Those Special Tools

[eckiethump]

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I have a feeling that this process requires a certain amount of "fingerspitzengefühl", or there will be a lot of cap-less pens in the collection :-)

 

Very nice!

/T

 

MMMMmmmm a tad

 

Loved looking at the other tools, pure works of art in themselves, plus some very good food for thought

 

Eric

[algabatz]

Here are a few tools I've fabricated:

 

Cap liner shucker:

 

http://home.comcast.net/~kirchh/Pen_Restoration/Tool_Pictures/Sheaffer_Shucker.jpg

 

Sailer nib connector drivers:

 

http://home.comcast.net/~kirchh/Pen_Restoration/Tool_Pictures/Tools_in_Box_V2.jpg

 

Section wrench:

 

http://home.comcast.net/~kirchh/Pen_Restoration/Tool_Pictures/Perfect_Section_Wrench_Prototype_1.jpg

 

Vacumatic pellet removal jig:

 

http://home.comcast.net/~kirchh/Pen_Restoration/Tool_Pictures/Parker_Vacumatic_Pellet_Burr_Guide_Use.jpg

 

Vacumatic filler seat reamers:

 

http://home.comcast.net/~kirchh/Pen_Restoration/Tool_Pictures/Seat_Reamers_In_Stand.jpg

 

Parker "51" Aerometric breather tube vent hole drilling jig:

 

http://home.comcast.net/~kirchh/Pen_Restoration/Tool_Pictures/Parker_51_Breather_Tube_Drill_Jig_Done.jpg

 

http://home.comcast.net/~kirchh/Pen_Restoration/Tool_Pictures/Parker_51_Breather_Tube_Drill_Jig_Checking_Alignment.jpg

 

--Daniel

 

Wow, those are awesome! Did You turn the handles Yourself?

I would really love to have those nib connector tools, if they would fit the Parker 65's as well...

The pellet removal tool also makes me drool...

Thanks for sharing!

 

/T

Edited November 11, 2010 by algabatz

[algabatz]

I've started similar threads like this before, and there's always new, great tools popping up!

 

 

I feel a bit silly showing the same tools again, but this one really is in a class by itself. It's a Parker-made multi-tool, known as the Vacumatic fitting block:

 

• Duofold button-puller

• Vacumatic filler wrench, both Oversize and Standard/Major/Parker 51 size

• Knock-out block, two sizes, the twist rod/knock out pin is hollow at one end so that it also fits over the breather tube on the old style one-piece Vacuum fillers.

• Underneath is a rubber "button" to be used to unscrew Vacumatic and Parker "51" jewels.

• On the top there are three sizes of nib/feed-setters. These are really great, I use them on any pen that doesn't have a screw-in feed.

 

/Tony

 

 

 

[ogwen]

Gah, Daniel! Beautiful work. Pieces of art really. And Tony, I never tire of looking at that Parker "i do everything but change a tire" tool!

 

Love all the tools showing up here (must get to my lathe ...)

[teej47]

This I use for expanding caps, I have various brass tube fittings for it, cut at an angle. You can just see the brass tube from the bottom of the cap.

 

I'm curious about the "brass tube fittings... cut at an angle." Could you show what those look like?

 

Tim

[algabatz]

Very interesting thread

Tony, IF, it will neither harm the tool, or a working pen, would it be possible to show the tools, posed to show the actual function?

 

Sure. First a nice image of my workbench. Then a few images that I hope is self explanatory:

 

 

 

 

 

 

[eckiethump]

I'm curious about the "brass tube fittings... cut at an angle." Could you show what those look like?

 

Tim

Nothing much to them, brass hobby tube, rising in diameter at 1/32", cut like so, to spread the radial pressure. Which is so minute as to be imperceptible, but also very, very close to catastrophic failure, if you don't know the level of heat and pressure required. A modified inner cap puller would suffice to replace the expanding bolt. The bolt I find also spreads the longitudinal pressure.

http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af316/eckiefump/DSCF4121.jpg

Eric

Edited November 13, 2010 by eckiethump

[teej47]

I'm curious about the "brass tube fittings..."

 

Tim

Nothing much to them, brass hobby tube, rising in diameter at 1/32", cut like so, to spread the radial pressure. Which is so minute as to be imperceptible, but also very, very close to catastrophic failure, if you don't know the level of heat and pressure required. A modified inner cap puller would suffice to replace the expanding bolt. The bolt I find also spreads the longitudinal pressure.

http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af316/eckiefump/DSCF4121.jpg

Eric

 

Thanks, that makes perfect sense.

 

Tim

[eckiethump]

This is another Stuart Hawkinson creation that replicates a Parker tool (I believe). It's a screwdriver that helps fat fingers get that pesky Vac jewel bushing in place without dropping, cross threading or gouging the clip. The inset shows the bushing in place, ready for the cap & clip.

 

Good tools make me smile.

 

John

 

http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn312/BuzzJ/Bushingscrewdriver1.jpg

 

Jeez... I really need one of theeze!

