I started this topic because I want a topic where you can visit and learn something useful that could help you in the future.

Examples...

Remove Grips
- Remove (HGG) Grips?

Cutting Soft Barrels
- You can use wire cutters. It can be used to produce a very fine slice which requires minimal filing. Props to DarkArcher for that.

- a hacksaw makes for a very easy cutting job.

Keep the HGG tip on the RSVP MX
- wrap teflon tape around the plastic RSVP tip, then screw on the metall HGG tip. The tape will provide a surface for the metal threads to attach to.
** Teflon tape is the stuff used to insulate plumbing pipes. It may just be called "plumbing tape" where you live.

- super glue the tip

Remove colored back section of G2
Remove G2 Color Band

What is a BICssa?
It's a BICtory that has a black body and white caps. The look resembles the Korean Comssa Mod.

RSVP MX insert info
1. width: 9cm
2. height: 3.81cm
3. COP is located 4cm from the "back" side (where the RSVP cap will be located).
4. only 1/2 of the insert (vertically) will be visible when the insert is rolled up.
5. only 1/4 of the insert will be visible at any time when looking straight on at the insert.
6. various insert sizes that fit inside a RSVP barrel:

• 72ppi: 255 x 108
• 150ppi: 531 x 225
• 200ppi: 709 x 300
• 300ppi: 1063 x 450

Empty G2 refill
Tools needed:

• Sandwich Bag
• Water
• Pliers
• Barbeque Stick (or any other stick you are willing to get dirty and dispose)
  
• Make sure you are outside or some place that you will let ink spill.
  1. Take the tiny plug out of the back of the G2 Refill
  2. Fill the sandwich bag with some water (not too much)
  3. Place the G2 Refill inside the sandwich bag and hold it from outside the sandwich bag.
  4. Using pliers, press, hold, and twist off the tip of the G2 refill (FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE SANDWICH BAG) and let the ink come out. (You might want to leave the area and come back in a few hours if you want to make sure all of it gets out.)
  5. Run some water through the g2 refill and clear it of any ink marks.
  6. Now the glue will be inside the g2 refill. Using a barbeque stick, push through the g2 refill and try to push the glue out. The glue is very sticky so avoid getting it on your skin.
  7. Run some more water through the g2 refill and clear out anything left inside with the barbeque stick.

Insert RSVP grip into cap
Tools needed:

• Any kind of oil
  
  1. Try to dispense a very tiny bit of oil onto your index finger, if you use too much the fixture will be loose.
  2. Apply the oil into the inside of one end of the rsvp grip and on the rsvp back cap.
  3. Place the rsvp grip into the rsvp cap so it is level with the bottom of the rsvp cap.
  4. Pretend to place a normal rsvp cap onto the rsvp back cap, except this time it will be a little harder to place so just push harder and push it as far as you want it to go.

Remove back of Better Retractable
Things needed:

Pliers

[1] Hold down onto the back part of the Pilot Better Retractable with pliers.
[2] Simultaneously Twist --> (substep 2a:pretend like you're twisting off a metal tip from a pen) & pull off the back part.

Insert a paper insert
1. Roll the insert around the pen's ink tube.
2. Slide the insert into the pen's body.

Balance your Comssa Mod
1. Pull of the eraser from the back of a pencil.
2. Put that eraser in one of the cap.

- wad up paper and shove into the cap

Remove writing from RSVP barrel
- Use an eraser to rub off the writing

- left acetone sit on the body to eat away the writing. Leaving it on too long may eat away the pen body itself.

HGG replacement tip and grip
- Use a Hybrid Gel Roller, it has a larger tip and differently textured grip
- What should we use to replace HGG?
- RSVP MX Replacements?

What can I make with...
- 153 / Colour Mods
- BIC Mods
- Dr. Grip Mods
- G2 Mods
- G3 Mods
- HGG Mods
- Mechanical Pencil Mods
- Neo Gel Mods
- Pilot Mods
- Playcolor2 Mods
- Profile Mods
- Rushon Mods
- Sharpie Mods
- Signo Mods
- Super Pirat Mods

Question: Whats a good lenth for a pen? whats good for almost any tricks?
Question 2: Is 8.75 inches (22.5 cm) too long?

I would say that 18-20 cm is probably good, a lot of people seem to think that 19 or 19.5cm is excelent (about the length of an MX), though of course weight and distribution can also effect how long the pen should be...

22.5cm sounds too long to me, it wouldn't really look natural, like you're actually sipinning a pen. Kam has said that a good way to tell if it will look acceptable spinning is if you put it on your palm and it is as long as or shorter than the tip of your middle finger to the end of your palm. Some people you disagree with this though and say longer pens are fine, which actually they are, I just don't think they look as good spinning, but their fine for practice IMO...

eburt is right 18-20 cm. past that its inconvienient and doesnt look good. its inconvient b/c its really hard to handle a long pen. lik hits things while spinning and cant pocket it. it doesnt look good b/c it jus looks lik ur spinning a stick.
lol if u goto GPC ull see that a bunch of the guys have long ass pens. no offense to them, but they r the newest and most liberal community. almost all of their mods r double caps and dunt look lik pens. but hey wat can i say i spin a comssa ;)

The longest pen I spin with is 22.5cm and the shortest is 14cm. Spin with whatever feels right to you however 14cm is a little short :P

Yeah, well I asked because I just did a mod with you guessed it! A G2 and RSVP. It ended up to be perfectly balanced at 19 cm. However it is a bit on the light side, whats the best way to add weight but still maintain balance?
Thanks guys.

