UPSB v3

Approved Tutorials / Onyx Mod

Tutorial

  1. Onyx-o7
    Date: Tue, Nov 13 2007 06:21:42

    Okay, I was bored over the weekend and I came up with my first mod. I didn't have any good names for it so I just called it "Onyx Mod" laugh.gif Also this is my first tutorial on a mod, hopefully my tutorial makes sense if it doesn't please correct me or ask questions.

    Material:
    1 HGG
    1 Rsvp/Sunburst (doesn't matter)
    1 Signo tip
    1 Profile
    1 Teflon

    1 Plier
    1 scissor
    1 Saw
    1 Sand paper



    1.) Take off the RSVP grip and put it in the RSVP cap. Take off the HGG ink tube, grip, and tip which you don't need. Screw off the signo tip for the pen. Cut off 3 cells of the profile (has to be the front, as you see at the pic. You'll see why later)


    2.) Take a saw and cut off the crew part of the HGG, as you see in the picture.


    3.) Sand off the part where you cut the screw part. (Make sure you check everytime that the signo fit.) [Optional: you can put teflon on the sanded part, depends on you if the signo tip moves to much]


    4.) Take off the back plug of the HGG barrel, and put your insert. (Size: lenght, 8.5 cm height, 2.5 cm). Put teflon so the RSVP back screw part with the RSVP back cap with grip in it and screw. Make sure the back screw part is tight and doesn't move.


    5.) Put your profile in the HGG barrel as you see in the pictures and same with the HGG grip, HGG ink tube, and signo tip.( Make sure your profile goes that way it does at the picture)


    COG:


    Final product:


    Please comment on my mod and hopefully you guys will spin it. Feel free to ask questions, and I'll answer them a A.S.A.P. Oh yeah, it feels way different than a rsvp mx with signo tip BTW!

    Questioned asked:

    Q:How does the weight compare to other well-known mods?
    A:Ehh, since there's a hgg grip, profile grip, HGG ink tube, and a signo tip. I'll say that it's heavier than a Mx^2 and it's the same length of a MX

    Q:Wouldn't this mod, feel exactly like a RSVP MX?
    A:The Onyx mod doesn't feel the same as a regular MX, as I told you guys it's heavier than a Mx^2.

    Q:Another thing, what would be the point of making this mod, because, to get an rsvp cap, you would have an rsvp, barrel, why not just use the rsvp body instead of using the hgg?
    A:The point of this mod is that since people has too many HGG barrels laying around I just decided to make a mod made of the HGG barrel for a change tongue.gif

    Q:Can you write with this pen?
    A:Signo tip covers the ink tube.

    Q:My concern is whether the back cap of the RSVP can stay on the back of the HGG since it's only held on by the teflon tape. Teflon is not meant to hold things together. It is supposed to be the most slippery compound invented. Understand my concern?
    A:Teflon is used in a MX and it holds the HGG tip forever. And yes the back cap of the RSVP will stay there, if not tell me and I'll find some substitutes to keep intact

    Q:Any signo tip alternatives?
    A:Umm not right now, but hopefully in the future someone will find an alternative. It'd be better if you would stick with a signo tip though, makes everything easier IMO tongue.gif

  2. asian
    Date: Tue, Nov 13 2007 06:23:43

    did you make another one? or was this the same from the birthday party? D:

  3. Onyx-o7
    Date: Tue, Nov 13 2007 06:24:52

    QUOTE (asian @ Nov 12 2007, 10:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    did you make another one? or was this the same from the birthday party? D:

    heheheh I just changed the profile grip. laugh.gif More specific questions please, more about the mod. tongue.gif

  4. sketching
    Date: Tue, Nov 13 2007 06:28:01

    How does the weight compare to other well-known mods?

