Inner Cap Puller Advice

[es9]

(Posting here in case this is a better place for the question)

 

Does anyone have any recommendations on the various inner cap pullers out there? I plan to work mostly on Parker 51 caps. 
 

The two that seem to be readily available are from Pentooling and Pen Practice. The Pentooling one is specific to Parker 51 clutches and is the design that grabs the windows. I can’t quite tell how the Pen Practice one works, but it does have the added benefit of being able to be used on other caps too. 
 

Many thanks!  

[Ron Z]

You need a clutch puller for the 51 cap. Stuart Hawkinson makes a nice one.  Once the clutch is out, the inner cap will fall out or can be easily pushed out.  You do of course have to remove the jewel, clip screw and clip to do that

 

Dale Beebe sells a lot of good and useful tools.  I don't like his inner cap pullers though because they cut into the inner cap with what are essentially taps, and are size specific.  There are too many different size inner caps out there to get  away with that I think.  His web site shows them as being out of stock at the moment (11/23/21) so its a moot point.

 

The Pen Practice inner cap pullers are pretty good, and with different attachments, will cover a wide range of sizes and designs.  I haven't always had success with them though, but that could be me.   Of the options that are out there, this would be your best choice, though it costs a bit if you buy all of the attachments.

 

 

[FarmBoy]

I believe Stuart's clutch puller is now being sold through Dale (Pentooling).  Note that the 51 clutch puller is not only a pen specific tool, it is a cap specific tool.  You need separate bushings for a 4 window clutch and the demi clutch.  The tool comes with the standard 5-window clutch bushing.

 

There is also the inner cap puller that was sold by Pen Sac Co.  I'm not sure of the status of those.  I remember hearing someone was going to make them again.

 

I have an original version of Stuart's puller.  It is slightly different than the one sold now.  I've not found I need it enough to get the new version as the old one works just fine. 

[Seney724]

2 hours ago, Ron Z said:

You need a clutch puller for the 51 cap. Stuart Hawkinson makes a nice one.  Once the clutch is out, the inner cap will fall out or can be easily pushed out.  You do of course have to remove the jewel, clip screw and clip to do that

 

Dale Beebe sells a lot of good and useful tools.  I don't like his inner cap pullers though because they cut into the inner cap with what are essentially taps, and are size specific.  There are too many different size inner caps out there to get  away with that I think.  His web site shows them as being out of stock at the moment (11/23/21) so its a moot point.

 

The Pen Practice inner cap pullers are pretty good, and with different attachments, will cover a wide range of sizes and designs.  I haven't always had success with them though, but that could be me.   Of the options that are out there, this would be your best choice, though it costs a bit if you buy all of the attachments.

 

 

I, too, have one of the Pen Practice inner cap pullers.  It takes a little practice to get the hang of it especially because the directions which accompany it are not that great nor is the seller's interest in answering questions about it once the sale is completed.  Just get several caps you can practice on before you try it on anything of value.  Like Ron Z says, even if you know what you are doing with it, the device is not always successful.  But, if you know what you are doing with it, you can recognize that it is not going to work before you have done any damage to the cap.