Alumilite Custom Fountain Pen

[sfurini]

Hi all
My first pen posted here...and my first completed kitless. About 4 days, on and off, and a few learning opportunities (not mistakes!) on the way...
Hope to make some more kitless pens soon!





I'm pleased with it but know it has faults - hopefully the next one will be an improvement on this.

Cheers

Stewart

 

[Dalboy]

It's all a learning curve but it looks good from here

 

[Penpal]

Like your threading shaping and pen.

Peter.

 

[Doug]

That's an excellent first kitless Stewart

 

[billyb_imp]

Nice shape to the pen Stewart & good contrast is colours

 

[Treeesa]

Good to see variations Stewart. We've someone on here that loves plastics, he'll be along soon :

 

[chas_41_uk]

Looks good from here Stewart

 

[paulm]

Very nicely done Stewart. An excellent first, bring on the 2nd...3rd...

 

[Vic Perrin]

A great first kitless in my mind

 

[Terry]

Excellent effort Stewart !!

 

[AllenN]

Very nice Stewart. Looks good to me.

 

[ni9eofse7en]

Nice one, just one constructive bit of feedback. A pink pen against a red background loses picture definition. I have had similar feedback myself with pictures and I can see why. Grumps will love this pen, when he gets here.

 

[wm460]

Great looking pen Stewart.

 

[Bill Mooney]

You've certainly lifted the bar high for your first kitless. Well done Stewart.

 

[TaylorsMirfield.co.uk]

Lovely looking pen but can't say I am a fan of kitless [emoji6]

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[rayf6604]

Nice first attempt. Would you mind sharing the sizes of all the taps and dies you used and the respective drill sizes

 

[Grump]

A gallant effort for your first kitless and extremely well carried out.
Poor choice of colour and material but that's only my opinion.
Keep em coming init?

 

[Les ELm]

Looks well done from here.

Les

 

[sfurini]

Thanks all
Grumps - I had intended it to be red but clearly didn't add enough colouring. I'm a teacher and a red pen appealed to me to make marking more enjoyable...

The taps were 12 x .8mm triple thread for the cap to body and 9 x .75 for the section to the body. I used an 11.4mm drill for the cap as I happened to have one but it is a little loose. For the section to body I used an 8.2mm drill.

The nib holder was from Beaufort Inks and I got a tap from them as well. It recommended a 5.8mm drill bit and I had a very cheap 6mm drill bit that was conveniently just about 5.8mm..

I'll consider my background colour more carefully next time!

The nice thing about kitless is I didn't have to worry about my barrels being a perfect match for the diameters of the hardware. I feel a hook sinking a bit deeper into me...

Cheers

Stewart

 

[Phil Dart]

Lovely looking pen but can't say I am a fan of kitless

Get over yourself. Kitless is the future Dan. How much did you say you'd invested in Alpha's?

Nice work Stewart. You didn't waste any time. You must have only received my package on Saturday.