I appreciate you sharing the reality of crafting nibs…cost is definitely prohibitive for me, and the only thing I’m shorter on than money is focus/patience…but I do wish to continue. I don’t have to force myself to pay attention; this all captures my interest effortlessly. Thank you. 🙏
Thanks for the update! I find the whole process fascinating :) I'd love to hear more about how you do tipping - I like salvaging badly bent nibs, & re-tipping would expand what pens I could save, plus make my nib-grinding experimentation less expensive 😄
You're welcome! I do retipping with hardened 440 stainless bearing balls these days. I can't afford the 1000 piece minimum order for tipping balls these days. My weapon of choice is a mini pulse arc welder. It is imperfect, but more accurate than a car battery charger. As for grinding practice, buy Jinhao nibs from AliExpress. At approximately $1 each, that's cheaper than a welder and tipping.
@@penslothnibs1604 Thanks. I'm surprised they're thin enough. Maybe you found them thinner than I've seen. Can you say how thin they are? Do they break easily?
@@DavZell I get 0.005" discs. They're typically used for jewelry or dental appliances. They are very fragile, but there's a tiny bit of flexibility before they crack apart.
Would it be possible to form the slot by using a sacrificial feed and collar to hold the nib in place, and sawing outwards from the breather whole with a jeweler’s saw? It looks like a 6/0 blade is 7 thou thick, would that be too wide of a slit?
@@tstthomason A 6/0 is too thick, but an 8/0 is just about right. In my experience, 8/0 blades snap easily on steel. This doesn't mean you shouldn't try it. You might discover something amazing.
@@penslothnibs1604 maybe I’ll try it out sometime! Have you ever heard of people experimenting with brass for nibs? I’m a band instrument repair tech, and I have a lot of thin sheets of brass around, and tools to shape and work them. I’ve wanted to try and play around with it for a while, but making some sort of mandrel with compound curves to shape the nib sounds very daunting
I can't find an attachment thin enough for my Dremel :( but you can 3DPrint a jig for this job!! I'm in Canada and I can't find a single rotary attachment thin enough. So you have a link to what you use?
Thank you for this video. And cheers to your dad!
I appreciate you sharing the reality of crafting nibs…cost is definitely prohibitive for me, and the only thing I’m shorter on than money is focus/patience…but I do wish to continue. I don’t have to force myself to pay attention; this all captures my interest effortlessly.
Thank you. 🙏
Thanks for the update! I find the whole process fascinating :)
I'd love to hear more about how you do tipping - I like salvaging badly bent nibs, & re-tipping would expand what pens I could save, plus make my nib-grinding experimentation less expensive 😄
You're welcome! I do retipping with hardened 440 stainless bearing balls these days. I can't afford the 1000 piece minimum order for tipping balls these days. My weapon of choice is a mini pulse arc welder. It is imperfect, but more accurate than a car battery charger. As for grinding practice, buy Jinhao nibs from AliExpress. At approximately $1 each, that's cheaper than a welder and tipping.
How are you cutting your suits? Thanks! Also, will there be a part 2 to your nib making part 1?
Hi David. I'm using abrasive cut off wheels with a rotary tool. I'm trying to figure out the best way to film the next part.
@@penslothnibs1604 Thanks. I'm surprised they're thin enough. Maybe you found them thinner than I've seen. Can you say how thin they are? Do they break easily?
@@DavZell I get 0.005" discs. They're typically used for jewelry or dental appliances. They are very fragile, but there's a tiny bit of flexibility before they crack apart.
Would it be possible to form the slot by using a sacrificial feed and collar to hold the nib in place, and sawing outwards from the breather whole with a jeweler’s saw? It looks like a 6/0 blade is 7 thou thick, would that be too wide of a slit?
@@tstthomason A 6/0 is too thick, but an 8/0 is just about right. In my experience, 8/0 blades snap easily on steel. This doesn't mean you shouldn't try it. You might discover something amazing.
@@penslothnibs1604 maybe I’ll try it out sometime! Have you ever heard of people experimenting with brass for nibs? I’m a band instrument repair tech, and I have a lot of thin sheets of brass around, and tools to shape and work them. I’ve wanted to try and play around with it for a while, but making some sort of mandrel with compound curves to shape the nib sounds very daunting
I can't find an attachment thin enough for my Dremel :( but you can 3DPrint a jig for this job!!
I'm in Canada and I can't find a single rotary attachment thin enough. So you have a link to what you use?
You can get them from Dedeco. They're the ultra thin 0.005.
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