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How to disassemble a very thin Paul e wirt overfeed pen?


shalitha33

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I'm trying to disassemble a very thin Paul E Wirt overfeed eyedropper pen. Its around the same thickness as a waterman 12 1/2 and is around the same length as a waterman 22. 

 

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Once I pull the nib out, feed from the font looks to be something I can pull out. part of the feed extending in to the barrel aligns with the nib at a 90 degrees rotation. 

 

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feed has a cut-out drilled through it and looks to be going straight through up to the other end of the feed.

 

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I'm not sure if I can push the feed back as it looks to be a bit too wide. 

 

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any advice is greatly appreciated.

 

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I am not familiar with that feed from Wirt.  It appears to be one piece carved into that shape.  It reminds me a bit of the early Eagle feed from the other post.  I just reviewed the Wirt patents and none seem to look like this. However, many times things are made in the spirit of a patent, citing that patent, but look quite different in production.

 

I would not recommend removing it. There seems to be little reason to do so.  If you must remove it for some reason, assume that it is all one piece. Soak, possible clean in an ultrasonic cleaner, and apply a little heat to the main body of the section. Then try to pull it out the back end by hand. If that won't work, carefully try to knock it out the standard way.

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Thank you Greenie for the advice. I will leave it alone.

 

I was trying to take it apart to see what the feed was like inside. Given how small it is and due to the age of the pen I'm very likely going to brake it if i attempt to knock it out.

 

Thanks again.

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The other approach, after soaking and ultrasonic cleaning to loosen everything, is to put it backwards on the knockout block and put the rod on the recessed flat part on the nib end. That part looks solid.  This is a really interesting feed That I am not familiar with. I also wonder what it looks like knocked out!  But only you can decide if it is worth the risk.  

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Sadly I made matters a lot worse :(. cleaning didn't end up loosening the feed. and I attempted to gently knock the feed back. 

 

It turned out to be a 2 part feed what's above the nib seems to be separate to what's under it. I ended up pushing them out of alignment. It might be possible to push it out using a thin needle from the other end but I'm worried about doing more damage to it.

 

Now that the 2 parts are out of sync pen slightly leaks ink via the overfeed. I haven't seen any other overfeeds with similar construction. Kind of curious to know what this really is. I am seriously doubting its a Paul Wirt feed. 

 

 

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I do not want to encourage any more maneuvers that lead to problems. That being said, heating the section could help.  If it is two pieces, it is similar to the Wirt 2 piece feed with over and under sections. The two I have look like the patent. Could this be a variation? I would not know.

 

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Thank you for the advice :). sadly heat didn't do the trick either. section is too small to insert anything to push the feed out from the other side. Gold nib have slight ridges formed in it pressing against the feed and that kind of shows that the top feed is the one that extends out and the bottom part looks to be a part to hold it in place. Groove cut in to the overfeed seems to be extending all the way out through the small cut out in the middle of the feed (on the other end).

 

I'm also trying to open up a parts pen with WIRT’S PAT. FEB’Y 3. 1885 PAT’S APP’D FOR patent on the cap. It doesn't have the nib or feed and is only good as a spare section / barrel. and a cap. I might try heat for that as well.

 

Thanks again.

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