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Sorry for the REALLY bad pics. this camera i'm using is just crazy! i can't get a decent pic to save my life.

 

Anyway. A customer of mine sent me a beautiful Sheaffer Balance that she had dropped right on the nib. Bending it straight upm at a 90 degree angle. OUCH!

 

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y14/DennisLively/P8160002.jpg

 

An hour or so later......

 

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y14/DennisLively/P8160004.jpg

 

Have to say I'm pretty proud of this one. (grin)

 

Dennis

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Wow...... :unsure:

 

even with the bad pics, i can see the good job you did. :D

 

What camera are you using? :o looks worse than a cameraphone...... :o

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Burnished your little pea pickin' heart out on that devil, I bet. :P

 

But you're right, the pics are just plain awful! :sick: What are you using that you can't get better focus than that?

I started off with an oak dowell on my anvil to get the basic shape. The anvil btw is coated with a thin layer of rubber to keep from scratching the nib. Then with my 'bench hammer, oak dowell and mandrell I gently tapped/floated the dowell across the tines a little to remove the crease, then I went at it with a nib burishing tool for the final shape. After that it was just a basic alignment issue

 

 

The Camera is an Olympus FE 115. I tried to use the super marco setting and then the "regular" macro setting & just can't get squat for pics. I think I just need more time with it to figure it out. The manual it came with is all but a joke, "turn the selector to XXX aim & shoot. " Thats about as techincal as it gets. I plan on doing some online research to see if I can find any macro help for this model. Anyone have one of these by any chance. I could use some help.

 

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Hi,

 

Great job there. I have done many pens like these, and I must say that it looks great!

 

Dillon

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Super looking job Dennis.

 

Ernst has offered to draw pictures of your future work with his crayons.

I think he is learning about sarcasm :D

 

BTW - If you want some really dreadful pictures you should see my hard drive :blush:

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Super looking job Dennis.

 

Ernst has offered to draw pictures of your future work with his crayons.

I think he is learning about sarcasm :D

 

BTW - If you want some really dreadful pictures you should see my hard drive :blush:

Tell the young man thanks & I'll be taking him up on his offer. :P B)

 

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Ernst has offered to draw pictures of your future work with his crayons.

I think he is learning about sarcasm 

 

:roflmho: Ohh, Boy. That one made me guffaw out loud (can you guffaw to yourself?). It's a good thing we're all friends here :P .

 

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Just in case anyone takes me seriously (???)

- the fact that I've been mailing Dennis in the last day or two for more stuff may be a clearer indication of what I think of him :D :D

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This is what I found when I googled the name of the camera

 

http://www.google.com/search?q=Olympus+FE+...=&start=10&sa=N

 

 

When I take macro pictures with the Sony digital cam I own, I have to find just the right distance to get clear pictures. It a matter of balance between the zoom and the distance between the cam and the object, it takes some time. Usually I have to take between 2 to 6 pictures to get the distance right and a clear macro picture.

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The pen Dennis repaired is my Aspen Balance. I'm eager to get it back. It is still hard for me to believe that I have twice dropped that pen on its nib while cleaning it. The first time I planted the nib in the oak parquet kitchen flooring of our old house. This time the pen made a tine-first landing in the kitchen sink.

 

IMHO the Aspen was the best of the modern Sheaffer Balance series. I also have a Crimson Glow and the basic black.

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I have a Sheaffer Balance Jr in Grey Pearl that Sherrel Tyree restored for me. I dropped it on the Kitchen floor, and put a crack right at the threads. It's a vac-filler, so you know what that means. It was my first attempt at an acetone repair, and I dare say it was a success!

 

Nice job Dennis. I have been working on straightening a few nibs. I can get them mostly straight, but I just can't get the dents out.

 

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Sorry for the REALLY bad pics. this camera i'm using is just crazy! i can't get a decent pic to save my life.

Just off hand they look like you were too close to the object for the macro mode.

YMMV

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