is this right

[LESNPAM]

hi all

i have aquired this pen in pieces but the part that holds the nib and feed just dosnt look right also the nib and feed will only go in a very short way if inserted from the barrel end will not go in at all from the top end

if it is meant to go back this way should i open out the nib/feed holder (hope i get the potos downloaded ok)

regards

les

[Ernst Bitterman]

I don't have any Cadets about at the moment to check (at work, alas), but I think the collar that holds feed and point is turned the wrong way in the pen-- the threads should be on the outer end, with the point/feed emerging from them, so that the whole unit ends up pretty much flush with the face of the section, e.g.:

http://dirck.delint.ca/Sheaffer%20Cadet.jpg

 

Out of curiosity, is there a number on the point?

Edited July 24, 2009 by Ernst Bitterman

[teej47]

Ernst is absolutely right (which, it seems to me, is normal). I just had my Tip-Dip apart a couple days ago and the threads are indeed at the point end. Turn the collar around, be careful of the inner feed, and you should be in business.

 

Tim

[Ernst Bitterman]

thanks very much for the help the nib has

SHEAFFER 14K AUSTRALIA 23

i presume that the nib andfeed has to be very tight so as to be able to screw the unit in tight

 

This wound up as a PM, and I'm not seeing anything shocking involved, so we might as well keep it open. Things should indeed be fairly tightly bound together-- you want the collar to come out rather than the stuff in it (if you ever feel the need to put in one of the lesser steel-point units). Some gentle heat on the collar to allow for some play is in order. I wager there's some kind of constriction at the end of the collar to keep it from going in too far, which is what's been causing trouble getting it in the wrong way 'round.

 

Ernst is absolutely right (which, it seems to me, is normal).

 

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