[davidb1]

I have just gotten into RYO. But when I use ryo pipe tobacco. i keep loosing the fire in my lap. If I pack cigs tighter. Hard to smoke. I bought a couple packages of Bugler and packed very nice and fire stays on cigarette. But as you all know to buy straight up cigarette tobacco is about 3x more expensive that RYO pipe tobacco. Any suggestions for a specific brand of ryo pipe tobacco that is cut more like cigarette tobacco ?? I like Camel filters and Marb. red type smokes.. Thanks in advance.

[the iron horse]

Rolling your own just takes practice.

The more you try, the better you get.

I have rolled Bugler before.

It's a good tobacco and I think it has a good taste.

Just keep rolling bro

[makidigital]

Do you use a crank style injector or do you acually roll them yourself? Im very new to RYO and I use the top-o-matic and Ive yet to have any problems with falling cherries or over-stuffing.

[lilstinker12]

Originally Posted by davidb1 I have just gotten into RYO. But when I use ryo pipe tobacco. i keep loosing the fire in my lap. If I pack cigs tighter. Hard to smoke. I bought a couple packages of Bugler and packed very nice and fire stays on cigarette. But as you all know to buy straight up cigarette tobacco is about 3x more expensive that RYO pipe tobacco. Any suggestions for a specific brand of ryo pipe tobacco that is cut more like cigarette tobacco ?? I like Camel filters and Marb. red type smokes.. Thanks in advance.

I recently purchased a new machine and had the same problem. Kept losing the head several times so I sent the machine back and while searching for a new one I came across a guide section on ebay. Well someone stated that it is the auger (spelling) type machines that do that. What happens is the machine grinds the tobacco to fine so when you light a smoke it has nothing to hold it together which made sense to me. The first machine I bought was from a local store and it works great unless I over-stuff then it tears a dab of the tube paper off but that's fine. Hope this info helps.

[ism]

Aren't ya'll fancy? I just got a hand stuffer thingie, and honestly, from reading some of these threads I think everyone should start with one...

Not to say I won't be purchasing a cranky style stuffer, since I know this one works, can only get better?

[Deepfriedbeauty]

Yes. The auger style machines are simply rotten pieces of junk. They save no more time over a crank style. What they do is cause hot burning ash to fall. I wasted my money and time on one and then gave up. I bought one with a crank and now I can "grandma" my ash at least a quarter way through. It's not a habit, but it was a test. When the ash finally fell, it was flame free.

[Arnie]

To make a good stick that will normally stay together you need to do several things.

First is to dry your tobacco a bit. Solar dry it or use an oven. If you over dry it then pack those smokes in a humidor that contains distilled water for several days before smoking. Dry tobacco will allow you to better control the cigarette density and it packs far more evenly, hence less loss of the bud. Way back when (before all the chemical additives) losing the bud happened with the best of brands. Folks had bud burn holes in their carpets as well as their Sunday best clothes. It was a major complaint even in the "old days."

The second and equally important is to rag the tobacco. Pipe cut is the same tobacco as cigarette tobacco only cut wider and longer.

Go to the dollar store and buy a $1 pair of scissors (use one owned by your significant other at your own risk). Grab a handful of tobacco and start snipping away at the edges of the ball into a container. Do that for as much tobacco as you plan on using. Try it making a few sticks and smoke them. If the problem isn't completely alleviated then take what you have ragged and rag it again. I always double rag mine. Seems to work like a charm.

[gatrman56]

Just get yourself a hand injector or a
Top injector and you wont have those problems.
I had an electric one and it did the same thing,I
lost my fire,pieces of s--t.....
Mine the (electric one) now sits on the coffee
table with M&M's in it, and I tell all people that come
over to our house it delivers the candy one piece at
a time..you wouldn't believe the people that fall for it.
especially someone who doesn't know what an electric
injector looks like!!!!It's a hell of a conversation piece.

gatrman56

[StoneMonkey]

I've just recently ( in the past 2-3 weeks ) started rolling my own cigarettes and someone recommended the little Gambler slide type rolling machine which sells for around 6 bucks in most convenience stores and uses the paper tubes. I stank at it at first and had lots of bent paper tubes, fire and tobacco falling off my cigarette after I lit it and would burn me and my t-shirt or robe. I also had cigarettes with an empty end, ( no tobacco in the end you light ) soft spots in the cigarette, and tobacco just falling out after I rolled one, but even before I lit it. etc. etc.

Think I've pretty much taken care of most of my problems, though. Hated the harshness of the only reasonably priced pipe tobacco ( no brand of cigarette rolling tobacco is reasonably priced to me ) which is Cherokee brand at 9.39 per 16 oz. bag. I took care of the harshness by switching to the Cherokee MELLOW blend. The burning ends falling off I've stopped having since I started shredding my tobacco a bit before I roll it. I lay out about enough for 30 cigarette and tear it up a bit by hand or sometimes cut the bunches of strips just a little with scissors. ( I tried grinding up the tobacco but it made it too fine ). Tearing or shredding it just a little works best.

I stopped having the empty ends of cigarettes when I learned to slide back the machine after opening the top once more after I'm done rolling one and letting the machine eject the cigarette instead of dummy me pulling it out. I also stopped having a lot of jammed cigarettes by making sure not to overfill the slot and to dry my tobacco for the single rolling session about 30 minutes or so before rolling. ( not as necessary with the Mellow tobacco ) Any longer drying time, to me, effects the taste of the tobacco and makes it a little old ( stale ) tasting.

At around $7.50 per carton rolling my own, I'm pretty satisfied now.