The third time i used the cookie press, the double threaded ring that connects the tube to the handle not only cracked but disintegrated. way beyond gluing. if i want to replace it i will have to buy another whole set -- with no assurance that the ring will not do the same again.i would like to buy a dozen replacement rings. even if it as much as a new cookie press, or more, i don't know what i'd do with a dozen cookie presses.