Blasmephy.

im pretty sure if eriror places his compirat like that the pen wont be much longer

since his hands are freaken huge

i just found out something really useful for the people with rushon. most people might know this already but ill tell you guys anyway.

i just found out that rushon inks out much faster compared to a comssa. it inks the barrel which makes it really ugly. what you can do is use rubbing alcohol on the barrel, you can use tissue to wipe it. for the ink inside the cap you can use cue tips dipped in rubbing alcohol. just another tip for you guys B)

or u can jus take teh rushon refill out and wash it, so the pen will never leak

does it affect the weight in anyway???

What type of Signo should I buy to make the Modified Bictory?

all signos have the same tips the last time i checked

Well, today I bought a Signo Micro 207 and it has a really fat metal tip that doesn't look like the one in some pictures, and then yesterday I bout some Signo Gelstick .7s and they don't have metal tips.

what r all the colors of playcolors??

How much is a monami 153 worth?

SG$0.35 - SG$0.45

how do you "de-ink" a rushon???? :huh:

i removed the tip and out came the ink ...is it suppose to be a short ink stick???

and how do you empty the rushon barrel ink??? wash it the whole time?? sounds impractical <_<

any fast methods?

What makes a Comssa Metallic...metallic? Is it metallic tape?

If you add metal tips to your comssa caps, it becomes metallic.

Which size G2 should I buy?
0.5 or 0.7

0.7 have a tinted barrels,
0.5 have clear ones.

for the hgg^2 is there a substitute for the supergel?

U could always jus put tack or something else to block the hole in the back.

I use the back plug of a G-2 refill to replace. The back plug in a Bic pen also works. I'm sure many things could fit.

When I make MXs, the cap on the end is way too loose if I align the bottom of the cap with the line between the screw on thing.

Am I doing anything wrong, or are they always a bit wobbly.

it pissed me off untill someone(either rippdrive or retro) said to take pliers and LIGHTY crush around the plug untill you dont hear any more cracking sounds

it stops cracking with all the superglue is crushed free

Yeah, I was the one who suggested that...

@elliot: I think the grip inside the cap may be too deformed. Take a paper clip and take the grip out. Try pushing the grip in with the back side of the pen so it creates a vacuum.

How do you make a labuko?

What sweet mods can i do with a g3( no hggs at the moment )

Original Lakubo Mod:
- reverse the ink tube on the Uniball Lakubo
- take a NeoGel/SuperGel cap and remove the clip
- wrap some tape around the back of the Lakubo body and stick the NG/SG cap on
- spin your new Lakubo ModLakubo MX:
- reverse the ink tube of the Lakubo
- snap the back plug of an RSVP onto the back of the Lakubo
- break the clip of an RSVP cap and push it onto the back of the Lakubo

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Sweet G3 Mod = G3 Jimnie:
- break the cap of a Zebra Jimnie, shove the Jimnie grip inside
- reverse ink tube on the G3 body
- wrap tape or glue cotton around back of G3 to let the Jimnie cap fit snugly
- shove the Jimnie cap onto the back of the G3 body
IMAGE: G3 Jimnie

*optional*
- remove G3 grip
- slide Hybrid Gel Grip (HGG) grip in place of the G3 grip
IMAGE: G3 Jimnie Grip

Attaching Dr.Grip Tips to Comssa caps:
Take a bit of a g2 refill (empty) and stick it on the plug thing in the cap.
stick the tip on that for stability and it should stick in there a bit
then put grips for an attachment.

works awesome.

Is Papermate Wrire Bros.(no grip) the same as Papermate Kilometrico? I wonna make a Hybrid G².

Thank You

nope ... kilos ink tube could be taken out out .... but not those writebros

has any one heard of the middle one? i found this pic on google images and the middle one is supposed to be a cap/eraser for pencils and it would be helpful for infinitys on pencils

I had some electrical tape (black tape) and I found out that it adds a fair amount of weight to my Bictory and nowI can do a triple TS with it. :banana: It also makes my Bictory look a lot more cooler.

I was wondering what pen mods can i make with hgg barrels besides the hgg^2....and where can i find the transparent comssa tut?

Transparent Comssa talk can be found here: Hgg Comssa v.3 -How to hgg CS-, How to hgg CS, otherwise check the UPSB threads, that's where the original announcements were made.

Anyone with HGG involved mods should add them to this thread: Mods with hggs.

For mmx how long is the g2 barrel part supposed to be?

what is an mmt?

MMT is momentum MX (i think) its just a section of profile/starmax gel/Anyball grip on the G2 barrel part of an MX and the G2 barrel part for the MMX (for mine atleast) is about 3.5cm

The stickers for PDS comssas like the v8, what kind are they? I know they are sticky paper, but glossy? and printable? thanks
-ued.


EDIT: oh yeah, glossy sticky paper...
*UnEmploymentDude slaps myself around a bit with a large trout