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Currently replacing the o-ring on a Sheaffer Snorkel. Stripped down, just looking for the ring ...

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Effrafax.

 

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Just finished tweaking the nib on a Wahl Oxford. It's amazing how nicely those 14k #3s write when they're properly tuned. Still a bit squeaky, though. Might need a little more smoothing.

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Just received the Graf von Faber-Castell Guilloche bought from pettifogger here at The Marketplace.

 

Took apart the entire pen... nib, feed and the converter down to its constituent parts... gave whatever residual ink a thorough wash... then adjusted the nib a bit to increase flow... then put back everything together. Luckily everything went smoothly without any incident, unlike what happened to my Nakaya Piccolo :headsmack:

 

 

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I've got quite a que of typical stuff, but I just bought a group of 55 Sheaffer school pens from DocNib. I'm going to clean, polish, & tune them. Then they'll be donated to the PCA's Pens for Kids program.

 

Nothing hard really, just lots of them! By the end of the weekend, I'll probably never want to see a Sheaffer school pen again!

 

John

 

 

That is VERY generous of you to donate the pens to PCA for the kids.

 

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Just burnished the nib of a Mont Blanc piston filler (semi hooded nib, probably a 32?). Still, I have to fix a number of cracks in the hood, and unfortunately the previous owner has "fixed" one in the cap. The latter I will leave as it is now, I don't think I could remove that epoxy.

(The plastic of this pen is really crappy. I hope the modern "precious resin" is something completely different. This one must have been a school pen back then, around the seventies.)

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Lathe work on a new black top for a parker centennial out of ebonite. I am also going to play around with making a replacement pellet cup as per the instructions on this site for a 1942 vacumatic. i have a piece of black delrin stock that is the correct size so I don't have to use a big diameter rod to start with and shave it down. I hope delrin is ok as a material, it is a bit slippery.

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Rob

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Michelle is learning how to fix Esterbrooks this week! And doing a great job at it, too. 50+ Esties isn't even overwhelming her yet ;-)

 

 

Hmmm.........

Absolutely clean fingers & nails.

No band aids.

Looks like a staged picture to me! :glare:

 

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so many pens, so little time.......

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Lathe work on a new black top for a parker centennial out of ebonite. I am also going to play around with making a replacement pellet cup as per the instructions on this site for a 1942 vacumatic. i have a piece of black delrin stock that is the correct size so I don't have to use a big diameter rod to start with and shave it down. I hope delrin is ok as a material, it is a bit slippery.

Cheers,

Rob

 

Rob,

Snap some pictures of the process & post 'em!. Inquiring minds yada, yada, yada.

John

so many pens, so little time.......

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What about you?

I have a package to mail off to Stipula, does that count? :)

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The vacumatic diaphragm is held in the cup by the elasticity of the rubber -- that's why you need a hollow pusher to get them in. The material of the cup doesn't matter so long as the hole and chamber are correct to stretch the rubber going in so that when it relaxes, the rubber and pellet are larger than the hole and won't come out. Too small and you cut the rubber, too large and it will fall out. It should be rigid, and delrin will work fine. So will polycarbonate or ABS, so long as you can glue it to the plunger.

 

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Tonight working on a friend's Sheaffer Snorkel / Triumph nib. Flow problems. Just cleaning, flossing. Plus got an old Waterman's C/F cleaned & working.

 

Plus I discovered how handy the Snorkel is to fill the C/F cartridge!

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I'm working on a piston seal restoration for an early 1950s 146. I'm actually trying to determine if I can craft a seal from another material other than cork.

 

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I re-sacced an Esterbrook J this morning. Other than that, my restoration work is all automotive for now.

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Tonight was a no pen restoration night for me, watched Bolt the new 3D Disney movie with Lauren. I did however replace the sac on a Stipula Crescent fill, restore a PFM V, a Waterman 52, a pair of modern Duofolds which needed flow, a 51 Vac full size last night before I conked out on the couch.

 

This past weekend I did about 10 pens for various clients, none of which were terribly exciting. I did correct a couple of misbehaving nibs for Rufus last week which he swears I swapped out for better ones, though he is incorrect, they just work now. :) I also flowed a CS for Rufus at the breakfast on Saturday, he really should start buying pens without flow problems. LOL.

 

I do have a couple of interesting repairs coming up, I need to rebuild a section for a Brown and Black Endura and redo some ends on Waterman HY pens. Will try and do some before and after shots on them.

 

Oh, I forgot, I did a nice job on an Omas Arte Italiana which had a loose fitting feed and stuck piston. A couple of drops of water to free the piston, then some silicone grease, and that was taken care of. Now, increasing the diameter of the feed to tighten it up in the section was a little trickier. :) Got it to work though, and without any sealant or shims of any kind.

 

Cheers,

Sean

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I didn't restore anything today, but I mailed or delivered the following -- a Black and Pearl OS flat top, Balance junior, small Balance, parker 51, Chris Thomson Replica, an empty MB bottle, 2 Parker vacs & 3 skylines.

 

Back to restoration tomorrow.

 

danny

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Like Danny, I'm not actively working on anything today but I finished de-denting a Flighter and started using it today. I need to redo the finish but I suspect I'll carry it a while before that. I guess I should mention I put a wonking Minuskin nib in it.

 

Fun.

 

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On the bench this morning are a bunch of sterling pens for a client who likes sterling and 18K nibs. They include a very ancient straight-cap Onoto with an over-under feed, two French pens of unknown make, a Sailor, and a Conklin. All will be restored and renibbed. Fun stuff, especially the Onoto, a pen I particularly enjoy because of its plunger filler.

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