brass tubes

[Twister]

hi all

does anyone have a source for spare tubes?
27\64 sierra
we all know things go wrong


Steve

 

[paulm]

Dan may be able to get some.

 

[Jim]

Just out of curiosity Twister, is the tube damaged beyond repair .. Need to know this before i go running out to the shed in me jimjams to check if i have some ...

 

[Twister]

i glued with gorilla
it decided to eject itself from blank and was too late resolve

i just wondered if i could get some new brass

Steve

 

[Buckeye]

i glued with gorilla
it decided to eject itself from blank and was too late resolve

i just wondered if i could get some new brass

Steve

Timberbits amongst others, but just turn the wood off the tube and re-use it.

Peter

 

[Jim]

If you can turn the wood off that's fine, if not i just tip toed down the shed and came running back all excited as i did have a spare ..

If you PM me the address i will post it out to you ..

 

[Neil]

Oh, the joys of PU??????????

But then I would say that wouldn't I?

 

[billyb_imp]

If you need them quickly try Pen Crafts if you can wait then Timberbits

 

[Vic Perrin]

Tony Charvill at penkits uk sells them, at the moment they are 50p each I had some last week.

Vic

 

[Neil]

Tony Charvill at penkits uk sells them, at the moment they are 50p each I had some last week.

Vic

He's Tony Parker, Vic, but you wont get anything out of him until the 9th July as he's on holiday.

 

[Vic Perrin]

He's Tony Parker, Vic, but you wont get anything out of him until the 9th July as he's on holiday.

Your absolutely right Neil I forgot he was on holiday.

How do you rate his kits ?

vic

 

[Neil]

Vic,

They come from the Rizheng Stationery Company in China. I buy the Ultra Cigar from him and the touch stylus (but this one I have just found a cheaper supplier). The Rizheng Stationery company is great at simple kits, the 7mm kits are great, the sierra kits are terrible, the mechanisms are very unreliable. I have had repeated issues with the tubes on the Ultra kits, the tubes have been compressed at the ends where the tubes have been cut to length, and in true Chinese style, they dont appear to be too interested!. The Churchill kits plumb the depths of poor design and are ghastly. The Chairmans pens are great, but expensive, you can get the same kits from Axminster, who also use Rizheng for some of their kits. The chairmans from Ax is £4.76 is you buy 10, and if you buy 11 you get free postage. Tony will charge you £6 plus postage which is expensive.

So all in all the simple kits are fine, the sierra/gatsby mechanism steer clear of and the chairmans I get elsewhere cheaper, same kit. Others I dont touch as they dont sell relative to the others I make.

 

[paulm]

Neil, with the Sierra mech, I too had problems but found that the spring is very slightly tapered which if put in the wrong way, the mech wanted to unscrew and the refill didn't want to come out. Turning the spring around I found that the mech worked ok.

 

[Twister]

Sorted thanks

by a nice man on here ..not sure I should name

Steve

 

[Neil]

Neil, with the Sierra mech, I too had problems but found that the spring is very slightly tapered which if put in the wrong way, the mech wanted to unscrew and the refill didn't want to come out. Turning the spring around I found that the mech worked ok.

The main issue with these Sierra mechanisms Paul, is that there is not enough grip between the mechanism and the top. The number of times the twisted pen fails to operate the twist mechanism drives me nuts, dont have this issue with TB kits.

 

[paulm]

Ah, OK, I can see that could be a potential problem Neil

 

[mattyts]

Just turn the wood off

 

[Twister]

Just turn the wood off

I want the wood :-)

Steve

 

[Vic Perrin]

Axminster stock spare tubes for Sierras

Replacement Tubes for Sierra Pen Kits Pkt 5 - Pen & Pencil Kits Accessories - Pen & Pencil Kits - Woodturning - Woodturning & Crafts | Axminster Tools & Machinery

Vic