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Hi All,

I was looking around for information on making pens, and found this site.

I'm a hobby machinist and also enjoy writing with fountain pens, so I decided to try to make my own. I wanted a fairly compact pen but with a size 6 nib. Also I wanted a push on lid, rather than screw, but with a good click and airtight seal.

I just finished a second prototype. I put an extra o-ring in the cap which sits against the collar around the nib housing, and also put three spring-loaded ball bearings in the cap to give it a click. (The brass ring doubles as a spring). It's still not exactly right but getting close to what I want.

(Can't get the image upload to work so these are some links)

http://anthonykosky.org/pens/pen1.jpg
http://anthonykosky.org/pens/pen2.jpg

-Anthony

<blockquote data-quote="akosky" data-source="post: 370774" data-attributes="member: 4656">Hi All,I was looking around for information on making pens, and found this site.I&#039;m a&nbsp; hobby machinist and also enjoy writing with fountain pens, so I decided to try to make my own. I wanted a fairly compact pen but with a size 6 nib. Also I wanted a push on lid, rather than screw, but with a good click and airtight seal.I just finished a second prototype. I put an extra o-ring in the cap which sits against the collar around the nib housing, and also put three spring-loaded ball bearings in the cap to give it a click. (The brass ring doubles as a spring). It&#039;s still not exactly right but getting close to what I want.(Can&#039;t get the image upload to work so these are some links)<a href="http://anthonykosky.org/pens/pen1.jpg" target="_blank">http://anthonykosky.org/pens/pen1.jpg</a><a href="http://anthonykosky.org/pens/pen2.jpg" target="_blank">http://anthonykosky.org/pens/pen2.jpg</a>-Anthony</blockquote>

[QUOTE="akosky, post: 370774, member: 4656"] Hi All, I was looking around for information on making pens, and found this site. I'm a hobby machinist and also enjoy writing with fountain pens, so I decided to try to make my own. I wanted a fairly compact pen but with a size 6 nib. Also I wanted a push on lid, rather than screw, but with a good click and airtight seal. I just finished a second prototype. I put an extra o-ring in the cap which sits against the collar around the nib housing, and also put three spring-loaded ball bearings in the cap to give it a click. (The brass ring doubles as a spring). It's still not exactly right but getting close to what I want. (Can't get the image upload to work so these are some links) [URL]http://anthonykosky.org/pens/pen1.jpg[/URL] [URL]http://anthonykosky.org/pens/pen2.jpg[/URL] -Anthony [/QUOTE]

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