Artus Ballit

[Robe]

Hi,

I have just re-corked an Artus Ballit, and I have tought to put some pictures for whom need informations. The disassembly it's quite easy, the nib is screwed in and the plunger group is keep in place from a threaded bush. To fix the cork there is not a screw, the support is slightly mushroom shaped and I fixed the cork seal with some shellac. Now the pics, enjoy!

 

http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb378/Robe_/Artus%20Ballit/ArtusBallit001.jpg

 

http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb378/Robe_/Artus%20Ballit/ArtusBallit003.jpg

 

http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb378/Robe_/Artus%20Ballit/ArtusBallit004.jpg

 

http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb378/Robe_/Artus%20Ballit/ArtusBallit005.jpg

Edited January 30, 2011 by Robe

[newlife]

Hello Robe!

 

Quite interesting to view your posting, because some time ago I made up a thread asking what kind of glue I could use on pens that don't have a screw to fix the cork. Several people even doubted that such a pen exists. I just want to know if your shellac method has turned out fine, because I read that shellac is not water resistant; I always used two component glue successfully.

 

Klaus

[Robe]

Hi Klaus,

 

I haven't used very much this pen, two or three charges and after I have forgot it empty. A couple of days ago I have cleaned and now it's ready to go with another ink, honestly i can't say that this is an exaustive test, and I don't know if an heavier use could shows problems, but I'm optimist.

In my personal opinion if the cork is treated with paraffin, the problem shellac/water doesn't exist, because the cork is waterproof and the part of shellac in contact with the ink it's minimal.

 

Ciao,

Roberto

[newlife]

Thanks, Roberto!

 

Seems logical, that a paraffine treated cork will protect the shellac from ink. So if shellac is not hygroscopic it will be alright I think. I will give it a try with my next pen.

 

Klaus

[Letsi]

Hi Robert,

 

Could you explain how did you disassemble this artus?

I have a similar Artus that has a leaking cork issue...

 

Many thanks in advance.

 

Cheers

[crabe919]

recorked mine this morning, but i did it with a spare rubber from a lamy 27/99/2000.

To dismantle the pen, there is a slotted ring in the back of the pen. I've made a tube that fits between the knob of the filling system and the inside of the barrel with 2 little pins on it. That way you can unscrew the brass threaded piece.

 

cheers,

[Letsi]

recorked mine this morning, but i did it with a spare rubber from a lamy 27/99/2000.

To dismantle the pen, there is a slotted ring in the back of the pen. I've made a tube that fits between the knob of the filling system and the inside of the barrel with 2 little pins on it. That way you can unscrew the brass threaded piece.

 

cheers,

 

Hi Crabe919,

 

Thanks a lot for your response. I presume the way to twist would be anti-clockwise for both the slotted ring and the nib unit?

Would it be possible to share if what other replacement I could use if I do not have any spare rubber cork from lamy2k or where to get these lamy rubber corks?

 

Cheers!

[crabe919]

hello,

 

both turn out anti clockwise.

Don't know where to get a spare rubber, i used one i had left of a lamy 99. Best way is to make you own cork i guess, at least that is what i would do if i didn't had the rubber seal.

Otherwhise you can add a wanted ad in the classifieds, maybe someone can help you out.

 

regards,

[Letsi]

hello,

 

both turn out anti clockwise.

Don't know where to get a spare rubber, i used one i had left of a lamy 99. Best way is to make you own cork i guess, at least that is what i would do if i didn't had the rubber seal.

Otherwhise you can add a wanted ad in the classifieds, maybe someone can help you out.

 

regards,

 

Thanks a lot for the information.

I've managed to disassemble the pen and now to look for that elusive cork...

 

There were some design differences, I'll see if it's possible for me to take a picture of the plunger.

 

Cheers!

[crabe919]

pics always welcome!

[Letsi]

Apologies for the late reply but here they are...

 

The pen dis-assembled but with nib unit still in as it felt like the collar is stuck... Don't wanna mess around there yet...

 

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/9830/pendisassembled.jpg

 

The pen body, no Ballit engraved, just plain Artus...

 

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/707/penbody.jpg

 

Finally the piston and the rod. You can see where the place where the cork is supposed to go has a "cap" that I'm unable to remove...

 

http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/6338/pistonv.jpg

 

Only issue now is to get the cork!

[crabe919]

hello,

 

The cap on my older artus, was a small "plate" that i just could turn of to fit the cap and then screw back on to hold the cork in place. On my ballit, it was the same "champion" to hold the cork in place as the pic of OP.

