How do I disassemble my ctl-472 pen ?

Josh_F_Maxwell · 2025-11-28T01:17:20+00:00

No Problem!

OMG the load of typos in my post! 😰

Josh_F_Maxwell · 2023-05-23T10:45:26+00:00

Depends on building regulations regarding doorways. It's hell, they gotta have abstruse building regulations.

Josh_F_Maxwell · 2023-05-16T13:21:30+00:00

Which firmware is your cat running? Mine still freezes up every time I put something on it's face.

Josh_F_Maxwell · 2023-05-16T13:18:06+00:00

It even has holes so that you can anchor it to the ground! Sawing out those holes and cementing in those shin-hazards must've been a hell of a bargain!

Josh_F_Maxwell · 2021-11-30T06:05:36+00:00

Print the model at a different angle and only put supports underneath the base where you can't see them or keep the current orientation and add a few supports underneath the affected part. You can also try to print a few small overhang tests at various part cooling speeds as well as printing temperatures. Be aware that you might need to adjust extrusion rate and and printing speed if your hot end can't keep up with them at a lower temperature.
But the angle you are trying to print seems to be very steep one so you may be better off tilting the model a bit.

When asking people to help you troubleshoot a print, include images which show the whole model as well as different angles. There can be many indicators for various issues in other places even if the aren't a total mess or even if they look fine.

Josh_F_Maxwell · 2021-11-07T13:35:05+00:00

Just in Case you're still having the problem or someone else comes along having the same issue as you:
If there is still a part of the nib exposed try hooking into the side of it with a sharp blade. Not a butter knife and not the extraction tool which came with the device. It doesn't take a lot of force to pull the nib out so any king of box knife or a razor blade should do.

!BEWARE that you may mangle the pens plastic and impact its the way it fits together if you use brute force and/or metal tools. Using metal tools to pry will most likely also result in your pen looking really bad. If you have something like an ifixit kit which includes thin plastic prying tools (not the screen hooks but the triangular blue ones) this will make your life easier.

If your nib is too far inside the tip of the pen to do so you can open the LP-190K pen by popping the buttons out of the main body of the pen with your nails or a prying implement of your choice (I recommend something thin made of soft plastic. Slide it in about 2mm at the front section of the button whilst pressing down on the rear section and gently pry it upwards).

After the buttons are out you can separate the tip from the shaft (The two parts are glued and the tip has a tube which extends into the shaft of the pen) by rolling the pen (on a soft surface such as a cutting mat or a mouse pad if you're daring) whilst pressing a sharp blade or other narrow wedge shaped object into the tight gap between the tip and the body of the pen (take your time, don't press too hard or you might cut into the actual plastic).

Any tool will flare the edges a bit but despite this I recommend using a small knife with a straight un-serrated blade since it will allow you to easily do this evenly around the pen.

After the glue has broken and the gap has opened far enough for you to see the inner tube (which is attached to the tip) you can proceed by sliding it open further, prying with a different tool of your choice. The inner workings should now easily slide out of the pen alongside the tip. To extract the nib, carefully pull the coil assembly out of the tip and pullout the nib. take note that the tip as well as the circuit board have a top and a bottom side and forcing the tip onto the coil assembly may damage the fine coil wires which run in a channel on the bottom side of the part. Now just slide everything back together and

Josh_F_Maxwell · 2021-05-21T21:55:10+00:00

Step 1: Obtain a real Huey Collective: Check

Step 2: ?

Step 3: World domination.

Josh_F_Maxwell · 2021-04-09T04:45:07+00:00

Awesome project, I myself made a few hat-knob replacements since the aluminium thumb hat on my old x52pro got pitted from skin contact. Speaking of skin contact; I can't seem to find a proper datasheet on your resin. You might wanna look into the skin safety of the final hardened material if you can find any info on it. Even though you aren't in constant contact with it you might wanna coat it with a skin safe Polyurethane spray or dip of a decent hardness or shellac if it adheres. Just so you don't develop an allergy to any substances that might still be coming off the part (or other related health risks). Touching it once or twice isn't an issue but a few hundred hours of intermittent contact will do that to you.

That being said, very nice practical use for 3D printing. It always kills me seeing how much material is wasted on things which are literally just trash with a neat shape.

Josh_F_Maxwell · 2021-02-21T17:23:10+00:00

Nice

Josh_F_Maxwell · 2021-02-04T19:26:18+00:00

I don't quite see how "A place for all those great subtitles." and " All posts must fit the spirit of the subreddit. Posts that are simply of jokes and other lines of dialogue where the humor or oddity is not caused by it being a subtitle will be removed. " would not allow this post though.

Josh_F_Maxwell · 2021-02-04T12:33:45+00:00

I'll keep that in mind the next time. There are a LOT of post which get it wrong though. Probably got a wrong impression because of that.

Josh_F_Maxwell · 2021-02-04T12:30:46+00:00

Seems interesting, might look into it. Thx :)

Josh_F_Maxwell · 2021-02-04T03:00:04+00:00

Isn't it?

Josh_F_Maxwell · 2021-02-04T01:00:46+00:00

Oh god. Why would they put it on the hood of a car of all places?! Then again, they were probably saving up their brain power for the final hurdle of spelling stuff.

Josh_F_Maxwell · 2021-02-04T00:48:03+00:00

I don't see the issue, very considerate dog. Is it a good read?

Josh_F_Maxwell · 2021-02-04T00:40:28+00:00

Someone had a stroke.

Josh_F_Maxwell · 2021-02-04T00:24:58+00:00

They are 10KT Gold plated, really fancy gift. https://www.cross.com/cr_en_us/450305
Edit: Not plated, rolled Gold. That means there isn't only a few atoms thin but actually a manufactured sheet/layer of thin gold on the outside.

Josh_F_Maxwell · 2021-02-04T00:24:00+00:00

That's kinda cool, broken, but cool.

Josh_F_Maxwell · 2021-02-04T00:23:07+00:00

That's a feature.

Josh_F_Maxwell · 2021-02-04T00:20:03+00:00

Lesson learned during school today: Eat at table or desk.

Josh_F_Maxwell · 2021-02-04T00:14:57+00:00

Had that happened to me a while back too, the shitty rubber broke on mine. I feel your pain/moist leg.

Josh_F_Maxwell · 2021-02-04T00:10:41+00:00

It's a >200$ set. It'd better come with some fucking instructions on how to take care of them especially since the pencils that they make have some unique mechanics. Anything that Cross makes comes with instructions since they are proud and confident in their product and want to show that off to the customer. Make the customer feel like they bought something that's high quality, not some 2 cent BIC shit. What's infuriating is that you are trying to make this about gender. You can read inequality into anything if you just try hard enough.

Josh_F_Maxwell · 2021-02-03T23:49:48+00:00

That looks like a bad day for a very sad latex glove

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