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Got my Waltham button filler back from Danny Fudge today. I sent it to him a week ago and was amazed it was back so quickly.

 

All it needed was to get it open and get a new sac. It's now inked and is a very smooth, wet writer.

 

I now know why the barrel was glued to the section. The section and barrel are held together by friction; when I depress the button the section and nib come off. Is there an adhesive that won't eat the celluloid but can be removed if necessary in the future?

Life's too short to use crappy pens.  -carlos.q

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Shellac -- it releases with heat. You'll probably only need a modest ring of it around the section's "friction" step to keep it pinned in place.

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Got my Waltham button filler back from Danny Fudge today. I sent it to him a week ago and was amazed it was back so quickly.

 

All it needed was to get it open and get a new sac. It's now inked and is a very smooth, wet writer.

 

I now know why the barrel was glued to the section. The section and barrel are held together by friction; when I depress the button the section and nib come off. Is there an adhesive that won't eat the celluloid but can be removed if necessary in the future?

 

Tweel is right. I'd use shellac, but a little differently. I've had a number of loose sections that just needed a little more friction to keep them safely in place. What I do is paint a little shellac around the male end of the section and let it dry (overnight) then fit the section back in. If it's still not tight enough I paint another layer and let dry. That way if you need to remove the section you can do so rather easily and you don't need heat.

 

If that doesn't produce enough friction to keep it in place, you can always shellac it in like Tweel suggests.

 

Good luck,

 

Clayton

"Not a Hooker Hooker, but rather a left-handed overwriter."

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I'm trying your method first, Clayton. Layer #1 is drying even as I type; if a few layers don't do the trick I'll stick that baby on as Tweel suggests. Thanks for the guidance. I'm beginning to understand why y'all work on your own pens - it's interesting to see how they work and there's a nice sense of accomplishment.

Life's too short to use crappy pens.  -carlos.q

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