 

Think your's is not a ballit, but another model. My old artus without model has an friction feed and nib, opposed to my ballit with an screw in nib and feed. So i suppose that it's also friction feed.

 

Where does the small cilindrical black part is supposed to go?

 

cheers,

 

Adam

[Letsi]

hello,

 

The cap on my older artus, was a small "plate" that i just could turn of to fit the cap and then screw back on to hold the cork in place. On my ballit, it was the same "champion" to hold the cork in place as the pic of OP.

 

Think your's is not a ballit, but another model. My old artus without model has an friction feed and nib, opposed to my ballit with an screw in nib and feed. So i suppose that it's also friction feed.

 

Where does the small cilindrical black part is supposed to go?

 

cheers,

 

Adam

 

I'm not sure if I could twist it off the piston stem, will try and update again.

 

From what I see, the only difference is the piston stem where the cork fits and the ink window being green. Could this really be a different model just due to such minor differences? The nib's a 14k warranted nib that is full flex though, it's the sole reason why I bought the pen.

 

As for the small cylindrical part, I've used the OP's pic and added an arrow to show where it's supposed to fit in. Basically it's the end cap at the end of the piston knob.

 

http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/4918/backqr.jpg

 

On a separate note, I'm thinking to just dump the piston and make it an eyedropper...

Seems like a fairly simple operation, just put an o-ring to the piston knob cover cap and put some silicon grease on it.

What's your opinion on this?

Edited January 27, 2012 by Letsi

[crabe919]

About the pen and model i was just making an assumption, i am by no means a pro at recognizing pens. But because the pen has a different parts, and no inscription ballit i supposed that it is evt another artus.Here on the forum, there are many more guys who can help you further on this way. Maybe contact kaweco, he has great knowledge about german pens.

 

About the eyedropper convert, it seems straight forward, but never did it myself. I like the piston filling system and to bring the pen back to it's original condition i would recork the pen if it was mine.

 

Cheers,

 

Adam

[Letsi]

About the pen and model i was just making an assumption, i am by no means a pro at recognizing pens. But because the pen has a different parts, and no inscription ballit i supposed that it is evt another artus.Here on the forum, there are many more guys who can help you further on this way. Maybe contact kaweco, he has great knowledge about german pens.

 

About the eyedropper convert, it seems straight forward, but never did it myself. I like the piston filling system and to bring the pen back to it's original condition i would recork the pen if it was mine.

 

Cheers,

 

Adam

 

No worries Adam, I was just wondering out loud.

You've helped me out plenty enough already. Really appreciate all your valuable advice.

 

It'll be a treat to have it back to its original condition although I'm still fairly new to vintage pen repairs so was just wondering if there's any alternatives, as I'm fairly nervous about messing around with the re-corking.

Edited January 27, 2012 by Letsi

[crabe919]

if you can unscrew the "cap" that holds the cork, you should try to recork. Don't be affraid, because you can't mess anything up but the cork.

i usualy cut a cork a but to big and put it onto the piston rod. Then i pack the rod in some rubber and put it into my screwing machine. I gently sand the cork down on a 320 sheet whilst the machine rotates.

 

adam

[crabe919]

Today i received a arts favorite from the bay

Here is what i found out:

Barrel and section are exactly the same as the ballIt

Piston system is the same exempt it uses a rubber seal instead of an cork seal, and its the same as found on the lamy99/27 but the rod is +-3mm longer then the lamy's.

Piston blindkap and the cap itselfs are different the the ballit

 

cheers,

 

Adam

[JDiver]

Sorry to necro an older thread, but did everyone fabricate the tool to open up the piston assembly? I don't really have access to any files/grinders.

[newlife]

Hello!

 

If you're talking about a tool to remove the nut from inside the barrel that's quite easy to make. Take an old cake fork, bend away one of the prongs and file the two left prongs so they will fit the nut. No way without pliers and file, sorry!

[JDiver]

All right... So I fashioned a tool by regrinding a staple remover and was able to clear out the guts of my pen, making it into an eyedropper (no chance of getting a new cork). Problem now is that the feed is really struggling to keep up a constant flow of ink. The feed will literally run dry after a few lines. I have to shake the pen a bit vigorously to get it going again. Any chance someone knows what the problem is? Has anyone taken apart the nib/feed unit? I was thinking about deepening the feed lines.