UPSB v3

Tutorials Pending Approval / Retractable Flexgrip MX

RFMX by Tratto

  1. Tratto
    Date: Tue, Nov 24 2009 09:04:18



    Pen looks like this(you can use different colours):



    Pens Needed:
    1x Bic Stic Grip (same as in ZT Mod by K4S)
    2x Flexgrip Ultra with metal tips
    1x any grip which is longer than 3.5 cm (i used blue G2)
    1x cap from RSVP

    Parts:

    1- tip from Flexgripa
    2- shortened body from Flexgripa
    3- this parts from Bic Stic Grip which connect bodies
    4- body from Flexgripa
    5- spring from Flexgripa
    6- grip G2
    7- clicker without clip from Flexgripa
    8- cap RSVP
    9- extended ink tube from Flexgrip

    Tutorial:
    1. First we take one body from Flexgrip and cut it when there's a last pit from the tip

    2. From Bic Stic Grip we take the part holding therefill and cut it in this place:
    http://i47.tinypic.com/2duidsm.jpg

    3. Connect the shortened body by the part from point 2 to the second one and screw down the metal tip of Flexgrip along with a spring to the shortened one.

    4. Put a grip on a front (it's important that it's longer that 3,5cm so it could cover the link)

    5. Extend the ink tube from Flexgrip with some other ink tube the same length as the cut body (around 2,8cm), connecting both ink tubes f.e. with a toothpick. Put the extended ink tube to the body.

    6. Now the back - cut off the clip from a Flexgrip's clicker using a knife so it looks like this:
    http://i47.tinypic.com/nvp5s7.jpg

    7. Screw shortened clicker to the end of the body.

    8. Put some plasticine to the RSVP cap to give the pen some balance. Then put the cap on a clicker.

    Length: my - 20cm
    COG: it depends on how much plasticine would you take into RSVP cap

    Believe me! this pen ROCKS!!!
    Enjoy!

    PS: for inspiration thanks to Kanonier!!!

    Edit: i have to upload it again beacause of UPSB server problems...

  2. Neix
    Date: Tue, Nov 24 2009 12:07:22

    i made one similar to this a long time ago. but nice mod, one thing i dont like very much about the flexgrip pen is the material of the barrel.

  3. Ice Clear
    Date: Tue, Nov 24 2009 18:18:46

    sweet! atleast this mod i have access to the pens.. how much are flexgrips? i only have a non retractable one..

  4. o.0dsrp
    Date: Tue, Nov 24 2009 23:42:01

    Nice mod! Great for people like me who don't have access to alot of pens.
    So the clicky thingy, do you have to take off the cap to click it? the link was broken sad.gif

  5. xShining star
    Date: Wed, Nov 25 2009 07:28:08

    i cant see the pictures =/
    is there something wrong?

  6. Ice Clear
    Date: Wed, Nov 25 2009 07:38:14

    can you please repost the pictures, i dont pully understand how to make it..

  7. Tratto
    Date: Wed, Nov 25 2009 13:37:31

    QUOTE (o.0dsrp @ Nov 25 2009, 12:42 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    do you have to take off the cap to click it?

    yes you have to

    QUOTE (Ice Clear @ Nov 25 2009, 08:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    can you please repost the pictures, i dont pully understand how to make it..

    pictures were reuploaded

  8. WhiteBlue
    Date: Wed, Nov 25 2009 15:12:14

    so is this just extended body, add grip in front
    extend ink tube, and add cap on back?

  9. Tratto
    Date: Wed, Nov 25 2009 17:13:37

    QUOTE (WhiteBlue @ Nov 25 2009, 04:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    so is this just extended body, add grip in front
    extend ink tube, and add cap on back?

    yup

  10. spinneraddiction
    Date: Fri, Nov 27 2009 03:17:45

    umm i used to have a bunch of these pens, but i lost them all, you know where to buy them?

  11. Tratto
    Date: Fri, Nov 27 2009 18:56:43

    in my country those pens are popular but in yours i don't know

  12. Ktk
    Date: Fri, Nov 27 2009 20:27:25

    does the rsvp cap securely stay on the pen?

    perhaps you could add a little something to make it retractable with the cap on, taking off the cap's a turnoff.

  13. Neix
    Date: Fri, Nov 27 2009 20:33:06

    QUOTE (spinneraddiction @ Nov 26 2009, 10:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    umm i used to have a bunch of these pens, but i lost them all, you know where to buy them?


    im sure at staples. but any store that has pens really, its really common in the US

    anyway, like i was saying, some like me wotn like this mod because of the material of the barrel.

  14. Tratto
    Date: Sat, Nov 28 2009 08:41:09

    QUOTE (Ktk @ Nov 27 2009, 09:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    does the rsvp cap securely stay on the pen?

    yes it does but it depents on how you cut the clicker part from Flexgrip

  15. chili pepper
    Date: Sat, May 8 2010 20:25:32

    QUOTE (Tratto @ Nov 28 2009, 04:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    yes it does but it depents on how you cut the clicker part from Flexgrip

    soooo... we have to cut the clicker on the flexgrip now? i dont think that was in the tutorial...
    also, if I made a version of this mod that didnt require the cap to be off to click and made a separate tutorial for it, would that make me a jackass for stealing (then improving) the idea to use as my own?

  16. envy
    Date: Fri, May 14 2010 05:21:43

    not clicker, just clip facepalm.gif