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Bock #6 in clear cast acrylic

Bock #6 nib assembly in clear cast acrylic is complete.  This one has a steel Bexley nib.

I’m also reverse engineering a Bock #6 with a titanium nib borrowed from Newton Pens. The feed design is different because the nib has a different curvature than the steel Bock nib. The housing is also a little different, but it still fits existing pens that accept Bock #6 steel nibs.

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Bock #6 Prototypes

Each day, with the help of my son, I’m able to work about an or so.  We’ve made prototypes in acrylic of Bock #6 feeds and housings.  The housing is more or less complete; the feed still needs tweaking to fit Bock #6 nibs.

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JoWo #6 nib assembly in clear acrylic

I’m finally well enough to spend an hour or so a day in the factory, with help from my son to operate the Mazak QTU-200MSY live tooled lathe. These are production ready prototypes of JoWo #6 feed and housing in clear acrylic. I will tweak feeds and speeds to make the housing more transparent before offering these for sale. This one has a steel Goulet Pens nib in it.

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Ebonite feed for Pilot Custom 743 ready for beta testers

I’ll be sending out some invitations to some of my Instagram followers tomorrow to participate in beta testing my new 743 FA ebonite feed.

Platinum Citrus Black ink in a Pilot 743 with FA nib and my new ebonite feed. Love the shading!

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Pilot 743 Feed in Design

This is a replacement ebonite feed for the excellent Pilot 743 pen, in particular, to support the full flexibility of the FA nib, shown below. This feed will become a standard product, along with the slightly smaller 742 feed, in black and red Nikko ebonite. I’m still tweaking the design, but it should be ready for beta testers by next week.

 

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Turning a Pelikan M200 feed from red Nikko Ebonite

First op on main spindle before grabbing it with the sub spindle, cutting off, and finish machining on the sub spindle.

First op on main spindle, then grab with sub spindle and cut off.

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Second op on the sub spindle is just machining the tip of the feed. The part gets ejected into the parts catcher, the bar feeder advances the rod of ebonite and the Mazak QTU-200MSY makes another one…

Second op on sub spindle to finish Pelikan M200 feed, eject into parts catcher, bar feed, and make another.

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I’m sorting out how to bill and ship so I can start selling these. Stay tuned…