Monday, 28 November 2011

Hero 616 Button Filler - Parts & Tools

Parts & Tools

Kapow! Here's an exploded view of all the parts that the button filling 616 uses. Notice the absence of a press button - the blind cap (the barrel end piece on the extreme right) is the button here, and is not detached from the pen when it is time to refill the ink.

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Parts Used (all prices include UK shipping)

  • A size 16 latex rubber ink sac - essential. This mod was almost scuppered trying, in my ignorance, to retain the factory fitted silicon sac, which is far too stiff for a pressure bar to compress. £1.56 from Cathedral Pens. I already had shellac to secure it and talc from Superdrug.

  • A small (6.6cm) button filler pressure bar. £4.74  from eBay seller Chillipea, ask for one that matches the auction listing photograph.


  • A pair of trim rings size 8mm inner and 12mm outer diameter. The only metal washers I could find that match this size were crush washers for car/bike hydraulics. I went for aluminium crush washers as they colour match the existing clutch rings better than copper. eBay shop Bargainbitz1 have packets of 10 for £1.25.

Tools Used

  • An unbranded X-Acto style craft knife.
  • A small pair of pliers.
  • An unbranded mini drill, and the various cutting & sanding attachments they come with.
  • A cake of blank DVDs, to hold the curved barrel straight as I cut the blind cap. I don't have a mitre box and had to improvise!
  • Sandpaper, any grade will do really.
  • A sharp, thin utility blade, I think it's the long Stanley type.

I look forward to seeing you in the next post, "Cutting the Blind Cap".

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