The Story behind "Scream with Lightning"

**PenTurner** · 3rd November 2010, 07:19 PM

Ok, as promised, the story behind it all; there I was first thing in the morning, things were flying along very well, I lost concentration for a second and BANG

; see pictures 1 & 2; Well, after much searching found both pieces, by the way, the blanks had stacks of Epoxy, but I had spray painted the tubes, and the glue came away with the paint. So, with thick CA put the pieces back, my fingers stuck to the blank so had to pry them off and use some paper towel to hold the blank, that is why you see the towel pieces on it, pictures 3 & 4 ;
Now, in pictures 5, 6, & 7, I applied CA and Ebony sawdust to help fill the black portions that were chipped or missing.
In picture 8 you can see the CA that had turned white, so I dug that out with a small pocket knife. Had a choice, either fill in with Ebony, or use the natural break lines as a feauture

!!, filled the dug out lines with red and then yellow acylic paint to fit in with the current colour scheme, dried it quickly with some hot air, see picture 9.
Finally, picture 10 the finished cap.

Those blanks are not cheap, but worth every penny; needless to say that majority of the day went into restoration, hope this may encourage you, that even experienced turners can make "mistakes", ALWAYS, good can come from them, either in recovery OR valuable lessons learned. Amos

**artme** · 3rd November 2010, 08:29 PM

I fel better now Amos!!

**Sawdust Maker** · 3rd November 2010, 10:07 PM

I feel better as well
great save !
I'd post more mistakes but Neil has limited me to a strict diet of only a little bad news

actually my last mistake pen, was a little out of round, someone pinched
I hope none of you lot see it and say 'who was that amateur!"

**mkypenturner** · 3rd November 2010, 10:07 PM

that a super save on the expensive blank

i nearly screamed when i seen the pics as well

wondering if when it happened your first thoughts and comments were R rated or not
i know in my shed it would prob be X

**Rum Pig** · 3rd November 2010, 11:50 PM

Well I feel worse now

If you can make a mistake like that what on earth will I do

And I know in my shed there is no way i will find the pieces for 20 years

Great save well done

Thanks for sharing.

**HazzaB** · 4th November 2010, 12:20 AM

Hey Amos,

Thanks for that Story, I nearly cried when a Red Mallee blank went bang, and I couldn't find the bits, If I get the chance to do one of those super Blanks I will have my shop the same as Les's, (in Red Dear)

HazzaB

**timberbits** · 4th November 2010, 07:56 AM

Hi Amos

Great save! What a fabulous pen.

Thanks for sharing.

Timberbits.

**dj_pnevans** · 5th November 2010, 09:34 AM

Wow Amos is human after all.

Good save.
David

**Builderguy** · 5th November 2010, 01:00 PM

Wow! You did a great job recovering that one! I can almost feel the panic when I look at the first pic!

**I_wanna_Shed** · 5th November 2010, 06:37 PM

Having a blank go BANG, glue coming away with the paint, super glueing fingers to the blank.... WOW!!!! AMOS IS HUMAN!!!

Like others have said, I don't feel so bad now! Excellent recovery from it all Amos. With my limited experience I wouldn't have followed through to the end so persistently.

A great learning experience there.

Nathan.

**PenTurner** · 5th November 2010, 08:45 PM

Nathan-without being disrespectful-I don't know about being human- I had to walk on water to get to the Tissues!

(mind you , the water was on the floor!

) Amos

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