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Here is a pic of atrio of front nib/grip sections I've turned up on my metal lathe. These are from the Tutorial I'm writing up on the subject. These are all turned in 6082 aluminium and then mirror polished at 1000rpm on the lathe with rag wheels and polish sticks;
full story and how to soon when I've finished the subject pens to put them in context.They are all set up for cross style mechanisms

If anyone is thinking of getting into "kitless pens" I do advice trying something like this first. It is alot cheaper and tooling requirements are not great.......... my triple start thread tap and dies cost well over £180.00 in all.

[QUOTE="trapper, post: 4233, member: 64"] Here is a pic of atrio of front nib/grip sections I've turned up on my metal lathe. These are from the Tutorial I'm writing up on the subject. These are all turned in 6082 aluminium and then mirror polished at 1000rpm on the lathe with rag wheels and polish sticks; full story and how to soon when I've finished the subject pens to put them in context.They are all set up for cross style mechanisms If anyone is thinking of getting into "kitless pens" I do advice trying something like this first. It is alot cheaper and tooling requirements are not great.......... my triple start thread tap and dies cost well over £180.00 in all. [/QUOTE]

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