3D Printing Tools And Other Bits

April 24, 2017

Hi All,

I would like to share some of the things that I have created with my 3d printer specifically for my fountain pens. Here is a picture of some of the iterations of the things that I made. I will talk about them in more detail below.

1) The interlocking parts at the top are cross sections of a pen tray system that I designed. The idea is that you can print as many of them as you like and they will just sit one next to the other. The clip at the top of the ark is used to hold down a suede like fabric that is gentle on the pens. I did a few iterations until I arrived at something I liked... but decided that the trays were taking too long to print so gave it up.

2) The feeds at the bottom are my attempt at a zebra-g nib feed that pools the ink so that it does not get dry as I flex the nib. I did a few iterations of that too... the first 2 tries did not work so well, but I am really looking forward to testing the third one at some point. A pen with this kind of nib is not going to leave home (in my mind) so having a lot of pooling ink like this is not a huge deal.

3) The wrench-ish thing in the middle is a piston wrench for the 149... the piston on mine was very rough... so I did some handleless prints of the jaws and when it all fit... I print one with the handle... I used it to disassemble the pen and it is now greased and working so well

4) I wanted my KoP to hold more ink so I decided to create an eye dropper vessel (aka a cartridge) that would hold the maximum capacity that would fit in the barrel, so I measured the converter out and modelled it. After a couple of iterations and test fits, it turns out that the result was not water/ink proof. The solution was: cover it in super glue... wait for the glue to dry then sand off the excess... it works quite well and holds approximately 1.2ml of ink.

And finally

5) This is the hex wrench for omas caps that use a hex screw to hold the inside of the cap and the clip to the cap... I have already posted the details of that one here https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/321667-omas-milord-loose-clip/

Hope this helps/amuses someone

May 3, 2017

Thanks for sharing this with us, Billy1380. It's amazing what these 3D printers can do, and how far they've come...not to mention what makers like you can create. My granddaughter would love a 3D printer, but I'm afraid she's too young and the current printers too expensive (if decent) for me to oblige her. I only wish I was 40 years younger and could witness the evolution of these nifty devices.

Are you thinking about making fountain pens with a 3D printer. IIRC, we have another member who has created several unique pens via a 3D printer with the cap fashioned after the Stone Masks on Easter Island. I'll try to find the thread and post the link.

Mary