional work, I use mineral oil as lubricant. Definitely the material that makes a difference, this is Semplicita acrylic made in Italy. I buy from Beaufort Ink in the UK. Maybe there are resellers in the USA.

 

[hokie]

No additional work, I use mineral oil as lubricant. Definitely the material that makes a difference, this is Semplicita acrylic made in Italy. I buy from Beaufort Ink in the UK. Maybe there are resellers in the USA.

Ah yes... on the Beaufort Ink site, it even says, "Suitable for Threading"! Also seems to be exclusive to them. Darn.