Parker 51 Aerometric Exploded View And Cap De-Ding

[Glenn Atkins]

All, there are probably threads like this elsewhere in the forum, but I had this pen apart to de-ding the cap and wanted to post a couple of pics.

 

First a caveat.  All these parts still need to be cleaned.

 

 

Top row:  1) jewel, 2) clip screw, 3) cap, 4) clutch

Second row:  1) clip, 2) inner cap

Third row:  1) nib, 2) hood/shell, 3) feed, 4) breather tube attached to feed

Fourth row:  1) clutch ring, 2) collector, 3) connector, 4) new sac

Fifth row:  1) sac protector, 2) barrel

 

Below is the cap with the ding and the cap with the ding removed.  You can probably find the ding with the magnification in the photos, but in real life it looks pretty good.

 

 

[dipper]

That's impressive work. 👍👍👍.

 

Given the sharp little dimple at the bottom of the dent, and the two fine engraving lines running right through the dent, I am amazed at the result.

[Glenn Atkins]

Thank you.  I appreciate your kind comments.

 

Glenn

[joss]

That is very nice work indeed! I guess that you have all the special tools for this kind of work (eg mandrel but also the tool to remove the inner cap clutch)?

[Glenn Atkins]

Thank you.  Yes I do have the tools.  I use the ones from Dr. Laurence Oldfield (there are others, too), who along with Jim Marshall, wrote the magnum opus of pen repair.

 

Tools

https://www.penpractice.com/page3.html

 

Book

https://www.penpractice.com/index.html

 

Thanks again.

 

Glenn

[es9]

Nice work! The cap looks great. 

 

The mandrel I use is the one Dr. Oldfield sells and it’s flawless. Do you mind posting a picture of the clutch removal tool you used? I have the version Dale over at Pentooling sells which is great. It has fingers that grip the clutch windows. I think it’s Stuart Hawkinson’s design. I’ve wondered if Dr. Oldfield’s operates the same way, but I don’t see a good picture of it on his website. 

[Glenn Atkins]

Thank you.  I've got Stuart's as well but didn't get it from Dale, got it directly from Stuart.  It's my backup plan; the "two is one and one is none kinda thing."

 

As you know, it takes considerably less time to remove the dent as it does to get the cap apart.  Interesting on the pen above, the original inner cap was completely shattered (not me :)) and, thankfully, the jewel almost fell out of the clip screw.

 

Glenn

[es9]

Any chance you could post a pic of the Oldfield tool? 

[Glenn Atkins]

Here's a picture of the entire kit directly from his site.  About a quarter of the way down the page.

 

Glenn

 

https://www.penpractice.com/page3.html

 

 

[dipper]

12 hours ago, Glenn Atkins said:

 

https://www.penpractice.com/page3.html

 

 

Ooooh, nice....   Bookmarked!