mightymavkev
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Has anyone built the new Celtic pens from PSI? They recently came back into stock and I purchased the starter pack. It comes with 2 each of the antique brass and pewter kits.
Anyway, the clip portion presses into the tube but it looks like it is actually 2 rings with the clip ring itself in the middle like a sandwich. This looks cool, but it is very week and the outer rings collapse under any pressure at all when pressing onto the tube.
I had to use a small flat screwdriver to bend the collapsed ring back up. It turned out "OK" but this doesn't seem like a good design to me.
So either I'm doing this wrong or their design or instructions for assembly are flawed.
Also, the end cap presses onto the twist mechanism. It is a VERY tight fit and I had to push VERY hard (almost to the point of needing the press). When I did this on the two pens I made, I felt something give inside the twist mechanism itself and afterward they would not work. Felt like some of the plastic parts inside the transmissions "popped" under the pressure of pushing on the end cap.
I had to steal the two transmissions from the other two kits and very carefully press the end caps on those. These went on a bit easier - as if the first times stretched the tube of the end caps a bit because it wasn't so hard getting it on the second transmission in each case.
I've asked PSI to send me some new transmissions, but although they've responded to my email, they haven't told me if they're going to help me or not.
Anyway, I was wondering if anyone had this experience or if I was just doing something wrong with these kits.
thanks,
Kevin
Anyway, the clip portion presses into the tube but it looks like it is actually 2 rings with the clip ring itself in the middle like a sandwich. This looks cool, but it is very week and the outer rings collapse under any pressure at all when pressing onto the tube.
I had to use a small flat screwdriver to bend the collapsed ring back up. It turned out "OK" but this doesn't seem like a good design to me.
So either I'm doing this wrong or their design or instructions for assembly are flawed.
Also, the end cap presses onto the twist mechanism. It is a VERY tight fit and I had to push VERY hard (almost to the point of needing the press). When I did this on the two pens I made, I felt something give inside the twist mechanism itself and afterward they would not work. Felt like some of the plastic parts inside the transmissions "popped" under the pressure of pushing on the end cap.
I had to steal the two transmissions from the other two kits and very carefully press the end caps on those. These went on a bit easier - as if the first times stretched the tube of the end caps a bit because it wasn't so hard getting it on the second transmission in each case.
I've asked PSI to send me some new transmissions, but although they've responded to my email, they haven't told me if they're going to help me or not.
Anyway, I was wondering if anyone had this experience or if I was just doing something wrong with these kits.
thanks,
Kevin