technical pens

**Monseratto** · July 10th, 2011 10:54 PM

We used to add a drop of baby oil to the ink everytime we refill. This way the ink wont dry up and clog the pen. Sensitive talaga yung 0.1 - 0.3. Used to buy replacements with the body section at Joli's along Espana or St. Patrick near Recto.

**12vdc** · July 10th, 2011 11:04 PM

LOLz.. Reminds me of Drawing 1 & 2.. I thought Autocad na lahat ngayon.

BTw im Rotring user. You need to soak the parts in hot(or preferrably) boiling water to remove coagulated ink.

That cleaning pin is so sensitive, you need not remove that unless there are mineral deposits in the barrel.

It acts like a valve, so a slight bend could jam and stuck causing ink to leak.

**Horsepower** · July 10th, 2011 11:22 PM

For me, mas maganda ang sulat ng Rotring pero masyado brittle ang body nya. I even tried Faber Castell (nung di pa sya China). Eventually, I settled with Staedtler (although prone to blots). Matibay talaga kasi siempre Germany (ewan ko lang ngayon kung German made pa rin but IMO, one should not pay that much for a china pen).

BTW, yes, use hot water para madali matanggal yung dried ink.

May mga nasira din akong 0.1 & 0.3 noon, I didn't know pwede pala makabili ng parts nyan.

**asb75** · July 11th, 2011 12:05 AM

ang alam mas mahal pa ang presyo nang parts or pen point assembly. as an advise bumili ka na ulit nang 1 pc. na pen na 0.1 lang dahil konti lang ang difference sa price. just becareful of using 0.1 pen very sensitive, kaya ako mas ginamit ko na lang ang 0.2 nung araw. pero in reality gagamitin ninyo ay ACAD software na pag drawing nang achitectural & engineering plans.

**JJCarEnthusiast** · July 11th, 2011 05:12 PM

ME course ko and yes we still use tech pens pero for one sem. lang. at 2nd yr i'll be taking a computer-aided drafting subject already.

btt: ho may gosh! 600 ang point section! ang buong pen daw e 700 or 750 ba un. ang masakit kasi dito bago lang yung pen early jun lang binili kaya ko lang naisipang baklasin kasi nagleleak nga. and with little knowledge about this piece of equipment yun nga nabali ko yung parang needle. pwede bang palitan to ng kahit anong .1 na wire (kung meron) ? lol. could it be na ung leaking problem is a factory defect? gagamitin ko kasi bukas ang pen maybe manghihiram nalang muna ako, pero i want my pen working. baka pwedeng ibalik ko nalang sya sa store pero baka titignan nila na wala nang needle baka di tanggapin. your thoughts?

**asb75** · July 11th, 2011 05:17 PM

Originally Posted by JJCarEnthusiast

ME course ko and yes we still use tech pens pero for one sem. lang. at 2nd yr i'll be taking a computer-aided drafting subject already.

btt: ho may gosh! 600 ang point section! ang buong pen daw e 700 or 750 ba un. ang masakit kasi dito bago lang yung pen early jun lang binili kaya ko lang naisipang baklasin kasi nagleleak nga. and with little knowledge about this piece of equipment yun nga nabali ko yung parang needle. pwede bang palitan to ng kahit anong .1 na wire (kung meron) ? lol. could it be na ung leaking problem is a factory defect? gagamitin ko kasi bukas ang pen maybe manghihiram nalang muna ako, pero i want my pen working. baka pwedeng ibalik ko nalang sya sa store pero baka titignan nila na wala nang needle baka di tanggapin. your thoughts?

i think manghiram ka na lang muna for the meantime, alam ko hindi na puwedeng isoli ang technical pens dahil ichecheck nila yan eh. try tumingin sa sulit baka may nagbebenta kahit used na siya or bumili ka nalang kahit yun mumurahin lang basta importante may magamit ka.

**JJCarEnthusiast** · July 11th, 2011 05:21 PM

anyway subukan ko nalang baka naman kasi factory defect talaga yun. pero kung ayaw talaga bibili nalang ako ng bagong point section. hassle talaga e

**gongrhey** · July 12th, 2011 03:59 AM

Originally Posted by yebo

agree pero di ba the basics are learned using Mongol #2 pencil. tech pens come in only pag dating na sa mga projects where you submit tech drawings. and in actual practice plans are drawn using pencil only so that it is easy to revise, then pinapa-blue print na lang.

agree the basics are learned using pencil pero hindi mongol #2 gamit namin; HB, H o kaya F pencil. yung tech pen pag gagamit na ng tracing paper. well, those were the days.

* topic, ingat talaga sa tech pen at masyadong mahal, agree ako dun sa pag-add ng baby oil para di mag-clog.

**admiral88** · July 12th, 2011 08:22 AM

Been a steadler user and messy talaga maintenance nyan.
That's right...you use oil para medyo dumulas at mas matagal matuyo.
Dati ba isang sem lang talaga yung drawing subject?
Buti na lang at least...may drawing subject pa kahit isa...kaso parang na-shortcut na yung ginawa.
No wonder why i've seen newly grads...of course knew how to draw...
but didnt know when to use a hidden line or cant properly apply the appropriate dimension lines.
Now...thats really getting messier.

**JJCarEnthusiast** · July 12th, 2011 10:57 AM

re: drawing subjects, yung amin e pinapagaya lang yung template na nasa A4 sized bondpaper sa 15x20 na tracing paper. pero ewan ko kung ieexplain ba yung mga hidden line, dimension lines na namention ni sir admiral88.

about sa baby oil, ilalagay ba sya first sa ink reservoir then ang drawing ink, or baliktad? btw nakabili na ako ng disposable na tech pen .1 tig 45 petot.. hahay nanghihinayang lang talaga ako sa .1 ko na steadler.