Zebra F301 Adaptation?

[mjrowe]

Hello!

I am wondering if anyone has found a kit, modified a kit, or otherwise been able to get a Zebra F301 refill into a wooden turned pen. I haven't been able to find anything I like as much as those F301 fine point blue pens but can't find a kit that takes them.

Thanks in advance for any tips or tricks!

Mike

 

[J_B]

Have you tried the Schmidt 9000 refills ? I love their fine point black ink I used to kit with my pen kits

 

[jttheclockman]

https://www.zoro.com/zebra-pen-zebra-refill-for-f-series-pen-black-ink-2-pack-85412/i/G102663131/?gclid=cfc083bf9b77190d76efe057d5253c0c&gclsrc=3p.ds&msclkid=cfc083bf9b77190d76efe057d5253c0c&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=ml_all_na_na_ssc_Bing TP Smart Shopping&utm_term=4586337880895706&utm_content=Bing PLA TP products non zombie

https://www.staples.com/Zebra-F-301...erm=4582146000667772&utm_content=All Products

 

[J_B]

Sorry...it is the Schmidt P900 I use with my kits

 

[mjrowe]

Sorry...it is the Schmidt P900 I use with my kits

Thanks, I'll give that a try! I write teeny tiny in my work notebooks so I need an extremely fine point. And has to be ballpoint, not liquid ink or it bleeds too much for the thin pages. I know I know, pretty particular.

 

[its_virgil]

Hello!

I am wondering if anyone has found a kit, modified a kit, or otherwise been able to get a Zebra F301 refill into a wooden turned pen. I haven't been able to find anything I like as much as those F301 fine point blue pens but can't find a kit that takes them.

Thanks in advance for any tips or tricks!

Mike

not the F301 but this may help you.

Do a good turn daily!
Don

 

[Cmiles1985]

I made an aluminum replacement of the plastic section that I then turned a sleeve for. I'll see if I can find a picture of it.

 

[Cmiles1985]

I cannot remember what the thread pitches were as I made this about five years ago.

 

[RunnerVince]

I had a post about this a while back.

Using a Cigar-style kit, you can simply insert a spacer to make up the difference in length between the normal ball-point refill and the F-301 refill. Though the refill for the Cigar kit looks like it should "engage" with a mechanism, in practice the transmission just contacts the top of the refill.

I also posted a description of my process for doing a slimline version. My original customer decided after I made the Cigar pen that he wanted to go back to a slimmer pen, so he ordered another pen. In short:

1. Drill out about 1/2" of the transmission
2. Install the transmission into the upper barrel instead of the lower barrel, and press until only about 1/2" shows.
3. Shorten the pen refill to get the exact protrusion you're looking for.

The full process is in the thread a linked to above.

 

[mjrowe]

Sorry...it is the Schmidt P900 I use with my kits

Hi J_B. Just received my P900 refills. That writes EXACTLY like I have been looking for! Thank you!!!!

Am I interpreting the internet correctly that these will fit any of the "parker style" kits?

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!