3D Printing - Nib Dimensions And Other Suggestions, Please

[SleepingCat]

I'm just kind of playing around with 3d printing a fountain pen. I haven't exactly touched autodesk in a while, so I'm going with a very simple design, just to see what I can do.

 

In trying to do this: I'm just wondering if anyone knows the dimensions of a standard nib (#6). Whenever I try to look it up, all I've found is images, but not exactly dimensions.

 

I've attached the image of what I have so far.

It's just the barrel because I haven't figured out where I'll go from here. Autodesk isn't letting me add threads, so I was just thinking of doing a snap on cap. I was thinking about printing it with a resin printer (university student with access to several different types of 3d printers).

 

If anyone has any suggestions or ideas, too, feel free to share.

Edited March 20, 2018 by Siershiliu

[dcwaites]

The only 'fixed' dimension for a #6 nib is that the curvature of the nib matches the outside of a 6mm diameter feed.

Otherwise some are longer, some are shorter, some have wider wings, others have shorter wings, some have a longer shank, others have a shorter shank.

I suggest you buy a handful of #6 Jinhao nibs on eBay and experiment with them.

[Pierre---]

I am not sure to understand the question. First, I would not say there is any standard #6 nib. There are Jowo nibs, Bock's, and other proprietary nibs.

Do you really want to print the feed and the housing ? Most of the well established brands like Graf von Faber Castell for instance don't do that, they leave it to well equipped professionals.

If you need the dimensions of the nib itself, one easy way would be to measure it I suppose.

If you need the dimensions of the housings, you can get the Bock's at Beaufort ink on request, and the Jowo's on line at fpnibs.com, among the pics of their nibs.

[nibl]

Have you seen the existing FPN open source design for 3D printing? I believe it uses a #6 nib.

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/317250-open-fpn-3d-printed-pen-design/page-1

[SleepingCat]

The only 'fixed' dimension for a #6 nib is that the curvature of the nib matches the outside of a 6mm diameter feed.

Thanks, I was wondering what the number meant.

 

Do you really want to print the feed and the housing ? Most of the well established brands like Graf von Faber Castell for instance don't do that, they leave it to well equipped professionals.

I was thinking about just designing the housing, but if it's not worth it, maybe I'll try designing something else instead.

 

Have you seen the existing FPN open source design for 3D printing? I believe it uses a #6 nib.

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/317250-open-fpn-3d-printed-pen-design/page-1

Yeah, I have. But I wanted to try doing it myself, rather than go from someone else's design.