Early Cap Activated Parker Ball Point Repair
#1
Posted 13 December 2010 - 06:09 PM
Note the spring - it has to sit between the inner piece with the fingers and the sleeve and is compressed by the piece on the right. It will fall out when you aren't looking... If you find a pen missing the spring, you can make a replacement from a G-string.
The fingers on the left side have to be rotated 90 degrees from the indents on the right (it's really the only way it all goes together properly. Make sure the spring isn't binding before you glue/solder!
#3
Posted 13 December 2010 - 09:41 PM
#4
Posted 13 December 2010 - 11:05 PM
Matt, just for clarificaton -- you mention a G string will work as a spring replacement. I'm a guitarist, have been for many years, so I'm assuming you mean a non-wound guitar G-string? And do you happen to know the preferred string diameter? There are different sizes. Electric guitar G string diameters can range from 0.013" to 0.017". Steel guitar G string diameters can be as thick as 0.024". I'm guessing somewhere around 0.015" to 0.016" or so, but it woud be nice for folks to know -- because when they go to buy one, the very first thing the store clerk will be asking them is what size they want.
Non-wound for sure; I'll have to dig out the package, probably electric guitar. Ah, you knew what I was talking about and saw right through my attempted G-string joke...
As for winding your own springs, read http://home.earthlin...ompression.html
#5
Posted 13 December 2010 - 11:19 PM
Non-wound for sure; I'll have to dig out the package, probably electric guitar. Ah, you knew what I was talking about and saw right through my attempted G-string joke...
As for winding your own springs, read http://home.earthlin...ompression.html
Yeah, as a guitarist, I blew right through it. But the diameter will determine the spring's tension. The package will tell you what the string's diameter is.
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