wooden kitless pen advice please

[MedWoodWorx]

Hello everybody, i plan to make my first truly kitless pens; it is going to be a collaboartion with an instagram friend who will make the section,cap, threading etc.on an ebonite blank and i will do the wooden part. My question is first of all how big should the outside diameter of the ebonite sleeve should be? the fountain pen will have a filler thingy but i suppose that internal dimensions are pretty much standard (?). How big (lenghtwise) should i make the finished pen? i suppose the wood will add a centimeter at the cap and another one at the main body.
Any advice is more than welcome, thanks a lot!!

 

[wimkluck]

What is the size of the tap and die?

 

[Hippie3180]

I think you mean a converter.

This might get you started, also there are several You Tubes on the subject.

Making Apollos are a good way to figure out the drilling/closed end situation as well. No threads but the rest is the same.

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[MedWoodWorx]

What is the size of the tap and die?

I dont know, i suppose i could choose between sizes. Which size would be preferable in your opinion?

 

[MedWoodWorx]

I think you mean a converter.

This might get you started, also there are several You Tubes on the subject.

Making Apollos are a good way to figure out the drilling/closed end situation as well. No threads but the rest is the same.

How to make a kitless pen

The aim of this page is to help aspiring pen makers in their own journey to making pens. Why am I doing this? Why am I inviting competition into an industry which I am just breaking into? The answe…

denspens.shop

Yes converter exactly, well making an apollo is in my list but not yet. I have made closed end pens before and i have all the gear needed besides taps and dies (which are the most expensive parts). But still apollos are semi kitless not proper bespoke pens. Cheers

 

[hokie]

Hello everybody, i plan to make my first truly kitless pens; it is going to be a collaboartion with an instagram friend who will make the section,cap, threading etc.on an ebonite blank and i will do the wooden part. My question is first of all how big should the outside diameter of the ebonite sleeve should be? the fountain pen will have a filler thingy but i suppose that internal dimensions are pretty much standard (?). How big (lenghtwise) should i make the finished pen? i suppose the wood will add a centimeter at the cap and another one at the main body.
Any advice is more than welcome, thanks a lot!!

The safest bet is to follow the dimensions of an existing assembled kit pen while accounting for thicker walls of ebonite assuming you're not using any brass tubes.

 

[Displaced Canadian]

I usually find the cap is just over 50 mm. long. The body of the pen around 80 mm. How much distance you need inside the cap from the threads to the end of the nib does determine cap length. I like the section to pen threads to be 9x1 or 10x1 mm. Cap to pen body threads I would say smallest size would be 12x1 mm. With fountain pens the length of the body isn't as critical as on rollerball pens. I personally like my pens on the thinner side. A lot of pen design decisions come down to preference.