keithbyrd
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I have made a bunch of the Flat Top American Double Twist Ball point. The one that requires a tenon. About every 4 or 5 something goes wrong but people like to buy them so I keep making them!
But here is a problem I can't figure out. I assembled per all directions, tenon is cut 1 13/16 from clip end, clip bushing pressed into twist mechanism and pressed into pen from clip end. So when I attach the cap and screw it onto the barrel section of the pen-it doesn't retract. The ball point tip is extended and I can get no twist action. I tested the mechanism before assembly - twists nice. I have disassembled it twice, replaced the twist mechanism and it won't work.
Any ideas what I may have done wrong? Customer supplied wood too!
But here is a problem I can't figure out. I assembled per all directions, tenon is cut 1 13/16 from clip end, clip bushing pressed into twist mechanism and pressed into pen from clip end. So when I attach the cap and screw it onto the barrel section of the pen-it doesn't retract. The ball point tip is extended and I can get no twist action. I tested the mechanism before assembly - twists nice. I have disassembled it twice, replaced the twist mechanism and it won't work.
Any ideas what I may have done wrong? Customer supplied wood too!