@sixstringsmash hey my man, just a thought: maybe practice with it empty? The very first time I put it together, I struggled initially with opening. The egg-cracking analogy is brilliant, it’s a simple but deft movement and shouldn’t require any real strength when done correctly. I actually think it’s a great grinder option for folks with hand issues; whether arthritis or strength-related, other nerve/musculoskeletal conditions including neuropathy. So reading about your troubles is, well, troubling!
I empathise, having experienced occasional issues with hand tics & jerks, little uncontrollable spasms, also numbness and pain due to nerve damage and have often noticed that they seem to occur, more often and more intensely, when I am doing something that requires a level of precision or unfamiliar coordination, generally at the worst possible times of course.
But, let me be in a creative “zone” and I’m effortlessly precise and steady because I’m not consciously trying. I’m not even really conscious in the zone.
So my advice is: don’t fuck with it to the point of frustration. Step away, vape a bit, do some deep breathing or whatever works for you. You’ve probably tried this already but I suggest holding the bottom flat on the table with your “other hand”, also kinda pushing down, be sure that you’re only holding onto the bottom piece. I think the pushing down bit is like opening @Summer’s pickle jar. I thought, depending on the severity of your hand tics, this downward pressure
might provide you with enough stability to hold it steady. The pickle jar is an excellent analogy
@Summer !
Now back to the excellent analogy from Master
@Roth , think of the little flourish of the hand when cracking an egg, the way your hand goes up at the end of the movement. Then think of the BCG as a clam and with your dominant hand, make sure you’re grasping both upper pieces and gently pry “the clam” open with that same little flourish as you do so. It’s not a huge learning curve and I honestly think that once the muscle memory clicks, it’s going to be completely effortless and you won’t even think about it.
Good Vaping Gods, you’re probably way past this after all the time I’ve taken to write this essay! Perhaps some other unfortunate reader in a jam might benefit from it. Yeah, let’s just say that.
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Kind of like you do with a pickle jar when the lids too tight & you don't want the liquid to spew all over when you do get the lid off.
I'm so analogy deficent. 
