1 Mar
2010
1 Mar
'10
7:52 p.m.
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 2:29 PM, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
I haev pletny of dead ones here (I never throw
anything like that
away...). Sometime I will dismantle a few (the first ones probably
destrctively until I can see what bits I need to save, etc) and see if
it's possble to refill them or use them to make holders for other
cut-donw pens.
I have a box of dead pens, too. One thought would be to bore out the
ball and see about retrofitting a felt-tip. I doubt it would be easy
to inject new ink, but perhaps it might be possible.
With a felt-tip, at least new ink could be introduced by wicking or
under low-pressure.
I never have found a source of replacement gears, though. I learned
about an effort to have some custom-cut out of metal, but I was far
too late to participate.
-ethan