Titanium Gold Summit Pen Preparation and Turning

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Blank Preparation1. Cuttheblanksabout1/8"longerthantheBrassTubesto allowfor“blow-out”orholeelongation.Maintaingrain orientationofthetwoblanksforturningbyplacingan“x” oneithersideofthecutline.

2. Drilltheblankswitha7mmdrillbitataspeedof900 to1200RPM.

3. PolishtheBrassTubeswith220gritsandpapertoremove oxidationandroughentheTubesforbetteradhesion.This canbedonebyhandorbychuckingtheminadrillpress orportablehanddrill.

4. PreparetogluewithmediumCA(cyanoacrylate)glueor two-partfastdryingepoxy.

5. ApplythegluetotheoutsideofoneBrassTubewithaliberal amountaroundtheendthatisinsertedfirst.Donotapply gluetotheinsideoftheblank,asthiswillcausetheglueto getinsidetheBrassTubeandruinit.

6. InserttheBrassTubewithatwistingmotionintotheblank untiltheTubeisequidistantbetweenbothendsoftheblank. Wipeoffanyexcessglueontheendsoftheblank.Allow thegluetodry.GluethesecondBrassTubeusingthe samemethod.

7. Usingabarreltrimmer,disk,orbeltsander,trimtheends oftheblanksuntilyoucanjustseethebrightbrassends oftheTubes.Thefacesoftheendsmustbeperpendicular totheBrassTubesandparallelwitheachother.Itis imperativetomatchthelengthofthetrimmedblanksto theoriginallengthoftheBrassTubesandthattheinsides oftheBrassTubesarecleanandfreeofanyglue.

Upper Tube (short) NutCenter Band Lower Tube (long)

Summit Bushing Set

Mandrel “A”

10.3 mm 10.8 mm 9.1 mm10.3 mm

Stepped Bushing

Turning the Blanks1. Assembletheblanksonthemandrelwiththebushings placedasshowninthepictureabove.Keepthegrain orientationoftheblanksinlinewhenmounting. Note:TheSteppedBushingshouldbeplacedbetweenthe blanksandorientedasshowninthediagramabove.The CenterBandmaybetapedontotheSteppedBushingand usedtotestthefitoftheturnedtenon.

2. Tightenthetailstockandthentightenthemandrelnutthat holdstheblanks.Donotover-tightenthetailstockormandrel nutasthismaycausethemandreltoflex,causingtheblanks togooutofround.

3. TurnatenonontheendoftheUpperTubenearestthe SteppedBushingtomatchtheinsidediameteroftheCenter Band.Tenonlengthshouldbe3/16"(4.8mm)andtenon diametershouldbe13/32"(10.3mm).Takethiscutalittleat atimesothatyoudonotcutthetenontoosmall.Stopthe latheoccasionallytotestthefitwiththeCenterBandby tryingtoslideitoverthetenon.Thefitshouldbesnug.Make

suretheCenterBandhasbeenresecuredbeforeturningthe lathebackon.TheportionoftheUpperBlanknearestthe tenonshouldbeturnedtothediameteroftheCenter Band(approximately13mm).

4. Turntheblankstothedesiredshape,makingsurethat thesurfacesnexttothebushingsareturnedtothesame diameterasthebushings.

5. Afterturning,sandthesurfacesinprogressivestepsof 220,400,600,and1000grit.Ifahigherfinishisdesired, micromeshsandpapermaybeused.

6. Applythefinishofchoiceandpolish.

7. Removetheblanksfromthemandrel,keepingtheblank orientationandgrainpatternsinline.

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AssemblyReadtheassemblyinstructionscompletelybeforeassembly.

1. PresstheCenterBandontothetenoncutontheUpper Tubeduringtheturningprocess.IftheCenterBandisa littleloose,itcanbegluedintoplacewithasmalldropof CA(cyanoacrylate)glue.

2. PresstheCapCoupler,chamferedendfirst,intothe otherendoftheUpperTubeuntiltheshoulderisflush withtheblank.

3. InsertthethreadedstudoftheCapthroughtheClip andthreadtheassemblyintotheCapCoupler.

4. PresstheTipintothenarrowendoftheLowerTube.

5. Withthethreadedendexposed,presstheTwistMechanism intotheotherendoftheLowerTube,uptotheIndentation Ring.TodetermineiftheTwistMechanismispositioned tothecorrectdepth,threadtheInkCartridgeintotheTwist Mechanism.Whenproperlyfitted,approximately1/8"ofthe writingpointshowswhenthemechanismistwistedopen, andiscoveredwhenthemechanismistwistedclosed.Ifthe pointdoesnotextendfarenough,removetheInkCartridge andpresstheTwistMechanismfartherintothetube.Be carefulnottopressitintoofarastheTwistMechanism cannotbepulledbackout.

6. ThreadtheInkCartridgeintotheTwistMechanism,then gentlypushtheUpperandLowerassembliestogether byhand.

Twist Mechanism

Lower Tube (long)

Upper Tube (short)

Ink CartridgeTip

CapCap Coupler

Clip

Center Band

Indentation Ring