HamTurns
Member
Hello All - I'm having some trouble getting Compson click pens together and hope someone has an idea of what I'm doing wrong.
I haven't used a Compson kit before, but they're really simple. My Compson kits don't work after assembly. They seem to push the refill out to far, then won't "click back".
When I tried to put together my first pen I was not able to "click" the pen at all, and the refill was sticking out of the nib way too far.
I thought I'd shortened the tube too much when squaring up the ends so I dissasembled it and tried to put it together without the tube and had the same trouble. I found that the tube length isn't as critical on this pen as I'd thought.
I thought that I had a bad transmission so I took another one from another kit I had and found the exact same thing = the guts don't assemble and work. After the first "click" the refill is overextended and won't click back.
I took some sage advise from this site and lubricated the transmission, but had the same results.
All help with this is appreciated.
Thanks
Tom
I haven't used a Compson kit before, but they're really simple. My Compson kits don't work after assembly. They seem to push the refill out to far, then won't "click back".
When I tried to put together my first pen I was not able to "click" the pen at all, and the refill was sticking out of the nib way too far.
I thought I'd shortened the tube too much when squaring up the ends so I dissasembled it and tried to put it together without the tube and had the same trouble. I found that the tube length isn't as critical on this pen as I'd thought.
I thought that I had a bad transmission so I took another one from another kit I had and found the exact same thing = the guts don't assemble and work. After the first "click" the refill is overextended and won't click back.
I took some sage advise from this site and lubricated the transmission, but had the same results.
All help with this is appreciated.
Thanks
Tom