Perfect Fit Pen and Pencil in Chechen Burl

[hilltopper46]

These barrels were glued up for years and I finally got around to turning and completing them.

 

[Alan Morrison]

Lovely piece of burr that you found.

 

[RKB]

Classy!

 

[keithlong]

Nice set, beautiful wood grain

 

[jttheclockman]

Nice pen. I like the center band on that kit. Where did you get the kit and it it equivalent to a cigar pen kit? Thanks

 

[hilltopper46]

Nice pen. I like the center band on that kit. Where did you get the kit and it it equivalent to a cigar pen kit? Thanks

The Perfect Fit is a Berea kit that I bought through Exotic Blanks. It's been around for longer than I have been making pens. There is an option on the center band - or at least there used to be. The pencil uses a Schmidt mechanism with the quarter-turn transmission that is standard with the kit.

 

[montmill]

Beautiful set Tony.

 

[egnald]

Very Cool set. Gorgeous Timber. - Dave

 

[derekdd]

Those turned out beautifully.

 

[its_virgil]

Nice pen. I like the center band on that kit. Where did you get the kit and it it equivalent to a cigar pen kit? Thanks

Smaller diameters than a cigar pen. What I like is ease of converting to a pencil. Just replace the parker refill with tge Schmidt pencil mechanism (sold separately). Official name is the Pertect Fit Convertible.

 

[Woodchipper]

Nice pen and elegant grain!

 

[its_virgil]

Nice work on the pens as well. The wood is really nice...I like it a lot. What is it?
Do a good turn daily!
Don

 

[hokie]

These barrels were glued up for years and I finally got around to turning and completing them.

Beautiful pen and pencil! I really like chechen burl.
I'm intrigued by the pencil specifically. I checked out the product pages of both Berea and Exotic blanks and I don't seem to understand how replacing the pen refill (that extends and retracts with a twisting motion of the upper barrel) can turn into a pencil by replacing the ink refill with a pencil mechanism that works by clicking up and down. I hope that makes sense.
Can anyone explain the operation and how it works? Thanks in advance!

 

[hilltopper46]

Beautiful pen and pencil! I really like chechen burl.
I'm intrigued by the pencil specifically. I checked out the product pages of both Berea and Exotic blanks and I don't seem to understand how replacing the pen refill (that extends and retracts with a twisting motion of the upper barrel) can turn into a pencil by replacing the ink refill with a pencil mechanism that works by clicking up and down. I hope that makes sense.
Can anyone explain the operation and how it works? Thanks in advance!

The transmission is a quarter-twist. With the pencil mechanism, each time you twist, the transmission pushes on the top of the mechanism and it extends the lead 1/8-3/16 inch. If the lead is extended too far, you twist and leave the pencil in the twisted position while you push the lead back into the mechanism, then you return the mechanism to the neutral (holding) position.

 

[hokie]

The transmission is a quarter-twist. With the pencil mechanism, each time you twist, the transmission pushes on the top of the mechanism and it extends the lead 1/8-3/16 inch. If the lead is extended too far, you twist and leave the pencil in the twisted position while you push the lead back into the mechanism, then you return the mechanism to the neutral (holding) position.

Totally makes sense now. You have to do the retract twist to "set" the lead in place. Not immediately intuitive, but now I got it. Thank you!

 

[hilltopper46]

Not immediately intuitive!

This!!

 

[sorcerertd]

I like Chechen even in a straight grain, but this burl is beautiful! I like that kit, too. I'm surprised I'd never seen it before.

For those interested here they are at the Berea site. There are 2 different band types. I might have to give them a try, but I really need to stop buying stuff for a while (Riiiight, like that will happen.)