After spending several hours the other day trying to disassemble my Stardust I finally found a way that will work very efficiently. You will need the following items.
A piece of 3/8 inch brass tubing
A piece of 9/32 inch brass tubing
A hammer, yes a hammer.
Remove the mouthpiece, the rubber cap that fits over the center tube, and you will need to remove the wick.
Cut a piece of the 9/32 inch brass tubing about 3 inches long. It's best if you can use a pipe cutter to do this. You want the ends of the tubing to the level and not cut at an angle. The inside diameter of this tubing will fit perfectly around the center post inside the Stardust. Now take that hammer, yes I said hammer and give it a few taps. Everything will slide out very easily.
Now to get it back together. Cut a piece of 3/8 inch tubing again about 3 inches long and use that to hammer the unit back together from the other end. A very big word of caution here. There is no stop for the base, so you will need to do a trial and error to see how well it fits when you put the mouthpiece back on along with the cap that has the metal tip inside. If you hammer the post in too far you will not be able screw on the mouthpiece properly.
A piece of 3/8 inch brass tubing
A piece of 9/32 inch brass tubing
A hammer, yes a hammer.
Remove the mouthpiece, the rubber cap that fits over the center tube, and you will need to remove the wick.
Cut a piece of the 9/32 inch brass tubing about 3 inches long. It's best if you can use a pipe cutter to do this. You want the ends of the tubing to the level and not cut at an angle. The inside diameter of this tubing will fit perfectly around the center post inside the Stardust. Now take that hammer, yes I said hammer and give it a few taps. Everything will slide out very easily.
Now to get it back together. Cut a piece of 3/8 inch tubing again about 3 inches long and use that to hammer the unit back together from the other end. A very big word of caution here. There is no stop for the base, so you will need to do a trial and error to see how well it fits when you put the mouthpiece back on along with the cap that has the metal tip inside. If you hammer the post in too far you will not be able screw on the mouthpiece properly.
I'm with BSD on that one. I wouldn't have thunk that at all, especially after all the tube cutting and hammer swinging. lol 
I'm use people thinking that I am a dude. I was a woodworker for over 33 years so participating in forums about woodworking everyone assumed I was a male. I had my own woodworking business for roughly 15 years. Prior to that I was an offset printer for 17 years and ran four-color 29" presses and I was also the supervisor. I took care of 12 guys over three shifts. So you can see I've always done non-female stuff. I loved working with my hands, taking things apart and putting them back together. Sadly though for the last 15 years I've had vision problems so it's much more difficult to do all the things I once loved.
