What is on your bench?

[ChrisJJ]

On the bench now:

 

Conway Stewart 36

 

And an unusual old C clarinet (as opposed to Bb) by Couesnon

 

 

[VacNut]

40 minutes ago, ChrisJJ said:

On the bench now:

 

Conway Stewart 36

 

And an unusual old C clarinet (as opposed to Bb) by Couesnon

 

 

It looks like there are a few more in the queue, ready for repair. Are those Simpkins tins? I keep my pens temporarily stored in them when they are disassembled. Fruity mints are the best!!

[VacNut]

1 hour ago, ChrisJJ said:

On the bench now:

 

Conway Stewart 36

 

And an unusual old C clarinet (as opposed to Bb) by Couesnon

 

 

How does the Stewart fill? Does it have a push bar?

[eckiethump]

I'll try and get photo's up tomorrow, horrible job in hand just now, taking Waterman Patrician cap clips, off two pen caps, to put the good clip, that does not have a personal engraving imprint, onto the mint condition pen cap that has an imprint on the cap clip.

Managed today to get intact, the sacrificial clip for the good pen. The donor cap was too good not to save the cap, to be continued ?.

et

[eckiethump]

2 hours ago, ChrisJJ said:

On the bench now:

 

Conway Stewart 36

 

And an unusual old C clarinet (as opposed to Bb) by Couesnon

 

 

That looks an interesting project, do you know of Bryce Ferguson ? his workshop is very close to me and a wonderful experience to view his works on silver band instruments.

Eric

[FarmBoy]

3 hours ago, ChrisJJ said:

On the bench now:

 

Conway Stewart 36

 

And an unusual old C clarinet (as opposed to Bb) by Couesnon

 

 

That thing hold a whole bottle of ink?

[VacNut]

2 hours ago, FarmBoy said:

That thing hold a whole bottle of ink?

It also needs a music nib

[ChrisJJ]

18 hours ago, VacNut said:

It looks like there are a few more in the queue, ready for repair. Are those Simpkins tins? I keep my pens temporarily stored in them when they are disassembled. Fruity mints are the best!!

Simpkins tins - yes, well spotted! Mine have shellac flakes in them, used as the adhesive for woodwind pads to pad cups. The Stewart 36 is a lever fill.

 

Some of the other pens are finished. Examples top to bottom

Sheaffer Imperial IV

Conway Stewart 55

Conway Stewart 15

Conway Stewart Dinkie 550

 

[ChrisJJ]

15 hours ago, FarmBoy said:

That thing hold a whole bottle of ink?

Ha! It would take a couple of bottles at least, but you know, along with VacNut's comment about a music nib, there may be some potential for an oboe.....

 

[ChrisJJ]

16 hours ago, eckiethump said:

That looks an interesting project, do you know of Bryce Ferguson ? his workshop is very close to me and a wonderful experience to view his works on silver band instruments.

Eric

I don't know of Bryce. I am a hobby woodwind repairer and collector, and my pen bench is really my music bench!

 

[VacNut]

5 hours ago, ChrisJJ said:

I don't know of Bryce. I am a hobby woodwind repairer and collector, and my pen bench is really my music bench!

 

We may have to start a thread on Man Caves...”What is your cave?”

[VacNut]

Finally finished the Burgundy OS and Emerald OS. A bit of amber if on the emerald, but the furniture is really clean.

[es9]

Holy cow.  That burgundy one is beautiful!

[VacNut]

4 hours ago, es9 said:

Holy cow.  That burgundy one is beautiful!

I was overjoyed when I found my first Burgundy OS. There is little comparison between this pen and the brown versions. Although a Black Max or OS with almost no ambering is an incredible sight. 

[Switala]

6 hours ago, VacNut said:

Finalmente terminei o Burgundy OS e o Emerald OS. Um pouco de âmbar na esmeralda, mas a mobília está realmente limpa.

It is a job done with great care and care.

They were excellent!

Congratulations on the goal achieved!

Regards.

[eckiethump]

23 hours ago, ChrisJJ said:

I don't know of Bryce. I am a hobby woodwind repairer and collector, and my pen bench is really my music bench!

 

One of the things he (Bryce) has in his work shop is an ultrasonic that is the size of a cabinet freezer of the size and type people kept in their garage in years gone by. Very similar display of instruments and has just recently opened Edinburgh Music Centre in Juniper Green, Edinburgh. Also a wonderful Myers lathe with all attachments, just a little bit jealous 🙂

[eckiethump]

These are the two Patrician caps, the good cap with the clamp had a clip with an engraved imprint on it. The sacrificial cap upper in the scan, was the very devil to get the inner cap out of and as can be seen, even though the top unscrewed, the clip off of. I'll see if the customer wants this clip put on this cap, clip has had the imprint gold filled and then gold plated, to maintain gold colouring. The better quality pen, has still to have the clip "fixed" and a mandrel was made  to re-install safely the inner cap. Waterman did have some less than pleasant cap clip designs to work on .

et

[Switala]

5 hours ago, eckiethump said:

Estas são as duas tampas patrícias, a tampa boa com a braçadeira tinha um clipe com uma impressão gravada. A tampa de sacrifício superior na varredura foi o diabo para tirar a tampa interna e, como pode ser visto, embora a tampa tenha sido desparafusada, o clipe foi retirado. Vou ver se o cliente quer esse clipe colocado nesta tampa, o clipe teve a impressão preenchida com ouro e depois banhada a ouro, para manter a coloração dourada. A caneta de melhor qualidade, ainda precisa ter o clipe "fixado" e foi feito um mandril para reinstalar com segurança a tampa interna. Waterman tinha alguns designs de clipes de boné nada agradáveis para trabalhar.

et

Very interesting work. I don't dare put my hands on a Waterman to fix it, I need to study hard to get to that point.

[Switala]

This week will be dedicated to Parker 21 ...

During the weekend they were soaked and washed.

Now repairs and adjustments begin ...

[es9]

Let us know if you discover any tricks to either avoid cracking things or to align the nibs/feeds on the mark I.