cart side of 510 atty out of round

[six]

Picked up a few spare 510 attys the other day and a couple of them are not quite round on the cart side so they leak air.

Any suggestions on something the right size to round them out?

 

[Kufu Kahn]

I found a wooden dowel that just fits the inside of the atty and used a light plastic hammer to tap around the out side of the atty's metal skirt, in the over sized areas, while holding the dowel in a vise.

 

[HzG8rGrl]

I would e-mail the vendor from which you purchased them first-perhaps you can return them for replacement.

 

[six]

Thanks. - It's about 5/16". I took a slightly over sized dowel and "sharpened" it a little with an old rotary style pencil sharpener to make sort of a cone shaped end on the dowel. I lightly tapped that in to the bent end of the atty with a little tack hammer. Rounded it right out. Thanks for the suggestion. I appreciate it.

As to the other suggestion: Well, I'd rather fix things if I can. Every time something is returned to a supplier, it drives up costs for everyone. Any minor issue one can fix to avoid RMA saves everyone time and money in the end.

 

[six]

Thanks. - It's about 5/16". I took a slightly over sized dowel and "sharpened" it a little with an old rotary style pencil sharpener to make sort of a cone shaped end on the dowel. I lightly tapped that in to the bent end of the atty with a little tack hammer. Rounded it right out. Thanks for the suggestion. I appreciate it.

As to the other suggestion: Well, I'd rather fix things if I can. Every time something is returned to a supplier, it drives up costs for everyone. Any minor issue one can fix to avoid RMA saves everyone time and money in the end.

 

[dormouse]

Wondering - is this a Joye 510 atty (the original manufacturer) or a knockoff?

 

[six]

These are smok Tech attys. I think this could have happened due to rough handling - not necessarily any sort of manufacturing defect.

 

[HzG8rGrl]

It would still benefit the vendor to know, it could also be a defective batch he has received from his distributor.
All in all, glad to read you banged out your problem-LOL