Daisy
April 7th, 2014, 05:43 PM
Hi y'all!
My sincerest apologies if this is information easily gotten elsewhere, but I have looked and looked and can't find anything definitive.
I have a lovely old vintage 1930s no-name hard rubber lever filler, the j-bar in which is next to useless -- the metal (brass, probably) is severely fatigued at the bend and is this --><-- close to coming apart. When it fell out of the pen it also had some sort of porcelain-like crud on it, almost like the remains of an epoxy that was used to strengthen the bend at some point, and you can see some of that still on it in the pics:
http://i1026.photobucket.com/albums/y323/daisy-be-true/0703-182006_zps7a5bc8b6.jpg
http://i1026.photobucket.com/albums/y323/daisy-be-true/DSCN2628-1_zps8548ad10.jpg
http://i1026.photobucket.com/albums/y323/daisy-be-true/DSCN2629-1_zps11cedcfd.jpg
(sorry for the crappy pics; photography is *not* one of my gifts)
This particular j-bar measures exactly 65 mm from the top of the bend to the other end, and I am wondering if anything modern I buy (the longest of which are 62 mm from the top of the bend to the other end) will fit it well. Or, alternately, if there's any way I can identify it so as to get a good fit vintage replacement, I can do that too.
I would happily make one myself (ain't nuthin wrong with grinding your own flour, if that's how you roll :)) but I'm no metalworker and I'd like to get your opinions first. If a standard modern 62 mm bar will work for me, I'll go with it.
It's a working pen, not a showpiece, and at this point I'm just leaving the j-bar out and removing the barrel to clean and refill as needed. If necessary, I can just leave it that way, but I'm the sort that it bugs me now every time I look at it knowing it needs a part, and the barrel removal is kind of a PITA at this point anyhow, so I'd like to get 'er done properly if possible.
Any thoughts, hints, tips? Thanks in advance!!!
Daisy
(edited for clarity)
My sincerest apologies if this is information easily gotten elsewhere, but I have looked and looked and can't find anything definitive.
I have a lovely old vintage 1930s no-name hard rubber lever filler, the j-bar in which is next to useless -- the metal (brass, probably) is severely fatigued at the bend and is this --><-- close to coming apart. When it fell out of the pen it also had some sort of porcelain-like crud on it, almost like the remains of an epoxy that was used to strengthen the bend at some point, and you can see some of that still on it in the pics:
http://i1026.photobucket.com/albums/y323/daisy-be-true/0703-182006_zps7a5bc8b6.jpg
http://i1026.photobucket.com/albums/y323/daisy-be-true/DSCN2628-1_zps8548ad10.jpg
http://i1026.photobucket.com/albums/y323/daisy-be-true/DSCN2629-1_zps11cedcfd.jpg
(sorry for the crappy pics; photography is *not* one of my gifts)
This particular j-bar measures exactly 65 mm from the top of the bend to the other end, and I am wondering if anything modern I buy (the longest of which are 62 mm from the top of the bend to the other end) will fit it well. Or, alternately, if there's any way I can identify it so as to get a good fit vintage replacement, I can do that too.
I would happily make one myself (ain't nuthin wrong with grinding your own flour, if that's how you roll :)) but I'm no metalworker and I'd like to get your opinions first. If a standard modern 62 mm bar will work for me, I'll go with it.
It's a working pen, not a showpiece, and at this point I'm just leaving the j-bar out and removing the barrel to clean and refill as needed. If necessary, I can just leave it that way, but I'm the sort that it bugs me now every time I look at it knowing it needs a part, and the barrel removal is kind of a PITA at this point anyhow, so I'd like to get 'er done properly if possible.
Any thoughts, hints, tips? Thanks in advance!!!
Daisy
(edited for clarity)