Dennis - This sounds almost too good to be true. I've been trying to push each tumbler back with the forend on a towel, tumbler side up and trying to force each one back. I can see this way working, but i think my problem is a combination of not having the right "dowel" (anything made of wood so as not to REALLY muck things up) and an inate reluctance to use all the force I can. The method you mention sounds like it definitely could work, but at the same time it seems like....something will bust! But the mechanical advantage you'de have pushing on the extractor would be much more than the way I'm going at it. Well, it's after midnight now, and I learned the hard way not to start fooling with things when you should be sleeping. I just might try this tomorrow. It DOES seem like an easier fix. Oh, rather than wood or brass, couldn't yo just use pressure from your thumb? Seems like there'd be more control somehow.
