The Omni debarcle continues

Yeah salty, loosened it, tested, tightened it, tested, loosened then tightened, tested, and guess what.

No change.

As soon as I can catch the cat, , I'm gonna give the 'lucky rub' treatment a go.
After that, my bag of tricks is totally empty.


On a side note, has anyone ever heard of Lenco airbrushes??

Sean,

I contacted Ken at Badger and he told me to have you contact the Australian distributor for Badger airbrushes as that would be your best bet to get your problem solved.
Jonathon Zimbler of Zimbler ltd. is Badger's Australian Hobby Distributor.

He gave me these email addresses for you to try:
zimblerpl@bigpond.com
jonathan.zimbler@zimbler.com.au

I sure hope this helps my friend

Mike

Have you tried looking at the tip/nozzle under a magnifying glass?You will be amazed at how messed up or how dirty your airbrushes actually are.it is possible that when you put the needle in you lodged it too far into the tip causing it to spread.Try it it might suprise you.Cause if ya can't get a fine line with an omni I don't care what brush you use...you just arent going to get a fine line unless you just continue to practice.

Chuck_B,

I have an airbrush artist friend with the same name as you.
You wouldn't happen to be him would you?

Mike

LOL hi Mike....tis me ;)

QUOTE: Originally posted by Chuck_B LOL hi Mike....tis me ;)

You old snake in the grass.

Mike

QUOTE: Originally posted by Chuck_B Have you tried looking at the tip/nozzle under a magnifying glass?You will be amazed at how messed up or how dirty your airbrushes actually are.it is possible that when you put the needle in you lodged it too far into the tip causing it to spread.Try it it might suprise you.Cause if ya can't get a fine line with an omni I don't care what brush you use...you just arent going to get a fine line unless you just continue to practice.

Chuck, thanks for the advice, but for some reason your post has rubbed me the wrong way

Have a read of the previous posts in this thread, everything has been tried, and all have failed.
I guess I just got the brush made on a Friday.

QUOTE: Chuck, thanks for the advice, but for some reason your post has rubbed me the wrong wayHave a read of the previous posts in this thread, everything has been tried, and all have failed. I guess I just got the brush made on a Friday.

i'm glad i wasnt the only one tweety1!! i mean....HELLO, we didnt just fall off the tater truck yesturday my friend!!! i can get the fine line with any of my other brushes except with the omni 5000. i'm in no way downing the airbrush, if it would work properly, i would be using it. i've tried new tips, needles, cleaning rigorously, holding my mouth right, sticking my tongue out while brushing and everything else but no dice. come up with something new bubba.....please. later.

Chris,

Are you still going to send that Omni 5000 my way?

Mike

the way its looking mike, probably so. i still havent had a chance to play with the tight or loose head. i might as well get over there and try it out. i'll email you in a while and tell you if i'm sending it my friend. later.

just got back from the workbench tweety and mike. i started at hand tight with the head assembly and snugged it gently and alternated psi at each tightening phase and when i got about a half a turn from hand tight (which is not recommended in the owners manual BTW), the airbrush began to perform a little better. i finally tightened the sucker all the way down and i can get a decent fine line with the brush. its still not as fine as i can remember before all of this started, but that could be in the paint thinning department and lack of practice with this particular brush. now that i've used the iwatas for a while, there is a big difference in my iwata trigger and the omni's. i just love my iwatas and i just dont know how much use i'll get out of the omni anymore. i can pop out the iwata and achieve any line i want with it in seconds and i had to work a little to get the lines with the omni. anyway tweety, this seemed to help on my omni, so maybe you should crank the head assembly a little tighter a see what happens. the onwer's manual says not to over tighten, so you're gonna have to use your own judgement. later.

mike, i dont think i'll be sending the omni on a cross country tour this time. thanks for accepting the challenge though my friend and tell ken i'm much obliged at his quick and on the money response. it seems that the tightening of the head assembly was the answer. later.

QUOTE: Originally posted by saltydog mike, i dont think i'll be sending the omni on a cross country tour this time.

No problem brother. I have a Badger 100LG, a Sotar 20/20 and a Badger Million-Air compressor coming to try out also, so I will have plenty to do.

QUOTE: thanks for accepting the challenge though my friend and tell ken i'm much obliged at his quick and on the money response. it seems that the tightening of the head assembly was the answer.

Actually it was my friend Scooter who suggested the head tightening.

Mike

my deepest apologies scooter. good advice. later.

OK salty, I'll give the 'void warranty' head tightening a go, and see what happens.

Doesn't make sense though, having to tighten it that much to get it too operate correctly.

Wait and see I guess.

i know tweety. and thats just my airbrush, yours may be different. if you dont feel comfortable doing it, i'd maybe check into sending the brush back for a replacement brush. if it does the same thing again, i'd look into the iwata hp-cs. it just plain sucks being without an airbrush while your trying to model. later.

Mike, where are you getting the 100LG?

1337,

I am getting it from Badger.

Mike

Tweety1,

Did you send an email to that address I posted?

Mike

Yeah Mike, waiting on a reply to see if they, or anyone else in Aus will do a warranty inspection.

Fingers crossed.

Well, received my reply.
Quite speedy actually.

I have a snowballs chance basically.
They import Badger, and no one imports T&C, therefore, no parts, or warranty.
So I'm back to square one.
He did put me onto a guy here that repairs ab's, but I'll be a monkeys uncle if I'm gonna fork out more money on this lil' tacker.

Ah well, lesson learned.

Off to the Iwata catalogue I spose.

BTW, has anyone heard of/used a Lenco airbrush??

Also Mike, could you tell me of a Badger brush that is a good match for the Iwata HP-BS
Just basic comparisons is all I need.

QUOTE: Originally posted by tweety1 BTW, has anyone heard of/used a Lenco airbrush??

No I haven't. Sorry.

QUOTE: Also Mike, could you tell me of a Badger brush that is a good match for the Iwata HP-BS Just basic comparisons is all I need.

The only Badger similar to that would be the 100G but it is a micro-tip design so it is capable of finer lines than the Iwata you mentioned. It is in the same class as the Iwata HP-B actually.

I emailed Ken about your answer from Jonathan Zimbler and will let you know what I find out.

Mike

Sean,

Email Ken at Badger as he told me he wants to hear from you.

kenbadger@aol.com

Mike

Mike, hows the hp-b compared to the badger 100LG (not the g)

QUOTE: Originally posted by 1337 Mike, hows the hp-b compared to the badger 100LG (not the g)

I have never used the HP-B so I can't comment on it, but the Badger 100LG is the same as the 100G, it just has a bigger color cup.

The needle and tip are almost the same on both the HP-B and the 100LG so they should be pretty close in performance.

Mike

Mike, I sent an email to Ken, advising him of what Zimbler told me, so I'll wait for his reply.
I didn't go into too much detail, as I'm not sure whether he wanted to know what Zimbler had said, or more detail about the Omni.


Wait and see.

Received an email from Ken at Badger.

At long last there is some light at the end of the tunnel.

Hopefully by months end, I may be able to use my Omni as it was designed, and not be forced to turn to the dark side, and buy an Iwata.

Is he sending you a new one, or did he figure out what your problem was or what?

dark side?!! dark or not, iwatas my friend. hope you get your brush back in action soon tweety. happy airbrushing my friend and dont forget to post some pics of your work. later.

QUOTE: Originally posted by maddafinga Is he sending you a new one, or did he figure out what your problem was or what?

No, at the moment he is finding contacts here for T&C, and I have explained a little more detail as to my problem.
But it's a start, and shows more promise than ever before