  5. asian
    Date: Tue, Nov 13 2007 06:32:01

    wouldn't this mod, feel exactly like a RSVP MX?

    another thing, what would be the point of making this mod, because, to get an rsvp cap, you would have an rsvp, barrel, why not just use the rsvp body instead of using the hgg?

    not being a fag or anything, this mod takes up time, and uses more pens then the orginal MX

  6. Onyx-o7
    Date: Tue, Nov 13 2007 06:35:00

    QUOTE (sketching @ Nov 12 2007, 10:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    How does the weight compare to other well-known mods?

    Ehh, since there's a hgg grip, profile grip, HGG ink tube, and a signo tip. I'll say that it's heavier than a Mx^2 and it's the same length of a MX

    QUOTE (asian @ Nov 12 2007, 10:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    wouldn't this mod, feel exactly like a RSVP MX?

    another thing, what would be the point of making this mod, because, to get an rsvp cap, you would have an rsvp, barrel, why not just use the rsvp body instead of using the hgg?

    not being a fag or anything, this mod takes up time, and uses more pens then the orginal MX

    The Onyx mod doesn't feel the same as a regular MX, as I told you guys it's heavier than a Mx^2. I point of this mod is that since people has too many HGG barrels laying around I just decided to make a mod made of the HGG barrel for a change tongue.gif

  7. Pearl
    Date: Tue, Nov 13 2007 06:45:12

    Why did you waste the opportunity of making a yellow MX sad.gif ?

    Aha

    No, srsly, nice mod, I'll try it out soon =)

  8. WhiteFang
    Date: Tue, Nov 13 2007 06:53:07

    can you write with this pen?

  9. sketching
    Date: Tue, Nov 13 2007 07:12:46

    No, it looks like the Signo tip covers the HGG ink tube tip.

  10. yxTay
    Date: Tue, Nov 13 2007 07:15:03

    My concern is whether the back cap of the RSVP can stay on the back of the HGG since it's only held on by the teflon tape. Teflon is not meant to hold things together. It is supposed to be the most slippery compound invented. Understand my concern?

  11. ellusion
    Date: Tue, Nov 13 2007 12:17:16

    nice mod..i like it..but it kindda like rsvp mx..

  12. Pantagruel
    Date: Tue, Nov 13 2007 20:47:39

    What about balance, where is COG?

  13. Radiance
    Date: Wed, Nov 14 2007 01:04:53

    nice mod

    love the high quality pics

  14. lamp
    Date: Wed, Nov 14 2007 01:21:06

    any body kno where i can get a hgg pen?
    or what is it?

  15. sketching
    Date: Wed, Nov 14 2007 01:36:34

    HGG is a Pentel Hybrid Gel Grip. Go looking online for an image. Hybrid Gel Grip DX is different from the normal HGG.

  16. Onyx-o7
    Date: Wed, Nov 14 2007 01:38:01

    QUOTE (Pantagruel @ Nov 13 2007, 12:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    What about balance, where is COG?

    I'll take a picture after my guitar lesson.

  17. pholord
    Date: Wed, Nov 14 2007 01:40:50

    QUOTE (lamp @ Nov 13 2007, 05:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    any body kno where i can get a hgg pen?
    or what is it?

    wikisadob3.gif dry.gif

    god ive been dying to use that laugh.gif

    Cant you just reverse the ink like in an mx to make it writeable?
    I think it is a pretty good mod to make if you have spare parts lying around like that.

  18. lamp
    Date: Wed, Nov 14 2007 01:45:06

    ok thanks guys hahaha

  19. Onyx-o7
    Date: Wed, Nov 14 2007 03:35:34

    QUOTE (pholord @ Nov 13 2007, 05:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    wikisadob3.gif dry.gif

    god ive been dying to use that laugh.gif

    Cant you just reverse the ink like in an mx to make it writeable?
    I think it is a pretty good mod to make if you have spare parts lying around like that.

    Ehh I never tried it, but you can try it out and tell me if it works tongue.gif

  20. K4S
    Date: Wed, Nov 14 2007 03:55:25

    QUOTE (pholord @ Nov 13 2007, 09:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    I think it is a pretty good mod to make if you have spare parts lying around like that.

