@TylerD, thanks I am sure I will learn a lot from this forum too!
It is a Tobeco clone I ordered from Fasttech. It hits pretty crap out of the box. The reason for this is that the top cap that has a very bad spring-loaded pin (the spring being the main culprit here). I have a Chi You Clone top cap extra because I have a AIOS TD on my one Chi You Clone and used this for the Hammer as it fits perfectly. I just removed the adjustable screw in the bottom of the pin on the Chi You Cap which gives me an extra pin to use on the Aqua Clone that I have on the way with my Origin Mod in Hybrid mode. So it is sort of two birds with one stone and I almost prefer it with this look and now have airflow control on my Hammer! I didn't like the smooth lock ring that comes with it either, so I exchanged the knurled lock ring from my Astro with the Hammer one. The smooth ring works perfect on the Astro, but is a pain in the butt with the Hammer.
I also took it apart completely and soaked everything in hot water with dishwashing detergent and gave it a good scrubbing after polishing up all brass parts with Brasso to get any residue from the factory off.
After this it hits quite hard and probably no worse than the HCigar clone or even the original for all you know. If I can find a good gold plated spring to replace the stock one in the top cap, it will probably hit just as hard as the current configuration.
Well there you go....a complete article where a simple "yes, it hits hard" could have been all you wanted to hear...lol
It is a Tobeco clone I ordered from Fasttech. It hits pretty crap out of the box. The reason for this is that the top cap that has a very bad spring-loaded pin (the spring being the main culprit here). I have a Chi You Clone top cap extra because I have a AIOS TD on my one Chi You Clone and used this for the Hammer as it fits perfectly. I just removed the adjustable screw in the bottom of the pin on the Chi You Cap which gives me an extra pin to use on the Aqua Clone that I have on the way with my Origin Mod in Hybrid mode. So it is sort of two birds with one stone and I almost prefer it with this look and now have airflow control on my Hammer! I didn't like the smooth lock ring that comes with it either, so I exchanged the knurled lock ring from my Astro with the Hammer one. The smooth ring works perfect on the Astro, but is a pain in the butt with the Hammer.
I also took it apart completely and soaked everything in hot water with dishwashing detergent and gave it a good scrubbing after polishing up all brass parts with Brasso to get any residue from the factory off.
After this it hits quite hard and probably no worse than the HCigar clone or even the original for all you know. If I can find a good gold plated spring to replace the stock one in the top cap, it will probably hit just as hard as the current configuration.
Well there you go....a complete article where a simple "yes, it hits hard" could have been all you wanted to hear...lol
