jalbert
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It's been a while since I made a piston filler, so I figured the time was right to do so, since I have acquired some new tools and tricks since the last time I made one.
This one is pretty straightforward and simple. There isn't much flash to it, but I enjoy being able to see the mechanism, and the ink sloshing around in it. It's made from transparent amber acrylic, black ebonite, and has a bronze clip. The piston mechanism is made from aluminum and ebonite, and has a double o-ring seal.
It operates using a true differential system, meaning when you unscrew the blind cap on the end of the barrel, the piston moves down towards the nib, expelling all the air (or ink) in the barrel. To fill, you submerge the nib in a bottle of ink while the piston is forward, and screw the blind cap back down to draw the piston back up, and the ink into the barrel. The third picture shows the piston in it's extended state. I really like this type of mechanism because you don't actually have to unscrew the blind cap completely off...just enough to extend the piston!
This one is pretty straightforward and simple. There isn't much flash to it, but I enjoy being able to see the mechanism, and the ink sloshing around in it. It's made from transparent amber acrylic, black ebonite, and has a bronze clip. The piston mechanism is made from aluminum and ebonite, and has a double o-ring seal.
It operates using a true differential system, meaning when you unscrew the blind cap on the end of the barrel, the piston moves down towards the nib, expelling all the air (or ink) in the barrel. To fill, you submerge the nib in a bottle of ink while the piston is forward, and screw the blind cap back down to draw the piston back up, and the ink into the barrel. The third picture shows the piston in it's extended state. I really like this type of mechanism because you don't actually have to unscrew the blind cap completely off...just enough to extend the piston!