All is not lost

[tseger]

I know none of you have ever done this, but I put my bushings on wrong. To try to fix it, I trimmed down a half inch from each end and used a different blank for the ends. Any comments welcome.

 

[Gentleben]

The pen looks great.

Martha

 

[tseger]

The pen looks great.

Martha

Thanks Martha

 

[Chief Hill]

Tim I am lost pen looks good. Fit and finish are good. Bushings on wrong? Can't tell there was a problem.

 

[Jim15]

Looks good to me.

 

[tseger]

Tim I am lost pen looks good. Fit and finish are good. Bushings on wrong? Can't tell there was a problem.

the bushings were on backwards. the nib bushing was at the clip end of the pen and the clip end bushing was at the nib. When I went to assemble the pen, I realized it was backwards, so I cut the ends off and glued on new end pieces and returned the pen

 

[ldb2000]

Nice save . Just call it a custom segmentation job and add $25 to the price

 

[tseger]

Nice save . Just call it a custom segmentation job and add $25 to the price

Hey, Butch, I hadn't thought of that.

 

[traderdon55]

You know what they say(in woodturning there are no mistakes just design a opportunity)

 

[tim self]

You did a great job. Gotta look real hard to tell. I've had to do that before also. Ends of each end blew up and put alt ivory on it.

 

[Ligget]

Great save Tim, I have done the bushings wrong way round thing quite a few times myself! LOL

 

[Mrs Rojo22]

Very nice!

Robin

 

[Bree]

LOL good fix! I have a Fat Apple Cigar made of Eastern Applewood with the center bushings swapped. Wow was I pissed off when I discovered that I flipped the bushings. I kept the pen for my "office pen"... well ONE of my office pens! I never thought about your solution which is clever a hell! Great job!
:wink::wink::wink:

 

[Smokey7385]

I've had to do that several times when I've blown through an end. Here is a sample of one that I ended up giving to the owner of my favorite Mexican restaurant.

 

[Dalecamino]

Looks great Tim !

 

[mbroberg]

Excellent! You can't tell that there was ever a problem. Nice job!

 

[workinforwood]

Looks real good Tim..great save.

 

[tseger]

Thanks all for the nice comments.

 

[Daniel]

You can get the bushings backwards??? Just kidding, been there done that more than I care to remember. Nice save.