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Fixed my two ill-behaved pens


Pete of Killeen

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So yesterday I got a roll of brass sheet from Amazon, and also a cheap stand magnifier advertised to be 30X.  
Well the stand magnifier is no use, so I got a 10X jeweler's loupe today.  Perfect--technique to view nib seems to

be the loupe right at the eye and a steady hand to hold the nib tip very close to the other side of loupe until focused.

 

Just flossing with a brass squarelet helped both my MB 146, and my Platinum.  Both pens were writing well this morning.

Then the loupe arrived after lunch today and I examined the nibs--the platinum was good, but the MB 146 was mis-aligned.  Just took 2 tries of applying upward pressure to the right tine

to make things "straight".


Just glad I can do this without ruining things.  In 62 years I have now discovered 3 to 4 things I can be hands on with.  Motion picture reel makeup/teardown (extinct skill today I think),
building computers, minor work on bicycles, and now --VERY minor nib work.  Oh, I can custom make stamp album pages too, but I am pretty lazy about that. Always
was more of a leader or analyst over doing things with my hands.  I used to say I would mess up having to boil water...lol.

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Seeing such feat carried out by a person with all fingers and thumbs, similar to me, when boiling water, deserves accolade and makes me think that I should pick up a dexterous hobby. Especially, I've been thinking to change or tweak a fountain pen for the fun of it.  

 

Did you pick up any book before attemping the feat? How difficult would you say it was? 

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7 hours ago, PantaRhei2024 said:

Seeing such feat carried out by a person with all fingers and thumbs, similar to me, when boiling water, deserves accolade and makes me think that I should pick up a dexterous hobby. Especially, I've been thinking to change or tweak a fountain pen for the fun of it.  

 

Did you pick up any book before attemping the feat? How difficult would you say it was? 

Just watched a couple youtubes---it wasn't difficult.  The hardest part was getting the right magnification device.  BUT unless something was wrong with a pen I probably wouldn't try and alter things just to be doing or for fun....

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<I> think that the best solution re loupe/magnifier is one of those jeweller's loupes that you screw or squeeze into your eye socket -- it leaves both hands free for nib tine adjustment.  As for reading up on nib adjustment, PantaRei, go into the website of Richard Binder and search among his archive: there is a section on tine alignment that is clear and easy to follow.

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7 hours ago, Christopher Godfrey said:

<I> think that the best solution re loupe/magnifier is one of those jeweller's loupes that you screw or squeeze into your eye socket -- it leaves both hands free for nib tine adjustment.  As for reading up on nib adjustment, PantaRei, go into the website of Richard Binder and search among his archive: there is a section on tine alignment that is clear and easy to follow.


Thank you for a wonderfully resourceful website and more. 
 

On 11/1/2024 at 1:10 PM, Pete of Killeen said:

Just watched a couple youtubes---it wasn't difficult.  The hardest part was getting the right magnification device.  BUT unless something was wrong with a pen I probably wouldn't try and alter things just to be doing or for fun....

 

Well, I’ll look it up before proceeding with that. As for now I’ll heed your advice. There’s not any justification to be doing anything for now, but I don’t mind trial and error, certainly not when applying facts to learn on a pen that is dispensable. You got me inspired. 

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@PantaRhei2024   I watched Adjusting Your Fountain Pen Parts 1, 2 and 3 by The Pen Habit on you tube.  Also Doodlebud has some good ones regarding repair.

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