N6GQ
June 29th, 2017, 03:24 PM
I had been wanting to find a vac-filler Tuckaway, bid on a bunch of them, then finally got one that the seller said needed a rebuild. I thought that was cool since I was planning on restoring anyhow.
So to make a long story short, I won the bid on this one at $23. Its an early one, lifetime nib, etc.
When it arrived, it was in almost perfect physical condition, but plunger wouldn't move. So I thought what the hell, soak it a while and see what happens.
After about 2 weeks of soaking in cold then hot water, the plunger moved! Yahoo! Now I can get it apart and rebuild.
Well, after a few times up and down, the plunger started making that "whoosh" noise at the bottom, and I thought what the hell, just fill it and see what happens (by now it was VERY clean from soaking).
I filled it with some Diamine Imperial Purple (1 stroke of the vac-fill) and it writes like a dream. I've been writing with it for an hour and its silky smooth, wonderfully fine nib, and it just keeps writing and writing and writing, no skipping even when writing fast, and yet not too wet.
I'm not sure what I did to deserve this, but I guess its proof that there's a few good deals left if you're willing to put a little elbow grease into it. This one's a keeper! :baby:
So to make a long story short, I won the bid on this one at $23. Its an early one, lifetime nib, etc.
When it arrived, it was in almost perfect physical condition, but plunger wouldn't move. So I thought what the hell, soak it a while and see what happens.
After about 2 weeks of soaking in cold then hot water, the plunger moved! Yahoo! Now I can get it apart and rebuild.
Well, after a few times up and down, the plunger started making that "whoosh" noise at the bottom, and I thought what the hell, just fill it and see what happens (by now it was VERY clean from soaking).
I filled it with some Diamine Imperial Purple (1 stroke of the vac-fill) and it writes like a dream. I've been writing with it for an hour and its silky smooth, wonderfully fine nib, and it just keeps writing and writing and writing, no skipping even when writing fast, and yet not too wet.
I'm not sure what I did to deserve this, but I guess its proof that there's a few good deals left if you're willing to put a little elbow grease into it. This one's a keeper! :baby: