Video one of many to come in this series. This video is just a proof of concept to show that the Anycubic Photon can print a functional fountain pen model.
Fascinating! Super-stoked on your success and looking forward to seeing where you take the project. Hope you'll keep sharing the ideas and process along the way. Thank you.
DUDE THIS IS INSANE! its super minimalist (which is aesthetically pleasing in and of itself) but even then all the work that went into it...hoo boy. Wonderful job! Can’t wait to see more :D
AWESOME I still don't understand how this printer works. p.s. In ten years we will be able to buy JPL pens all over the world. I'm sure that you will start your own fountain pen company.
After I looked at the solidworks file it seems that the jinhao nib unit thread is m6.5x0.7 (not m6.5 x 0.5 as it stated in the video). Ill measure it again tomorrow and confirm this
I love that printer! I've only used the Makerbot printers and the results with those are not nearly as impressive.This is a technology I need to watch. And I'm very impressed with this first pen that you made with it. I look forward to future versions of this pen!
Cheers. I have heard a lot of great stuff about MakerBot 3d printers. Im glad you're enjoying the series. If I ever get a proper pen made ill send you one :)
I have to congratulate you on an impressive achievement. As you say in the description, video one of a series. So I very much look forward to seeing how your ideas develop.
The future of fountain pens is in the best of all possible hands. And thankyou for demonstrating 'fanboi' as a verb. I have zero knowledge of 3D printers, so I'm wondering if any of them come with a copying function? As in, can you stick your Montblanc in a viewing window and ask it to recreate something similar if you provide the materials? Purely theoretical interest, you understand . .
Cheers. What you are describing is essentially a 3D scanner there, and they certainly have those, although they are gonna be expensive. When I was in high school I experimented with using a 3D scanner that used a bunch of cameras and lasers (it is much less sophisticated than im making it out to be) and that used a free software called the david laser scanner, and those results were pretty sketchy. Although you can easily recreate models in solidworks (the program I used) and I have done that before with other products for university.
Amazing work! Don't ever take your skills for granted. You might think what you have done is straightforward (I'm an engineer and IT specialist, I know the feeling) but it isn't to so many. I have posted a link to your video from Goulet Nation's Facebook group.
Excellent work in design, testing and production. Even with that test model, you could put an O ring on it with a little silicone grease and eyedropper that pen! I would look cool!
I certainly am, the second video is taking a little longer due to some uni work and the next design being a little bit more complicated than I was anticipating.
duuude, this is amazing. the two best investments in my life have have been my 3d printer and my twsbi eco, so this project is going to be so interesting for me
@@jpl2475 I have a wanhao duplicator i3 plus. like fountain pens, i found that buying printers from Chinese manufacturers saves you a great deal of money. I've had the printer for 2 years and I get on so well with it. I work in fusion 360, but even still, if you need any help on this project, I'd love to lend you a hand; this project fascinates me.
I just had this idea the other day, then saw additive helix and ribbon pens. Love that you did a video on this. Definitely going to try this out myself.
Awesome bro... u'll of course get better if you want to make some more. Could we please get a vid on recommended inks for starters,students and normal day to day usage? And some of your own personal favorite inks and pens? Thanks 😊
Hey dude, great video, but let me start it off by saying that the music gets a bit too loud when you were explaining it in the software. There need not be music in the video, since we're all pretty much used to just hearing your bare voice hahaha. Moving on, you should check out (if you didn't know yet) additive pens, which makes pens from 3d printing as well. They already made a pretty basic, at the same time, intricate design for a fountain pen! I certainly think that 3d printed fountain pens are the future. You definitely can go crazy with the design, however if they are as small as you, the only limiting problem really would be the nib and feed section. Still though, I am excited to see what kind of designs that you will be able to make with this. Cheers!
Cheers. I have to say adding music is always a risky balancing act with the loudness and I kinda fail at doing that most of the time. I have been following addative pens for a while now and their 3d printing method is slightly different to mine, and they must be using different resins to mine, though their designs are certainly amazing. I am not sure about 3D printing being the manufacturing revolution, but time will tell.
Highly impressed. Also slightly jealous of your printer. But still, nice job! Can’t wait to see more vids along this line. Thanks for sharing! I’ll buy a JPL limited edition pen once you start production. :D Cheers! PS can you paint that plastic, or will the solvents dissolve it?
Cheers kase, im not sure if you could paint this plastic, I have painted ABS before so I could easily try, although I would rather change the resin colour than paint it.
Very interesting. Thank you for showing the process from beginning to end. Would a 3d printer ever be ble to replicate the beautiful pen resins that people like Jonathan Brooks makes his pens out of?
I am not sure, but I would not count on it. I have looked into making pens like the ones he does, and you really need to use epoxy resin and pigments to achieve that style of pen.
Good project. I hope you get a good grade for it! Just select the appropriate resin and add some pigment and you have a prototype. An Aussie PENBBS, hmmm.👍
Nice job with the design! Just wondering, but if you're concentrating on materials testing as your next step, have you considered 3D-printing a reusable mold that you can use for different types of UV-curable resin? It might (key word might) be more efficient than repeated 6-hour prints of the same design.
You clever bugger Josh... Hiya Handsome... This is good you proved it can be done... I found the video interesting but don't understand the science what you said about pascals but it was good. Photography and audio were really smart. SO, don't throw this one away and if this is seen by the pen companies and they offer to buy the idea etc... Make the price a really good one because they'll make millions... Bloody good show Sir, well done. 🙋 Best wishes to all PenPeople LeZc @@
Thank you very much for the reply, I had no idea that Jinhao had a nib unit that unscrews. Certainly not a 992 which I have 3 of. I think It's great where you're going with your pen designing and making. Thanks again.
hey dude are you an engineer ? I would love to work with you I'm a 3rd year mech E have good CAD experience with NX and Solidworks and of course I love fountain pens !!
This sound like something id be up to doing during term breaks. I like using solidworks heaps, been using it since I was in year 7, although I have never had the chance to use NX. My university went down the CATIA v5 route, and that is a beast of a software, even though it looks like it was designed in 2000.
Kids these days and their control of the means of production. Loads of questions, of course, mostly about the machine, but I can look those up. Good choice of printer. Did you buy a fountain pen kit, or cannibalize an existing pen?