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What is Annie doing today? :roller1:

 

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What does Annie WANT to be doing today?? :happy:

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Alas! It is only Wednesday - this week seems to be dragging out longer than most. I have a few pens that need "attention" as well but 6AM on a Wednesday means I better get to work and be ready for the (car) Auction.

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Very nice selection of Esties. :thumbup:

Other ones are nice too.

 

I really should be cleaning pens too....got two cup's full of need to clean.

In reference to P. T. Barnum; to advise for free is foolish, ........busybodies are ill liked by both factions.

 

 

The cheapest lessons are from those who learned expensive lessons. Ignorance is best for learning expensive lessons.

 

 

 

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You should not sonicate the whole Estie barrel with the lever and j-bar inside it. Both are spring steel, not stainless like the trim. They will rust.

 

[EDIT] Slight correction. The lever is stainless steel. The ring that holds the lever inside the barrel is spring steel.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

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You should be able to find a small bottle cleaner that can be used to clean out the inside of the barrel.

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You should not sonicate the whole Estie barrel with the lever and j-bar inside it. Both are spring steel, not stainless like the trim. They will rust.

 

[EDIT] Slight correction. The lever is stainless steel. The ring that holds the lever inside the barrel is spring steel.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

 

Under normal circs I never submerge most pens unless the very next step is complete dis-assembly. I definitely should've noted that down somewhere (don't try this at home). This pen's component parts are now drying in a low humidity room-temp room awaiting a new sac (out of sunlight).

 

But you're 100% correct... I'm also a little bit wary of putting ammonia into the cleaner with esties or any pen with stainless furnishings, though I've never had a problem yet...

 

I also love esties because they're so much easier to flush before they're put away out of rotation... remove the nib (which does go into the sonic cleaner) and flush the sac out with water, dry for a couple days, re-assemble, into storage.

 

And just to prevent me getting reported to the ISPCE (International Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Esties), here's the little feller getting an overhaul at the spa.

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Actually, the more I think about it... I bet the pencil eraser was an effort to try and rig the broken J-bar into some semblance of function rather than replacing the whole bar. It (the eraser) has aged into some weird substance that is both brittle AND gummy. Ick. :wacko:

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The eraser is actually supposed to be there. When the pen was originally assembled in the factory, they put it inside as a spacer, to properly position the j-bar.

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The eraser is actually supposed to be there. When the pen was originally assembled in the factory, they put it inside as a spacer, to properly position the j-bar.

 

I never knew that! I've dis-assembled (and re-assembled) a dozen(? more?) Esties and never seen that before... wow. Thank you for posting that, I learn stuff every day from you guys. :blush:

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I see you have section pliers.

 

If you per chance have a Dremel also, some frugal Estie fixeruppers have used woman's hair berets and cut the metal clips of them

to to make acceptable j-bars. There are pics in posts of such in the Estie forum somewhere.

 

Or, you can order modern replacement j-bars but those will actually need a little Dremel work too.

 

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

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I never knew that! I've dis-assembled (and re-assembled) a dozen(? more?) Esties and never seen that before...

 

It's a cost saving measure. Read this post by Richard Binder, it should make it clear:

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/6502-esterbrook-sac-sizes-j-and-sj/?p=60680

 

The spacers can be missing from a previous repair, or shrunk to small sized hard pellets (which you can easily miss when disassembling the pen). I have seen two such shrunk spacers in my five pens.

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