Dominic Greco
Member
Last night I just drilled my first set of Jr Gentleman's Rollerball and Fountain Pen blanks. Using a 1/2" diameter drill bit on an approx. 3/4" blank is a bit scary. But I just took my time and used some new sharp drill bits and managed NOT to blow through the sides of any of the blanks. I'm so used to drilling a 7mm or 10mm hole that these looked huge to me.
If could bother you, I have some questions.
1.) I was planning on using Gorilla Glue (Elmer's version of it actually. Could you believe it was half the price of the name brand "Gorilla Glue"?) to install the brass tubes into the blank. Do you think that's a good way to go?
2.) What kind of barrel trimmer do you use for these gigantic brass barrels in the blanks? I have the one that PSI sells. And I'm damn sure it doesn't have a 1/2" or 27/64" insert! So either I come up with a shop built solution, or need to buy something else.
3.) Any tips for turning the barrels (other than "carefully") so that I don't ruin a $16 pen kit?
If you can think of anything else I might need to know, I'd appreciate the heads up.
If could bother you, I have some questions.
1.) I was planning on using Gorilla Glue (Elmer's version of it actually. Could you believe it was half the price of the name brand "Gorilla Glue"?) to install the brass tubes into the blank. Do you think that's a good way to go?
2.) What kind of barrel trimmer do you use for these gigantic brass barrels in the blanks? I have the one that PSI sells. And I'm damn sure it doesn't have a 1/2" or 27/64" insert! So either I come up with a shop built solution, or need to buy something else.
3.) Any tips for turning the barrels (other than "carefully") so that I don't ruin a $16 pen kit?
If you can think of anything else I might need to know, I'd appreciate the heads up.