Help Fixing a Wearever button filler

[Kittybear]

Alrighty, Noobie here

I got my first pen off ebay, arrived today

It was as I expected it to be... gonna need work but whatever

So I soaked and got rid of the rather.... glued in old sac..that went okay

And apparently the pen died with ink in it... everything once wet stained my fingers... ah well

the problem was right when I thought I was done getting most of the ink out of the nib/nipple piece and set it down to go after more sac pieces.. it kinda split... and so I looked further and it was old reddish rubber

So now.. my question

How can I fix this?

Is there a way to possibly cut the nib assembly out(being rubber) and make a copy of it with resin?

or a way to fuse the pieces back together... ? Pictures included

Said Nib

Whole Pen.. minus the broken bit of nipple that rolled out of view

Thanks! Oh and its the best I can do considering my point and shoot doesn't do manual focus

[FarmBoy]

Alrighty, Noobie here

I got my first pen off ebay, arrived today

It was as I expected it to be... gonna need work but whatever

So I soaked and got rid of the rather.... glued in old sac..that went okay

And apparently the pen died with ink in it... everything once wet stained my fingers... ah well

the problem was right when I thought I was done getting most of the ink out of the nib/nipple piece and set it down to go after more sac pieces.. it kinda split... and so I looked further and it was old reddish rubber

So now.. my question

How can I fix this?

Is there a way to possibly cut the nib assembly out(being rubber) and make a copy of it with resin?

or a way to fuse the pieces back together... ? Pictures included

Said Nib

Whole Pen.. minus the broken bit of nipple that rolled out of view

Thanks! Oh and its the best I can do considering my point and shoot doesn't do manual focus

 

KittyBear,

 

All is not lost here. Most importantly, you have gotten the ink stained hands out of the way.

 

Wearever pens are a great place to start learning about pen repairs and they don't cost much. They can also be pretty good writers once fixed up.

 

That pen looks like a standard Wearever button filler. I've seen that same pen in all black, red, green and a silver pattern along with a number of other patterns. So finding a replacement shouldn't be very difficult since the nibs are what usually break. All this is a long winded way of saying you need to find another pen and steal the section, yours is to far gone rebuild unless you have some free time and a lathe to turn a new one.

 

The good news is I have box of parts pens headed my way and if there is a Wearever button filler in there, I'd be more than happy to send it to you.

 

Todd

 

[Kittybear]

That would be awesome... Too bad thats not fixable then? Its not the nib.... in fact.. when that got wet the ink was flowing..hehe

ahh well.. try try again, but I really wanted something to play with and use...that is within a very small budget at the moment.

[Ernst Bitterman]

I find myself with a Wearever button-fill in which the ONLY thing that's in any kind of decent shape is the section-- banana-body, croggled point, pure rust pressure bar... but a beautifully clear-windowed section. PM if you'd like it, and it's all yours. I've no use for it, and it should fit... actually, by the time you PM I'll have checked the diameter so we'll know if it would fit properly

Edited July 6, 2008 by Ernst Bitterman

[drjmb]

Me, too. I'd be happy to donate another to the cause. It won't be a Pacemaker which I also have and is a keeper!