    But the thing is that it doesnt use spare parts imo. Everything you use to make this mod can be used instead to make an rsvp MX. Of course the onyx mod is heavier so it has its merits but i dont think you can consider any of these parts (except the HGG body) to be a spare part.

  21. pholord
    Date: Wed, Nov 14 2007 04:01:10

    Well if you make something like a vortex or your mx breaks but the cap and back cap are still intact, then you will have the parts to make it

  22. K4S
    Date: Wed, Nov 14 2007 04:04:16

    haha, touché

    I guess if you break an MX body this becomes the ideal replacement.

  23. cyber penguin
    Date: Wed, Nov 14 2007 04:09:38

    Nice Mod but I have 3 concerns.

    Where is COB?
    Can it Write?
    What advantages does it have over RSVP MX?

  24. Onyx-o7
    Date: Wed, Nov 14 2007 04:25:26

    QUOTE (cyber penguin @ Nov 13 2007, 08:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Nice Mod but I have 3 concerns.

    Where is COB?
    Can it Write?
    What advantages does it have over RSVP MX?

    Read the "asked question" on the first page. Here's the COG:

  25. Crzyazn
    Date: Wed, Nov 14 2007 04:40:59

    aesthetically pleasing in general, nothing too suspicious about it until a kid picks it up and tries to write with it wink.gif

    Eh pretty cool, Im running low on RSVPs but my spare part drawer is loaded with harvested HGGs...i'll try it once I find some signo tips (any signo tip alternatives?)

  26. Onyx-o7
    Date: Wed, Nov 14 2007 05:01:33

    QUOTE (Crzyazn @ Nov 13 2007, 08:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    aesthetically pleasing in general, nothing too suspicious about it until a kid picks it up and tries to write with it wink.gif

    Eh pretty cool, Im running low on RSVPs but my spare part drawer is loaded with harvested HGGs...i'll try it once I find some signo tips (any signo tip alternatives?)

    Ehh im not sure about the signo tip, it'd be better if you stick with a signo tip right now cause I have no alternatives for them. I'll try changing the ink tube and hopefully it writes. smile.gif

  27. TheHOINK
    Date: Wed, Jan 2 2008 01:16:53

    I'm glad I found this modification.

    Why? BEcause it uses HGG Barrels, and I have quite some left.
    Second it uses Uniball Signo tips, and I have these, too, because of empty signos.

    And, if it is heavier then an RSVP MX^2 and has the center of Balance / Gravity in the middle like it looks in the picture, it might just be right for my collection.

    The only disadvantages are, no RSVPs around in germany and I have not broken one yet, plus... it does not write. If anybody finds a way to make this mod retractable or writable, please let all of us know...


    Sincerely...

    TheHOINK

  28. Outlander
    Date: Wed, Jan 2 2008 01:25:15

    Seems pretty similar to an MX but using the HGG barrel. Its nice to see the HGG barrel used for some other mods laugh.gif

  29. TheHOINK
    Date: Wed, Jan 2 2008 03:07:30

    Exactly my thoughts, you take the words outta my mouth (iiii, eeeks, disgusting!) ^_o

    It already began frustrating me to only get the HGGs torn apart for other mods, all these barrel skeletons lying around already...hgg-sematary... (The spelling is NOT wrong, it's a reference...)

  30. -JC-
    Date: Wed, Jan 2 2008 03:22:23

    nice, now i can use my hgg tips elsewhere happy.gif

    and i don't get why it has to be the end of the profile grip and why does it have to be placed the way that it was huh.gif ?

  31. Sfsr
    Date: Wed, Jan 2 2008 12:54:25

    A big downside is that HGG barrels are really uncomfartable...

