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by terrichristiansen
on Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:35 am |
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Hi,
I am very new to myo cigs so I understand I must be doing something really wrong. I have a brand new top-o-matic and I can spit out a pack of perfect cigs in under 3 minutes using the ZigZag ff 100's tubes. I would prefer to use the ZZ Light 100mm tubes, but for some odd reason, 98% of the tubes only fill up about an inch and a 1/2 (in the middle of the cig, not the filter) and then the machine rips a small piece off the end you would light when it releases. I have tried packing them so light that there is not enough tobacco to make a cig, I have tried packing them tight, and of course, in the middle. I have tried pulling the handle very fast, and very slow .
When I pack them very lightly, and pull the handle very, very slowly, once in a great while, it will stuff into the filter end with only a slight gap, and then I have to pack the tobacco down,(as I have to pack it so lightly) leaving about half of the cig for me to fill by hand. I am extremely frustrated. It takes about 30 minutes to make around 5 cigs.
As soon as I put a FF tube on, we are back in business, moving at the speed of light. I even went out and got a new box of tubes thinking maybe I had a bad box. Same problem. What on earth is going on? I would have no problem using an ultra-light tobacco with the ff tubes, but my fav tobacco only comes in ff and light... any ideas?
Thanks in advance! Terri |
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by JohnC
on Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:11 am |
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Terri,
Welcome
I'm not familar with the ZZ lights but if they are the type with holes in the paper and not around the filter it'll make for a weaker tube to try and stuff. Try another brand paper.
Also try drying out the baccy a bit.
Hope this helps
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by terrichristiansen
on Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:41 am |
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I got it!
Thanks J.C. for responding.
The problem turned out to be, as best as I can see, that the filter on the light tube must be heavier. I watched very closely as I injected and found that the light tube filter hangs down a touch before injecting. When I built a support to hold the tube level while on the injector, it worked like a charm! |
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by JohnC
on Fri Jul 06, 2007 8:11 am |
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Glad ya found a solution.
It helps to be able to roll with the punches 
The next thing to a manuel that we have can be found at:
http://www.ryomagazine.com/
and sometimes ya still have to wing it
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