Cigars - Feel expensive, sound cheap?

[warreng8170]

I just made my first two cigar pens (which I hope to post in SOYP tonight). I REALLY like this kit. It feels solid and has lots of surface area to show off the wood. What I don't like however (assuming this is normal) is on both of the ones that I made, the refill clanks around inside the pen. Is this just a characteristic of this pen? If so do you guys have any tricks to stop it? It really cheapens the feel of what seems to be an otherwise great kit.

-warren

 

[Russianwolf]

No clanking on mine.

Where did you get the kits? do the refills have the spring on the front?

 

[karlkuehn]

Mine don't clank either.

Have you tried filling the barrel with CA? (KIDDING, don't do this!) heh []

Mike's got a good point about the spring. I get all my cigars from Bear Tooth (Berea), and the spring is almost always on the refill already, so I never think about it much.

 

[1JaredSchmidt]

Mine don't do that.

 

[kent4Him]

No clanking here

 

[ed4copies]

Take out the cross refill, put in a Parker[:0][:0][:0][:0]

 

[warreng8170]

Both kits are Black Titaniums from CSUSA and they do have the spring on them. I'll have to dissassemble them down as far as I can to see if I can figure out where the noise is coming from.

-warren

 

[bobskio2003]

One thing you might want to try is seeing if the nib is tight. Sometimes these come seperately and sometimes they don't but all of them I ever seen come apart and sometimes are loose. Bob I.

 

[twoofakind]

I noticed on some of mine that the spring "rattles", for the lack of a better term, inside the nib when retracted. Are you talking about with the point extended? I stretched the spring ever so gently on mine and it kept the pressure on it.
Andy

 

[warreng8170]

Originally posted by twoofakind

I noticed on some of mine that the spring "rattles", for the lack of a better term, inside the nib when retracted. Are you talking about with the point extended? I stretched the spring ever so gently on mine and it kept the pressure on it.
Andy

After taking the pen apart and checking everything, it is the refill/spring "rattling" back and forth inside the nib. I tried stretching the spring a little and it *may* have helped a little. Still seems to make more noise than I would expect.

I've got some cigar kits from AS. I'll try one of those next and see if it has the same issue. If so, I'll chalk it up to me being to picky.

Thanks for all the suggestions. I'll update after I build the next one.

-warren

 

[randyrls]

Originally posted by warreng8170


After taking the pen apart and checking everything, it is the refill/spring "rattling" back and forth inside the nib. I tried stretching the spring a little and it *may* have helped a little. Still seems to make more noise than I would expect.

I've got some cigar kits from AS. I'll try one of those next and see if it has the same issue. If so, I'll chalk it up to me being to picky.

Thanks for all the suggestions. I'll update after I build the next one.

-warren

Warren; Does the pen work? I once switched the tubes when mounting on the lathe. UGH! not fixable after turning because the tubes are not turned to the same size.

 

[warreng8170]

The pens work great and (in my opinion) look great. They just have the little noise in them when you are handling them.

 

[opfoto]

Have made cigars from PSI,Woodturningz, and from AS. Never noticed a rattle or a clank.