Broadwell Art Deco

[LL Woodworks]

Hey there everyone - I have the Broadwell Art Deco from a few years ago that had a horrible blank in it, wanted to change it; knocked out the nib coupler section and experienced some separation of the decorative brass rings. I tried pressing it back together but it will not budge. Anyone experience this and is there a fix? Sorry for the blurred pic.

Thanks

 

[George Watkins]

That happened to me once- it will squeeze back together when you put a new barrel on it - or you can find a bushing or spacer that fits over the end (on the right hand side in your pic) and makes contact with the ring and squeeze it back together that way.

 

[ghostrider]

I've had similar experiences with other single-barrel component sets.

Like where the gold tip is pressed into the black barrel section on something like a Monet/Gatsby/Le Roi/etc... I've separated the gold and black sections, as well as doing the same with the finial. I just pressed them back together using my fancy pen press that looks a lot like a woodworkers vise.

 

[LL Woodworks]

That happened to me once- it will squeeze back together when you put a new barrel on it - or you can find a bushing or spacer that fits over the end (on the right hand side in your pic) and makes contact with the ring and squeeze it back together that way.

Thanks - your suggestion works -Kit saved and Resurrection. I'm Not a fan of all the "bling" on this kit but many customers like it.
Thanks