Visumaster Ink Window Question...

[chad.trent]

My latest Visumaster has a cracked ink window. i knew it when I bought it, and that's why I didn't pay that much for it.

 

Anyways, does anyone know if the ink window is easily separated from the section? I have a friend who does machine work who has offered to try to make a replacement one for me, but I have to get the original one out to give to him. I have resacced my other Visumaster but the window and section came out as one piece and I didn't try to separate them.

[Hobiwan]

The whole section of the VM is one piece, as told to me by a fellow named Tony Helms (RIP). I sent him a VM with stress fissures in the window, to see if he could find a solution to that problem, and he noticed that the whole thing is made of clear plastic, with a colored "sleeve" mounted over the front of the section to match the color of the cap and barrel. If you look real close with a 10x magnification at the front end of the section, you can see the layers and verify it for yourself. Quite a discovery it was for me. Unfortunately, Tony died suddenly from a heart attack before he could determine a solution, other than what your friend would do; cut the window and back-end off and machine a new piece to weld on to the front end.

 

I've been researching the possibility of finding a clear "fill" to patch the fissures with, but no easy solution has presented itself yet, and I'm not "plastics knowledgeable" as Tony was.

 

I've had a similar problem with another visulated pen (Wahl/Eversharp Coronet), and it was fixed by a friend who macnined a new piece for me, so I believe it's possible with a VM. I don't have that expertise, though ...

 

Good luck with the project. And if it works, let us know. I, for one, would like to see the results. Just make sure that the new piece is made of a plastic that won't chemically stain from being inked (unless, of course, it's intended only as a "museum piece") .....

[FarmBoy]

Paul accurately describes the problem.

My solution is to remove the clear portion from the sleeve by drilling it out. Then you remake the entire part and re-weld the sleeve to the new section.

 

You will of course need to cut the threads into the new part to accept a renew point.

[Hobiwan]

Deuuuude!!!

 

Any particular kind of plastic you use? And how much would you charge to do it for a fumbly-fingered veteran?

[chad.trent]

Deuuuude!!!

 

Any particular kind of plastic you use? And how much would you charge to do it for a fumbly-fingered veteran?

I second this question....