Never Seen This Before...

[tmenyc]

The remains of a sac that had been wired to the section nipple....on a Moore Servo. Curious!

 

 

Was this standard practice at some point?

 

Tim

[LamyOne]

Hello Tim,

 

Perhaps the pen's last repairman was out of sac shellac and had to improvise.

 

Best regards,

 

Chris

Edited November 28, 2014 by LamyOne

[Beechwood]

Shellac comes from India and Thailand, perhaps during WW2 there was a problem in obtaining shellac and the repair person knew enough not to use glue.

[TorPelikan]

As I have no shellac, I've done the same thing a few times with thin(2lbs test) fishing line.

My pens are almost all piston fillers and C/C filler, only a handful of lever fillers are here with me.

 

Tor

[fountainbel]

As long as there is enough radial space for the wire, I always use the complementary "wiring" approach when installing silicone sacs.

So I use shellack and several windings of wire fixation when installing silicone sacs.

Francis

[gweimer1]

I just got a pen, also a Moore, that appeared to have Scotch tape holding the sac on. I also got an Esterbrook that a previous resac somehow managed to get the sac on uncentered, and then crimped the sac putting the section back in. I've spent three days on that one, and finally got it off safely (I was not about to risk a blue icicle).

[Oslowe]

Fountainbel -

 

Hope this finds you well.

 

Can you share a wire spec with us and/or any additional direction? Assume a stainless aviation safety wire of suitable gauge would work?

 

Is there any availability of your punch set?

 

Thanks in advance - Oslowe