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Steve I am so sorry to detract away from your original post which we must remind ourselves of.
I think the idea is a stunner as I am already finding that I don't like a lot of the kits I have so far purchased.
Maybe its me but I have had a few brass tubes bend on me whilst fitting as they are so thin flimsy and fragile.
Hence am building up a spare parts box and wasting money,. the plating is inferior on many kits.
I suppose you get what you pay for, so far I tend to favour the Gents and the Roman Harvest.
A local built good quality kit is a fantastic idea and to be able to design ones own pen around a good mechanism pretty much unique.
I believe kitless is a way I would like to progress as from what I have seen here and other sites anyone can sling a kit together, bloody hell if I can i know it has to be foolproof.
So please continue your good work and lets see what you make with the ones you have shown us here.

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.

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<blockquote data-quote="clumsysod" data-source="post: 4504" data-attributes="member: 90">Steve I am so sorry to detract away from your original post which we must remind ourselves of.I think the idea is a stunner as I am already finding that I don&#039;t like a lot of the kits I have so far purchased.Maybe its me but I have had a few brass tubes bend on me whilst fitting as they are so thin flimsy and fragile.Hence am building up a spare parts box and wasting money,. the plating is inferior on many kits.I suppose you get what you pay for, so far I tend to favour the Gents and the Roman Harvest. A local built good quality kit is a fantastic idea and to be able to design ones own pen around a good mechanism pretty much unique.I believe kitless is a way I would like to progress as from what I have seen here and other sites anyone can sling a kit together, bloody hell if I can i know it has to be foolproof.So please continue your good work and lets see what you make with the ones you have shown us here.&nbsp; &nbsp; Here is a pic of atrio of front nib/grip sections I&#039;ve turned up on my metal lathe. These are from the Tutorial I&#039;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;&nbsp; &nbsp; full story and how to soon when I&#039;ve finished the subject pens to put them in context.They are all set up for cross style mechanisms&nbsp; &nbsp; If anyone is thinking of getting into &quot;kitless pens&quot; 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. [ATTACH]366[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="clumsysod, post: 4504, member: 90"] Steve I am so sorry to detract away from your original post which we must remind ourselves of. I think the idea is a stunner as I am already finding that I don't like a lot of the kits I have so far purchased. Maybe its me but I have had a few brass tubes bend on me whilst fitting as they are so thin flimsy and fragile. Hence am building up a spare parts box and wasting money,. the plating is inferior on many kits. I suppose you get what you pay for, so far I tend to favour the Gents and the Roman Harvest. A local built good quality kit is a fantastic idea and to be able to design ones own pen around a good mechanism pretty much unique. I believe kitless is a way I would like to progress as from what I have seen here and other sites anyone can sling a kit together, bloody hell if I can i know it has to be foolproof. So please continue your good work and lets see what you make with the ones you have shown us here. 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. [ATTACH]366._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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