Ballpoint mechanism

[needastick]

Hello all,
as a nooby I'm gathering round me the various bits I think I need. I want to have a go at one or two click-action pens of my own, rather than as kits.
I don't seem to be able to buy the necessary spring and plunger mechanisms anywhere. Can anyone help me with this, or am I just not looking hard enough?

Cheers,Tony.

 

[Penpal]

Look around for spares from kits.

Peter.

 

[wm460]

Look out for give away pens some of them have quite good components in them.

 

[needastick]

Yea, Thanks both, I've tried again hunting through the net but so far with no success.I think you're right I'll have to strip them out of cheap pens. I haven't seen any on offer from the kit manufacturers, seems strange they must be buying theirs from somewhere. Perhaps it's an Alibaba minimum order 10000 purchase.

 

[Penpal]

I bought a fistful cheap as from flea bay, yielded great bits and pieces.I will search a pic of how I used one such or two with a huge cartridge.

Peter.

 

[Penpal]

A few pics using fountain pen bits in this case all of and a Kynock giant cartridge, lovely pen to use. I have severe doubts of clicks except those sold by very reputable dealers such as Beauforts clicks..

Peter.

 

[Pierre---]

Here is a place where you'll find more than what you're looking for I suppose: Mechanisms Archives - Richard L Greenwald LLC
And a paper on kitless click pen just in case: http://content.penturners.org/library/pens/kitlessclickpen.pdf

 

[Penpal]

Thanks Pierre.

Peter.

 

[needastick]

That's what I need, thanks again for your trouble guys. I'll see what progress I can make now.