ScaredyCat
Established Member
I've bought a couple of pen kits and a pencil kit from Prokraft. They look rather nice but I keep having issues.
For the pencil kit, aside from next doors cat making off with one of the bushings, I'm 99% there. The fit at the tip is great with a seamless transition. The length is correct, helped by making a little jig to cut them with. The pocket clip however I just can't get it to go on the pencil. It's sized a tiny bit smaller than the bushing,<0.5mm I'd say, but doesn't seem to be that flexible that I could bend it some slip it on and squeeze it and there's nowhere to get any purchase on it to try. Is there some special technique to do this? Seems to me that if I'm resorting to bending, I'm doing something wrong. Additionally if I add finish this is going to make the situation worse by generating scratches. Shouldn't the bushing be the correct size for the clip to just slip on the body?
The other pen kits I have don't work like this, one has no clip and the other is attached via the clicker.
Magically even without the pointy end bushing (cat thief) the last one I made has a lovely, invisible to the touch (err?!) transition to the pencil kit part.
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For the pencil kit, aside from next doors cat making off with one of the bushings, I'm 99% there. The fit at the tip is great with a seamless transition. The length is correct, helped by making a little jig to cut them with. The pocket clip however I just can't get it to go on the pencil. It's sized a tiny bit smaller than the bushing,<0.5mm I'd say, but doesn't seem to be that flexible that I could bend it some slip it on and squeeze it and there's nowhere to get any purchase on it to try. Is there some special technique to do this? Seems to me that if I'm resorting to bending, I'm doing something wrong. Additionally if I add finish this is going to make the situation worse by generating scratches. Shouldn't the bushing be the correct size for the clip to just slip on the body?
The other pen kits I have don't work like this, one has no clip and the other is attached via the clicker.
Magically even without the pointy end bushing (cat thief) the last one I made has a lovely, invisible to the touch (err?!) transition to the pencil kit part.
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