CSUSA apprentice jr. Gent question

[biednick]

Hello,
I have turned a few of these kits. I am not al all happy with them. Does anyone know if there is a kit that uses the same bushings? Can I just buy a jr gent 2 and put those parts on the tubes I have? Or is there another kit I can do this with?
Thanks,
Nick

 

[ren-lathe]

I guess I am not sure what you are out to accomplish. Why are you unhappy? That will make a difference to your responses.

 

[biednick]

I guess I am not sure what you are out to accomplish. Why are you unhappy? That will make a difference to your responses.

These kits have plastic threads on the intiripr cap. Of the 6 I ordered, I turnrd 5 and they all broke from normal day to day use in the same place, the cap thread. I could buy another one of these or get a replacement from csusa but I feel the same thing will happen. What I want to do is find a kit with the same tube and the same or slightly smaller bushings so I can replace the external components on this kit. The pen I want to fix is one pf my first casts, and the first one I am really happy with, so I dont want to just write it off.

 

[D.Oliver]

I know the aprentice JR Gent II and the JR Gent II do not use the same bushings.

 

[biednick]

Answer to my question: baron is close, gonna have to build up 1 tube and turn one down.

 

[crabcreekind]

the baron is exactly like it, except it has better threads. And the end cap bushing is the same size as the nib bushing. unlike the jr gent 1