Vacumatic Repair

[RonLyke]

OK, I give up. How do you remove the pellet in Vac.?

[Samthor]

I have used a Dremmel tool with a small point to drill in and embed and I have sometimes managed The same thing VERY carefully with a sharp dental pick

 

I'm not sure either is a currently approved method, though.

Edited September 1, 2015 by Samthor

[slippery when wet]

This is one method but there is a large investment in making the jig
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This jig is used on a Parker 51 Vacumatic

For the removal of the small inner pellet found inside the cup section of a diaphragm.

This jig is not my design but belongs to another FPN member.

I thought the design was a great solution to the problem of how one safely removes the small pellet.

The vacumatic filler is inserted into one end and a very small burr grinder into the opposite end.

Using a small dremel you can very easily drill out the pellet.

I have used it many times with out fault.

Again I would like to note this is not my design.

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[Samthor]

That is much more elegant and relies less (but still plenty) on steady hands.

[adyf]

Note this tool from pentooling, although holding it all and steady hands still required I imagine.

 

http://www.pentooling.com/Images/D15%20AA1.jpg

Edited September 1, 2015 by adyf

[RonLyke]

 

This is one method but there is a large investment in making the jig

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This jig is used on a Parker 51 Vacumatic

For the removal of the small inner pellet found inside the cup section of a diaphragm.

This jig is not my design but belongs to another FPN member.

I thought the design was a great solution to the problem of how one safely removes the small pellet.

The vacumatic filler is inserted into one end and a very small burr grinder into the opposite end.

Using a small dremel you can very easily drill out the pellet.

I have used it many times with out fault.

Again I would like to note this is not my design.

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The cup comes out, too? This looks like a good system. It's easy enough to make, although the 3/8 X 40 tap is $40.00 from MSC. I guess that's OK if I do several. Thanks

[adyf]

 

This is one method but there is a large investment in making the jig

.

 

 

This jig is used on a Parker 51 Vacumatic

For the removal of the small inner pellet found inside the cup section of a diaphragm.

This jig is not my design but belongs to another FPN member.

I thought the design was a great solution to the problem of how one safely removes the small pellet.

The vacumatic filler is inserted into one end and a very small burr grinder into the opposite end.

Using a small dremel you can very easily drill out the pellet.

I have used it many times with out fault.

Again I would like to note this is not my design.

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The cup comes out, too? This looks like a good system. It's easy enough to make, although the 3/8 X 40 tap is $40.00 from MSC. I guess that's OK if I do several. Thanks

No, the cup shouldn't come out. I think it's just illustrating that the pellet cup is in perfect shape after removing the pellet.

 

On a side note, I'd be interested in purchasing a tool if you made several.

[RonLyke]

No, the cup shouldn't come out. I think it's just illustrating that the pellet cup is in perfect shape after removing the pellet.

 

On a side note, I'd be interested in purchasing a tool if you made several.

I've been mulling over other ways to do this, now that I know that they're just drilled out. I have a vac tool that I just bought at the DC show (their pic attached). Maybe I can put the part in that & clamp it to a vise on my milling machine or drill press. That would be a secure way to hold it, I think. I bought a junky pen at junk price to learn on. (I've already learned how much heat is too much!) I think if I develop a technique I'm comfortable with, I may attempt a better pen.

Edited September 1, 2015 by RonLyke

[slippery when wet]

No, the cup shouldn't come out. I think it's just illustrating that the pellet cup is in perfect shape after removing the pellet.

 

On a side note, I'd be interested in purchasing a tool if you made several.

 

The cup is there for illustration purposes only.