Making A 'c' Ring For Cs Lever

[siamackz]

I received a CS 28 for repair. The lever was missing its 'C' ring, and so I had to fashion one from scratch. Here is how I did it:

[farmdogfan]

looks good.

[Flounder]

Looks good!

A while back, I received a Summit with a very thin ring, looped twice through the lever. I thought this was quite clever, as it kept the lever secure while ptting much less outward stress on the surrounding celluloid than a standard one.

[siamackz]

Looks good!

A while back, I received a Summit with a very thin ring, looped twice through the lever. I thought this was quite clever, as it kept the lever secure while ptting much less outward stress on the surrounding celluloid than a standard one.

That is clever

[fountainbel]

Well done !

Did you use stainless springsteel ?

Francis

[siamackz]

Well done !

Did you use stainless springsteel ?

Francis

Thanks Francis, I did use stainless steel spring wire. Correct.

[gweimer1]

I'm keeping this tip in mind. Great idea!

[tmenyc]

Really well done, and I've saved your screenshot for reference.

 

Tim

[siamackz]

Thanks for the encouragement Tim and gweimer1

[gweimer1]

What gauge wire did you use?

[praxim]

25 gauge, it appears. Pic 3 refers to 0.5 mm wire which Google tells me equates to 25 gauge or 0.020".

Edited June 23, 2018 by praxim

[siamackz]

25 gauge, it appears. Pic 3 refers to 0.5 mm wire which Google tells me equates to 25 gauge or 0.020".

correct

[Tweel]

I have a roll of 0.6 mm gold-plated hardened stainless steel "memory wire" (for beaded jewelry making) that I use to make replacement C-rings. One of the things I like about making my own is that the tension can be made much lower than the stock rings, enough to keep the ring in the groove, but hopefully with less chance of spreading the lever slot. Also, I grind the wire ends flat and round over the edges to keep them from digging in to the bottom of the groove during removal.

[siamackz]

I have a roll of 0.6 mm gold-plated hardened stainless steel "memory wire" (for beaded jewelry making) that I use to make replacement C-rings. One of the things I like about making my own is that the tension can be made much lower than the stock rings, enough to keep the ring in the groove, but hopefully with less chance of spreading the lever slot. Also, I grind the wire ends flat and round over the edges to keep them from digging in to the bottom of the groove during removal.

That is wise - the rounding. My next C ring repair will have that improvement. Thanks for sharing!

[CS388]

Nice work. Thanks for sharing.

[Greenie]

I have several different diameters of music wire which were fairly inexpensive at Hobby Lobby.

I think the pieces are like 10 inches long. You get 3 or 4 pieces for $2.

They came in 0.020, 0.025, 0.032 inches. Buy all the sizes. The pieces we use for pens are so small you might never use up any of the sizes.

 

These also come in handy if you ever remove or replace the straight barrel pins that hold Sheaffer type levers or other filling mechanisms.

 

And finally, the wire comes in handy to make punches for hard rubber pins on AA Watermans or those found inside some exotic fillers.