UPSB v3

Tutorials Pending Approval / Staedtler Mod tutorial

  1. minche
    Date: Tue, Jan 1 2008 19:58:57

    for this mod you need 2 staedtler triplus ball and 2 bic matics, and 2 grips.




    cut the clip from cap and put grip over cap.


    i used bic velocity grips. just make sure that grip is longer than the cap.

    now cut the barrels like in picture. something like that biggrin.gif
    it depends how long you want your pen to be.


    now remove the tip from the red pen and put it 'in' the other end of green pen, where that metal thing that holds ink tube is.


    cut the bic matic 'inner barrels' like in picture


    now place these parts in ends of red pen


    and connect the parts biggrin.gif



    pros: long, heavy, great material
    cons: triangular. i don't mind it, but some might.

    hope you like it biggrin.gif

  2. darkeh
    Date: Tue, Jan 1 2008 20:04:44

    Can you only get those staedtler in Canada?

  3. TheHOINK
    Date: Tue, Jan 1 2008 20:20:53

    Hello, and a wonderfull (whatever daytime you might be reading this...)

    No, in germany, too.
    After all, they are produced here.. or at least, the manufacturer sits here.

    To encourage you, I do not know if they have it in America.
    To courage you, I could get them here... all staedtler triplus pens...

    TheHOINK

  4. sketching
    Date: Tue, Jan 1 2008 20:57:08

    How long is the final mod when made as in the pictures?

  5. minche
    Date: Tue, Jan 1 2008 21:35:20

    around 23 cm. but it can be any length you want.

  6. Outlander
    Date: Tue, Jan 1 2008 22:00:26

    It looks prety slick with the different barrel colors.



    Do the barrel sections stay together tight witht he mechanical bic inner tube?

  7. minche
    Date: Tue, Jan 1 2008 22:13:48

    yes. you can put some tape over bic inner tube and then it's extra tight biggrin.gif
    and you can use more that two colors, connect them on various places...

  8. Martin
    Date: Tue, Jan 1 2008 22:21:25

    is the barrel thin?

  9. minche
    Date: Tue, Jan 1 2008 22:42:20

    no. and it isn't slippery.

  10. Martin
    Date: Tue, Jan 1 2008 22:51:05

    okay thanks biggrin.gif

  11. pholord
    Date: Tue, Jan 1 2008 22:56:12

    Seems like a lot of workfor a double capped mod with all that barrel cutting but it looks like it has great momentum.

  12. sketching
    Date: Tue, Jan 1 2008 23:22:03

    @pholord: The mod has nice potential for barrel customization though, as opposed to insert or outsert customization. Since the barrel is cut by default, the mod is also much more open for customized length to fit more hands.

    If you can get used to the particular texture of the barrel (I was never comfortable with it myself) and the triangular shape, this could be a nice mod. The shape never bothered me, and actually felt pretty good for top spin tricks, but the texture stopped me from using the Triplus seriously when I had last tried it. dry.gif

    I may have to buy another Triplus now that I'm more used to softer barrels with more friction and see how I like it. Hmm.

  13. minche
    Date: Wed, Jan 2 2008 20:02:29

    yh, the texture is quite unique biggrin.gif

  14. minche
    Date: Sat, Jan 5 2008 18:46:12

    oh, and you can use pilot ink tube instead of bic matic inner tube. bic inner tube has different diameter on the ends, unlike pilot ink tube. I'm now trying to connect the pen barrels not as a straight line. that looks amazing, but is a lot of work, cutting :\