Thanks!
Parker Pens
http://www.parkerpen.com/
Shanghai Hero Group
http://en.hero.com.cn/
Ernesto Soler's encyclopedian Parker 51 site
http://www.parker51.com/
The endless horrors of the World of Kitch website
http://theworldofkitsch.com/tasteless-1970s-indoor-water-fountain
The vacumatic wikipedia page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Vacumatic
Ariel Kullock's site - custom made 51s. Wowee-wow-wow!
http://arielkullock.com/
Prather Pens - Wowee-wow-wow! (with Christopher Walken's inflection, not Borat's)
http://www.pratherpens.com/
Torelli Pens - Wowee-wow-wow! (see above)
http://torellipens.com/
The Red Cross
http://www.redcross.org.uk/
TemeCycles eBay store, cheap Woods valves
http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/temecycles/
Maidstone Aquatics eBay store, for the aquarium sealant
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Maidstone-Aquatics?_trksid=p4340.l2563
Cathedral Pens for the vacumatic diaphragm
http://www.cathedralpens.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=10_32&zenid=fcelvbkv4phnuiajo04n3tqbm7
Ralph Prather's fascinating FPN post showing a photograph of an autopsied vacumatic Parker 51, illustrating the barrel's diaphragm cavity.
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/214070-custom-51s-in-damascus-stainless-steel/
Connely's level raising solution.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7cw_9AT5hg
David Armstrong's excellent step by step teardown of a Parker 51 vacumatic filler unit - could have been tailor made for guiding this project. Outstanding!
http://www.restorersart.com/breaking-down-a-parker-vacumatic-filler-unit/
Penfisher's clever pellet-socket-from-a-ballpoint-pen FPN post.
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/165864-vac-pellet-pocket-help/page__view__findpost__p__1656873
Ernst's page at Ravensmarch, on diaphragm replacement - especially useful for ascertaining the correct diaphragm length (long enough to fully extend, but not stretch).
http://dirck.delint.ca/beta/?page_id=720
Hennypenny's FPN post mentioning the use of aquarium sealant to block breather holes in eyedropper conversions
http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/67101-lamy-vista-eyedropper-conversion/page__view__findpost__p__1259932
David Nishimura's Seven Deadly Sins of Vacumatic Repair
http://www.vintagepens.com/FAQrepair/sins_Vacumatic_filler_repair.shtml
Captain Flint's joyful rendition of Yo-Ho (It's a Pirate's Life For Me), on permanent loop as I typed up this series of posts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSQDh6e3axc
No Thanks!
Blogger! Why do I have to fiddle with the HTML to place two photographs side by side, with word wrapped caption text for each? Contemporise, man!
YouTube, I do wish you had some sort of offline software available to reencode large files.
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