How Install A Namiki Vanishing Point Cartridge

[vision35]

I usually use the converter to fill my VP but am trying out the cartridges. I have the Namiki brand. The first cartridge worked fine but the second one didn't feed. Yes, I'm using the metal cartridge cap.

 

1. Does one push in the cartridge or twist it to install?

2. Install with nib pointing up, down, or doesn't matter?

3. After installing the cartridge, manually squeeze a drop of ink out of the cartridge, or just let it flow?

 

Thanks.

[Johnson]

I usually use the converter to fill my VP but am trying out the cartridges. I have the Namiki brand. The first cartridge worked fine but the second one didn't feed. Yes, I'm using the metal cartridge cap.

 

1. Does one push in the cartridge or twist it to install?

2. Install with nib pointing up, down, or doesn't matter?

3. After installing the cartridge, manually squeeze a drop of ink out of the cartridge, or just let it flow?

 

Thanks.

 

I just installed a Namiki cart for the first time a week or two ago. I really just pushed it up in there, no twisting at all. Then a gentle squeeze until a bit of ink came out of the nib somewhere. Then put the metal cap on, screw the pen back together, and write!

[Sciopod]

 

Not a stupid question at all. I use cartridges all the time in my VP (just can't get on with the convertor). Invariably I find that pushing the cartridge in is not enough to break the plastic seal. I break the seal first with the end of a paper clip or something similar, and then insert it.

 

Really irritating, it's just as well that everything else about the VP is so great....

[BarryR]

Not a stupid question at all. I use cartridges all the time in my VP (just can't get on with the convertor). Invariably I find that pushing the cartridge in is not enough to break the plastic seal. I break the seal first with the end of a paper clip or something similar, and then insert it.

 

Really irritating, it's just as well that everything else about the VP is so great....

 

I developed a little technique for this. Easier to show than to explain but hopefully this will be understandable.

I put the cartridge in place on the nib assembly (without pushing it in), then I put the nib assembly into the main portion of the pen body but I do not line up the tab with the slot. Next, I press the cartridge into the assembly (since the tab is not lined up, the assembly stays in place and the seal breaks). Now I line up the tab and screw on the cap.

 

And now, a question: What's the metal cartridge cap for? I always assumed it was just to protect a spare cartridge that one might want to carry around, but I could never understand why that would be useul.

Edited April 21, 2007 by BarryR

[Kelly G]

And now, a question: What's the metal cartridge cap for? I always assumed it was just to protect a spare cartridge that one might want to carry around, but I could never understand why that would be useul.

 

I've always assumed the metal cap is used to protect the plastic cart. from the repeated action of the button. In other words, when you extend the nib, using the push button, you are pushing on the metal cart cap and not on the plastic cart, thus preventing damage to the cart itself.

[MYU]

I've always assumed the metal cap is used to protect the plastic cart. from the repeated action of the button. In other words, when you extend the nib, using the push button, you are pushing on the metal cart cap and not on the plastic cart, thus preventing damage to the cart itself.

That is correct. The cartridge is sturdy, but with repeated use of the pen over time (especially if one syringe refills the same cartridge) there is a chance the cartridge could get damaged and leak.

[Mudge]

...the metal cap is used to protect the plastic cart. from the repeated action of the button.

Well, there you go, I've learned something new. I've had my VP for about a month, and the first thing I did was stuff the converter into that hole. I wondered about that metal cap for a total of maybe four seconds before tossing it back into its box and forgetting about it...

[BarryR]

After learning the use of this cap from the post, I installed it. The pen seems to click a little more solidly. I'll continue to use it (because there's an engineer at Namiki who probably knows more than me on this topic and thinks I should) but I have used a VP without it for more than 6 years, including refilling many cartridges many times, without ever having a problem.

[vision35]

"I developed a little technique for this. Easier to show than to explain but hopefully this will be understandable.

I put the cartridge in place on the nib assembly (without pushing it in), then I put the nib assembly into the main portion of the pen body but I do not line up the tab with the slot. Next, I press the cartridge into the assembly (since the tab is not lined up, the assembly stays in place and the seal breaks). Now I line up the tab and screw on the cap."

 

Works nicely, thanks.

[axe]

 

QUOTE(Sciopod @ Apr 21 2007, 08:51 AM) 277302[/snapback]

I developed a little technique for this. Easier to show than to explain but hopefully this will be understandable.

I put the cartridge in place on the nib assembly (without pushing it in), then I put the nib assembly into the main portion of the pen body but I do not line up the tab with the slot. Next, I press the cartridge into the assembly (since the tab is not lined up, the assembly stays in place and the seal breaks). Now I line up the tab and screw on the cap.

 

 

 

I just tried this method and it was close to a disaster!! When I pushed the cartridge in this way, the tab actually managed to slide into the pen body, and it happened so quick I almost sunk it down far enough to where I could not get it out, I had to use pliers and I did scratch the converter, and slightly some of the threads on the pen (hairline scratches on the pen) I honestly was lucky to get it out.

 

Use caution if you do this, and I would not recommend it.