 

/T

 

Me too Tony, it would go well in the box below, the original screwdriver never came with the set. Tools for Hero pen, which I have original cantonese instructions for, now translated, but I still don't know what the bottom tool is for, clear sprung barrel ???

http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af316/eckiefump/DSCF4123-1.jpg

http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af316/eckiefump/DSCF4122-1.jpg

Top left-Shim tool for nib work

Middle left-collector and hood/section feed removal tool

Bottom left-Would love to know what this is for, many pen experts have seen it and had no clue

Top right-Nib removal tool

Middle right-Nib insertion tool

Bottom right- replacement screwdriver, cap top jewel screw

http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af316/eckiefump/DSCF4125.jpg

Not very clear but note grooved jaws

http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af316/eckiefump/DSCF4124.jpg

The mystery tool ??

 

Eric

[algabatz]

This is another Stuart Hawkinson creation that replicates a Parker tool (I believe). It's a screwdriver that helps fat fingers get that pesky Vac jewel bushing in place without dropping, cross threading or gouging the clip. The inset shows the bushing in place, ready for the cap & clip.

 

Good tools make me smile.

 

John

 

 

Jeez... I really need one of theeze!

 

/T

 

Me too Tony, it would go well in the box below, the original screwdriver never came with the set. Tools for Hero pen, which I have original cantonese instructions for, now translated, but I still don't know what the bottom tool is for, clear sprung barrel ???

Top left-Shim tool for nib work

ctor and hood/section feed removal tool

Bottom left-Would love to know what this is for, many pen experts have seen it and had no clue

Top right-Nib removal tool

Middle right-Nib insertion tool

Bottom right- replacement screwdriver, cap top jewel screw

Not very clear but note grooved jaws

The mystery tool ??

 

Eric

 

That's really beautiful!

The mystery tool: is it some sort of a pump?

 

/T

[eckiethump]

It doesn't have any suction or obvious placement for a seal, to form some kind of pump, but it is spring loaded,here are a few more pictures of it...

http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af316/eckiefump/StrangeP51tool2.jpg

http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af316/eckiefump/StrangeP51tool.jpg

http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af316/eckiefump/StrangeP51tool3.jpg

http://i1019.photobucket.com/albums/af316/eckiefump/DSCF4124-1.jpg

Eric

[eckiethump]

No takers, as to what this is then???

et

[algabatz]

No takers, as to what this is then???

et

 

What does the "nib" look like? Hollow or flat?

 

/T

[D Armstrong]

No takers, as to what this is then???

et

 

Errr...sonic screwdriver?

[eckiethump]

No takers, as to what this is then???

et

 

What does the "nib" look like? Hollow or flat?

 

/T

Sorry Tony, you have lost me there ?? A tool for Hero 100 pens aka Parker 51

 

No takers, as to what this is then???

et

 

Errr...sonic screwdriver?

Now educate me please, what is a sonic screwdriver ?

Eric

 

 

[algabatz]

No, I mean the nipple like end on the tool.

 

/T

[D Armstrong]

Now educate me please, what is a sonic screwdriver ?

Eric

 

 

 

Sorry, a science fiction joke: the magical gizmo that Dr. Who carries that will miraculously fix just about anything it's pointed at. I always figured one might be handy...

 

My way of saying I haven't the foggiest.

Edited November 17, 2010 by D Armstrong

[Buzz J]

Eric,

What is the action on the mystery tool? It looks like the knurled piece can rotate & is pressed against the plastic barrel by the spring? Perhaps some sort of impact tool? And why the clear plastic barrel? Hmmm.

John

[gmberg]

http://leakenterprises.com/pics/fpn/nib_tool/full_pen.jpg

Tool is carefully compressed behind the nib so the clamp catches the insert beneath the section. Heat as usual, and if the pen gods are smiling on you, the sucker will unscrew. This one did without any trouble.

But when "carefully compressed", don't the "teeth" of your tool bite into the plastic collar? I've found that collar quite delicate. It's not hard to apply too much torque even when it has doesn't have "bite" marks!

Gerry

[ogwen]

Gerry, yes, the teeth bite into the collar (which is what gives it the traction to unscrew). The feed in the collar keeps it from collapsing or cracking (not that I was compressing it that hard though). The goal of this tool was removing a ruined nib (because of the broken feed) so I really wasn't concerned about the condition of the plastic collar at the end of the operation. But when the nib did come out (intact) and I cleaned it up, I found the teeth did not go through the sleeve nor damage it other than the "bite" marks. Just for giggles I wondered if the nib was usable with the feed broken like that (everything was still tight, it just turned when you tried to unscrew it from the section), so I filled in the bite marks with epoxy (because I'm just anal that way---lol), secured the nib to the collar, and it seems to function fine.

 

Every single thing about that pen was damaged except for the cap and the blind cap, so it has become a research project. Section and thread band transplant coming up (lol).