How to align feed and nib?

[Joe Beamish]

Looks like I need rotate the feed just a bit in relation to the nib...but how?

 

Does heating it help soften it up? Should I use some tool?

 

Or is the nib history?

 

Thank you

 

Joe

[jbb]

Often you can just use your fingers and rotate the nib or feed into place.

[Joe Beamish]

I've been trying that -- with the nib unattached to any pen -- to no avail. But I admit I haven't torqued it very hard. This particular nib is different from my other Esterbrooks in that the metal nib, down near the collar, indents on both sides to a narrower width. On all my other nibs, the metal goes straight down into the plastic collar, with no cutaway whatsoever. This is my only 9556, but I doubt they built it differently in this way.

 

I'm not even sure that I've ever used this nib. I don't recall where I picked it up. Many years ago at a yard sale I bought a large tupperware container full of boxed Esterbrook nibs, all shiny and apparently new. This may be from that lot. I just don't know. The tines are definitely not aligned correctly, and the black feed is definitely off center.

 

Yeah. I can't budge it with my fingers. One of my few 9xxx nibs. Dang.

 

 

 

Often you can just use your fingers and rotate the nib or feed into place.

[Rob G]

I have a bunch of Renew-Points whose feed slits don't align with the tine split. It doesn't seem to be much of a factor - some of those which are perfectly aligned are dry; others, which are misaligned, are wet. Don't ask me why. Some of these can be disassembled and realigned, but it's not a job for the faint-of-heart.

[OcalaFlGuy]

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/in...howtopic=117963

 

Bruce in Ocala, FL

[Joe Beamish]

Yeah -- I didn't find that thread to be very helpful. Vague at best....

Edited August 9, 2009 by Joe Beamish

[OcalaFlGuy]

Yeah -- I didn't find that thread to be very helpful. Vague at best....

 

Then you are likely to be disappointed with 99 44/100% of the repair advice given here.

 

I described in minute near excruciating detail exactly how to align an Estie feed/nib.

 

Bruce in Ocala, FL

[Joe Beamish]

Turn the nib upside down, grasp the nib up near the section junction firmly on each side of it, then put a fingernail from the other hand alongside the

feed on the side of it you need to move the nib Towards to hold it kind of in place and just wiggle/move the nib til it aligns with the feed. Again you DON'T want to be putting side pressure on the nib anywhere from the vent hole forward if possible so you don't mess up the hopefully correct tine alignment. If/when it is aligned better, then grasping again at the nib/section junction the nib with the underside of your finger and the feed with the underside of your thumb push them BOTH as a unit in towards the section to be sure they are in all the way. If this changes the nib/feed alignment some, later, rinse, repeat.

 

I'll try something like this; that is, working the nib and feed while they're screwed into a section. I get the general idea, but some of the specifics are unclear to me.