Problems with Cigar pen

[pen-turners]

I've turned about 100 of these and never had a problem but tonight when I was assembling my cigar pens I made the tip of the rollerball insert won't fit through the tip of the pen. It is physically too big and does not fit. I pulled out a couple of other kits and they are hit and miss. I thought maybe the spring was binding so I took it off and had the same results. Anyone else had this happen???? Do you think I will mess up the finish if I bore the tip out slightly????

Let me know,
Chris

 

[KKingery]

I've had that problem when switching to a gel refill, but not with the rollerballs. My personal opinion, is that the problem is not with the refill - I think it's with the pen tips. If you have a good scratch awl, you can slightly enlarge the tip hole, and it should be ok.

 

[dougle40]

Another thing that could be wrong with the tip is that there could be a slight burr inside the nib hole which could easily happen with parts that are mass produced . Inserting a small drill (the size that the hole should be) and turning it by hand , from the inside , will remove a burr.

 

[woodscavenger]

A small rat tail file does the trick. This happens with nearly all of mine when I put a Parker gel insert in the pen.

 

[pen-turners]

Will try to file them. I have a set of small round diamond files and will try to loosen it up a bit. Another problem I had on these kits is you can take off NONE OF THE TUBE while squaring. If you even shave off a MM it will cause the tip of the pen to stick out and not work correctly. I verified this by assembling one of the kits with just the tubes and it was still close. Guess the tubes are a little short that were supplied with the kits.

 

[Gregory Huey]

I have had this nib problem also. Easy fix with a small rat tail file.

 

[jwoodwright]

I agree about the tube length. Real pain, my problem was the clip end, ended up modifying the tranny...[]

 

[Tom McMillan]

Yes, Chris---I had the same problem with the cigar pens---coming with tubes a little too short---I solved that by buying the long tubes from PSI and cutting my own to length.