  32. iMatt
    Date: Wed, Jan 2 2008 22:01:13

    I just made a decent chunk modification of this mod. I thought it was too much work to cut/sand off the threads on the bottom, so i just sanded down the front part a tincy bit then wrapped a tincy bit of tape(for those who dont have teflon RIGHT there) you can use teflon tape if you want, but i used tape. Then remove the HGG plug at the top and then reverse the RSVP ink. NOW ITS WRITABLE and then just put an insert in or a little piece paper towards the Signo tip inside the barrel the silence the ink. Next just use 4 normal Anyball sections above the HGG grip and then 2 more Anyball sections right below the clip on the RSVP cap


    Props the Onyx for it, but my small mods to it make it MUCH more practical for spinning to compare to an MX. It spins wonderful now:)

  33. Teddy
    Date: Thu, Jan 3 2008 01:07:53

    that's pretty good for a first mod

  34. iWolf
    Date: Thu, Jan 3 2008 01:47:36

    very nice , i got a whole lotta hgg barrels

  35. xxdefinitionxx
    Date: Mon, Mar 10 2008 00:38:06

    i bought the parts to make one of these today...but like..yeha...teflon doesnt hold back plug..i'm using shoe goo..which is like super glue...but mor epermanent and better..now i gotta wait 24 hrs..

  36. NoRice4U
    Date: Mon, Mar 10 2008 02:44:49

    QUOTE (xxdefinitionxx @ Mar 9 2008, 05:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    i bought the parts to make one of these today...but like..yeha...teflon doesnt hold back plug..i'm using shoe goo..which is like super glue...but mor epermanent and better..now i gotta wait 24 hrs..


    y dun u just use hot glue? dries in like 8 seconds

  37. Guitrum
    Date: Tue, Mar 11 2008 06:59:12

    Nice mod. Idk if i will be making it anytime soon because the hassle of getting money, ordering and waiting for it to arrive is just too much to bear. I hate having to wait...

  38. TEK
    Date: Wed, Mar 12 2008 02:38:18

    lol are you sure its heavier then an mx^2?

    MX^2 seems to have more parts then that.

    3 HGG Tips vs 1 signo tip
    2 HGG grips vs 1 hgg grip 1 rsvp grip
    4 rings in front 4 rings in back vs 3 sections of anyball
    rsvp body vs hgg body

    hmm...

    but nice mod.
    it seems really similar to a signo tipped sunburst mx (with the signo and the anyball rings)

  39. creepo
    Date: Sat, Feb 21 2009 05:02:32

    can the anyball grips be replace?

  40. Madden
    Date: Sat, Feb 21 2009 17:55:24

    Id say the best part about this, for me at least, it that is uses the hgg barrel.
    I have loads and loads of those laying around...

  41. AwonW
    Date: Sat, Feb 21 2009 18:39:56

    QUOTE (creepo @ Feb 20 2009, 09:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    can the anyball grips be replace?

    Get papermate profiles, they're anyball subs. You can get them in the US.

  42. torune-do
    Date: Mon, Feb 23 2009 11:30:17

    what was wrong with spinning an RSVP body instead u changed to a hgg?

  43. shakenbake
    Date: Sun, Dec 20 2009 01:06:33

    pics are down sad.gif

  44. CheeseSpin
    Date: Mon, Dec 21 2009 01:58:48

    A real Onyx mod uses a Uniball Onyx pen. So I don't think the name for this mod is very suitable.

  45. CPM8
    Date: Mon, Dec 21 2009 02:21:56

    QUOTE (CheeseSpin @ Dec 20 2009, 07:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    A real Onyx mod uses a Uniball Onyx pen. So I don't think the name for this mod is very suitable.


    It is a suitable name if he named the mod after himself...

  46. XYZakiメAM
    Date: Tue, Dec 29 2009 01:58:49

    I didnt think people would still be considering this mod two years later...nostalgia :3

    But to sum it up, you might as well call this a Signo Tipped HGG MX.

    Its like spinning a signo tipped MX, except with the body of an HGG.

  47. xShining star
    Date: Mon, Jan 4 2010 03:58:48

    pics r down T.T
    fix is plz

  48. sarugio1
    Date: Sat, Apr 24 2010 16:47:16

    almost like a signo tipped MX with hgg barrel? nice!!!

  49. iamnotluck
    Date: Sun, Apr 25 2010 21:25:00

    do you really need the inktube? does it add weight or make the balance better?