Please note that the tools illustrated below were designed and hand made by me. As with all hand made items, subsequent productions will not be identical to the originals and will likely incorporate improvements resulting from experience in use. I do not carry a large stock, so please enquire regarding delivery dates for specific items. All tools include instructions, and in some cases, a full repair manual is available.
I am willing to quote for tools made up to your design specification.
If you wish to purchase, please e-mail me (laurence@penpractice.com) for availability, shipping cost and method of payment.
Mabie Todd Swan Visofil VT tools.
Nut tool £26 (including 8 page repair manual).
Tools for plug removal £28.
Button pin removal tool £6.
Note that all VT pens require the nut tool. About 80% of pens have their end plugs glued in or are such a tight fit that the pen mechanism will be damaged before they can be pulled out. The safest way is to use the plug tool, but a new plug must be made using any convenient material (hard rubber, cork etc). The plug does not need to be a good seal to the pen barrel.
Please look at my article on the VT referenced from the Technical page.
Waterman Ink-vu tools
Small and large size dismantling tools £25 each: these tools provide a secure location on the sac nut. This function can also be performed by the spanner, but the risk of damage to the delicate hard rubber components is much higher. The spanner is required for mounting the new sac (2- sizes in one) £10.
De La Rue Piston Filler Tools
Tool set for removal and reseating of cork seals, tool for removal of hard rubber pins and blocks for supporting the pen and filler unit. £35.
Conway Stewart cap tool
Tool for removal of ‘nut and bolt’ type clip screws found mainly on the CS84, but occasionally on CS58/60. The pins on the end of the driver engage the fine slits in the nut. Screws are often corroded and a good soak in cold water is often required to soften hardened ink deposits.
Full instructions and hints provided.
£19
8-page repair manual (free with nut tool)
Universal inner cap extractor tool
This tool is designed for dismantling caps, particularly the extraction of the metal or plastic inner caps. This enables work to be carried out on clip attachment, and with metal caps,
the insertion of a mandrel to support the thin wall while ‘dings’ are removed with a polished steel roller. Ding removal is particularly effective on gold, silver and gold filled caps, but it also works on steel caps. Attachments will soon be available for dismantling plastic caps so that work may be carried out on the clip attachment (eg Waterman, Eversharp, Conclin clips).
The standard kit in a wooden box includes the basic tool and expander pin for the collets. £68
A collet set is required for each design of cap. £28 per set
The range of collets includes Parker 51, 61, Jotter, Sheaffer PFM, Imperial, Crest (3 sizes), Reminder ballpen. Others made to order.
The accessories required for plastic inner cap extraction include 3 sizes of pullers to cover the full range of cap diameters. The set includes a threaded expander pin £95
Mandrels £25 (PFM and square topped Imperial £45). Polished steel roller £5.
Ding removal with the mandrel and roller
Cutters for piston pen washers (Sheaffer, Eversharp, DLR etc)
Made to customer specification. £28.
Taps
Made to customer requirements - Conway cap buttons, Visofil plunger etc. Price on application.
Cork seal cutters (Conway Stewart)
Made to customer requirements. Price on application.
Universal inner cap extractor in a wooden box with four sets of collets (for PFM, Parker 51, Reminder ballpen and Sheaffer Crest caps).
Parker Vacumatic diaphragm tool
This tool indicates the correct length for the diaphragm, holds the ball in position so that you can push it into the holder, and it also helps you to turn the diaphragm inside out (after coating the rubber with talcum powder). £16
The tool fitted with a plastic inner cap extractor. Note that no rotation occurs
at the cap lip so there is no need for the thrust race that other designs require.
Band Clamp
This tool uses a thin strip of metal shim to apply even pressure around a circular
object. It is useful for holding barrel cracks together while gluing, for supporting
fragile gbarrels while inserting a section and for holding Waterman clips in position
while they are being riveted etc, etc. £19
Open Vacumatics with ordinary pliers!
The perfectly safe and inexpensive way to remove Vacumatic pumps
These aluminium C-rings can be gripped with ordinary pliers in order to unscrew the
pump bush.
Two sizes – for Standard and Oversize Vacs
£3 each or £5 for the set of two.
