woody350ep
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Ok, here is the new problem. I made my first Tapa Pacifica sunday night. I assembled it per the instructions, twisted it to check for operation, and it passed. I put it in the case and took it to work today to show a guy I work with. He took it apart by untwisting it, and when he went to put it back in, it seems that the tube that you push into the blank, the "single twist mechanism" to be precise, pushed up inside the tube and now the thread assembly attached to the nib assembly will not go into them to screw together. I don't know if this is a faulty kit or something because I have never built one, but I don't like the way that works. What if I sold this to someone and they had the same problem? Did I do something wrong here? I would think there would be a stopper in the End Cap to prevent this from sliding up inside the tube any further. Now, how can I get this apart to fix it? I sure hope someone has done one of these and knows what I mean. I imagine they are the same assembly as a Sierra, but I have only done Sierra Click, so that isn't the same. Here are some pics of it, bad ones taken quickly, but maybe it will help. You can see in the first one the threads that go into the tube to secure it.
In the second one, i tried to capture the "male" end that the nib would go into and thread onto. The nib can be pushed into the tube up to the point of the twist mechanism and appear to be assembled, but it slides in and out freely as it wont grab any threads because it has been pushed up in there.
Just in case someone doesn't know, in assembly you twist the mechanism onto the nib assembly and then press the whole thing into the tube so that it is in the proper location.
In the second one, i tried to capture the "male" end that the nib would go into and thread onto. The nib can be pushed into the tube up to the point of the twist mechanism and appear to be assembled, but it slides in and out freely as it wont grab any threads because it has been pushed up in there.
Just in case someone doesn't know, in assembly you twist the mechanism onto the nib assembly and then press the whole thing into the tube so that it is in the proper location.