Thread: Cebloplast kitless fountain pen.

Beautiful work and photography I still find that a pen without a clip just seems unfinished somehow ,cheers ~ John

My goodness, thats georgeous....simple clean lines and a great choice of material.

Hello Pete
That is a lovely pen. The Kitless pens have a clean, even a sleek look about them.
Thanks for sharing.
Cheers Gerry

Very very nice pen. Is it hard to add a clip?

Thank you all for your complements.

Adding a clip isn't hard. It is a few more steps to do when making a pen so as I develop my skills I add another refinement each time. I held off on the clip while I got more comfortable with the other parts of the pen. After some pens with clips I'll play with adding metal accent bands. I like to take a few baby steps at each stage rather than try to do it all in one jump.

Pete

Good point Pete.

A question - Do you use a metal lathe to make the thread. I was wondering if it was possible with a tap and die set by hand or does it need to be more refined.

Greg

I did the drilling on a metal lathe and the shaping on a wood lathe. All the threads were with taps and dies. Feed to section was 6.4 x .5mm (most feeds require a proprietary tap as this one did). Section to barrel is 3/8 x 24 UNF (used what I have and will get 8, 9, & 10mm x .75 taps and dies soon). Barrel to cap is 12 x .8 mm triple start but a 12 x 1 or .75 single start will work nicely and be a lot cheaper to start with. Someday I may cut the threads with the metal lathe but for now the taps and dies work nicely. Those baby steps are far down the road.

Pete