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4th February 2014, 05:40 AM #1
Austtralia Swap Pen 2014 . . . . . Ummmm Not so fast.
This was a really fun pen to make. Right up until the very end. I did something really stupid. When I was pressing in the coupling on the lower barrel, I got the trim ring on the thread side. Then when I was pressing in the fitting, It wouldn't seat. So I pressed just a little harder not knowing the fitting was as far as it was going to go.
CRACK!!
Normally, I wouldn't bother showing a ruined pen, but this one was different than anything I've done before (right or wrong).
When I selected the blank it looked pretty solid. It was spalted white oak burl. When I turned the cap part down, it kept getting more & more voids. When the cap was close to final diameter, I noticed that the brass was showing through from several of the voids. I wish I'd looked closer at the blank before turning. It had to have a few visible worm holes. But I didn't notice.
Here's the cap unfinished. I started filing the voids, and decided I wanted a before picture. That's why there is a little blue already.
I had a blank made with the same colored mica powder, so I filled the voids with the powder. That part wasn't all that much fun, and took longer than I thought. I know I could have filled it with coffee grounds or shavings, but I thought the blue would add a cool touch. After the voids were filled, I pressed in the cap. As I was lining up the lower barrel, I screwed in the fitting into the cap so I could align it the way I wanted. I noticed the threads weren't engaging correctly. They were too tight. Then the plastic insert in the cap came loose from the fitting, and I had to disassemble the cap to fix the problem. And here's where I learned a new lesson. Always make sure the parts work correctly before assembly. I had to rob another kit for the cap threads. This time I glued them in, and all was well.
So I again line things up, but had the trim ring on the wrong side of the fitting. I'm still not sure how I did this, but it was all my fault. The crack doesn't show on the pictures, and it isn't too bad, but not something I wanted to send even if I could fix the trim ring problem. So after it was assembled, it looks like this.
And here's the pen put together.
I'll probably try & fix the problem, but I didn't want to spend more time on it right now.
On a positive note, I did finish another pen that will be on it's way to my Australian trade partner in the next few days.
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4th February 2014, 08:01 AM #2
that looks pretty spectacular - pity about the, ah, little error
regards
Nick
veni, vidi, tornavi
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4th February 2014, 05:19 PM #3
Very nice looking blank on that one,
never mind the miss-hap, if it bothers you just send it over here so you don't have to look at it
Cheers Ben,
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4th February 2014, 06:58 PM #4
Yep a real PITA when things go wrong, but then, when should we decide to give up. Like most pen makers, you will probably persist, after all you have used 2 kits to get this far .
Neil____________________________________________Every day presents an opportunity to learn something new
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4th February 2014, 07:39 PM #5Skwair2rownd
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Now that is a corker!!!
great save too!! glad you persisted!
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4th February 2014, 08:19 PM #6
Shame about the oops moment, great looking pen. What is it about us that makes us so determined to fix our stuff ups regardless of the great amount of time & effort we need to put in to fix it.
Regards Rumnut.
SimplyWoodwork
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4th February 2014, 09:39 PM #7Member
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it looks great
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8th February 2014, 01:29 AM #8Senior Member
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Bugger! Its always that little bit extra you give it that makes all the difference.
Nice pen.
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