$40 Oops - any suggestions?
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BLLEHMAN
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Just say that its a left-handed pen.
Mike of the North
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Show it to everybody while standing in front of a mirror:wink:
couldn't you just move the clip to the other side?
TomW
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workinforwood
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What was it, a 4 piece kit you had to assemble? If that is the case, what did you use to glue it together? On the assumption that is is 4 seperate pieces, I am going to say very carefully skew and sand your finish off. Punch the kit off. turn your oven on as low as it will go. Place the blank on some tinfoil in the oven. If it is assembled with wood glue, CA glue or epoxy, the glue will soften. Put some gloves on of course. Grab the blue end and try and pull it off the tube. Even if it doesn't come off, if you can get it to spin, spin it 180, to the back side of the pen. The pen will cool quick and the glue will re-harden fast, so you need to work quick. Or maybe you have not choice but to pull that right off and flip it so the skinnier side is against the red/white. Then you will have to re-spin the pen to be flat with no curving shape..possibly even have to spin a small dipped in area where the star area meets the flag area. That's all I can think of to try and salvage it. Othewise, flip the clip. A star is a star, and can't be upside down really..it's just a visual perception that a single point must go up, but in space, god could care less.
jttheclockman
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I am not following this thread. Are you saying the star should be where the nib is??? I can't see how it is backwords?? Didn't we go through this with Constants flag pen kit and I forgot the outcome of that one. But I think it was said it really doesn't matter because of the way you turn the pen. Need a better picture to see the problem. 
jkeithrussell
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I also don't understand the problem. Isn't it a round pen? It will be correct on the other side, won't it?
TomW
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On a Texas flag, the white stripe is on the top, the red on the bottom and the 5 point star has one point at the top, on both sides. In this pen the red stripe is on the top, or the star is upside down. I'm gonna try Jeff's suggestion. Its CA glued.
Tom
Tom
Rollerbob
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Move to Oklahoma?:biggrin::tongue:
Tom, Oklahoma is still in the states. You don't have to leave the country, Dude!!:biggrin:
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Texatdurango
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Keith, we can excuse jttheclockman for not knowing any better since he probably isn't familiar with our flag but being a Texan you should see the problem. The flag is white over red and regardless how you rotate the pen the star will always be upside down with the "legs" of the star pointing up.
Tom, let us know if the ungluing works.
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penmanship
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send it to me.............:biggrin: I'm Canadian & it looks fine from where I'm sitting
jttheclockman
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OK so what does the other side look like???? I have to now go google a texas flag.
TomW
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OK so what does the other side look like???? I have to now go google a texas flag.
No star on the backside. Just RWB.
Tom
jttheclockman
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OK I went and googled the flag and see the problem now. Will be interesting to read the outcome of this. Is there another flag with the opposite colors that you could send it to????:biggrin:
TomW
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JEFF POWELL.... YOU ARE A ROCK-STAR!!!
Went out and studied for a while. Happens that the LOML has a soldering iron in her stained glass stuff that fits pretty well inside the brass tube....
Put it in there and within 10 seconds there was a sizzling sound and a little smoke. Dumped it on the table, grabbed some gloves and spun the blue part off!!!
Cleaned the tube on the lathe and the blue part with a little sandpaper wrapped around a smaller tube. Blue part is exceedingly thin with no tube inside it. Glued it back on....correctly this time (180 degree rotation on the tube from where it was before). It's drying now. I have to leave the country tomorrow before dawn, so it'll be 2 weeks before I can post pictures.
thanks IPA and especially you Jeff!
Tom
Constant Laubscher
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Tom,
If you are having trouble let me know and I would sent you another kit.
It is easy to make a mistake when you glue it together.
Please let me know, it sound like you already fixed it.
If you are having trouble let me know and I would sent you another kit.
It is easy to make a mistake when you glue it together.
Please let me know, it sound like you already fixed it.
TomW
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Constant,
Thanks! Let's see how the blank holds up during refinishing. I'll report back in a couple of weeks.
Regards,
Tom
Thanks! Let's see how the blank holds up during refinishing. I'll report back in a couple of weeks.
Regards,
Tom
winpooh498
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We put one of our laser kits together wrong and it had some gaps. So we put it in a jar of acetone for about a week it came apart just fine. After all the pieces were good and dry we reassembled and finished.
SnowLeopard_2001
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I did not realize that messing up the Texas state flag was such an offense that you have to leave the country!!!!:biggrin:
Congratulations on your recovery!!
randyrls
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Did they run you out of Texas just for that??????? :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:
VisExp
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I did not realize that messing up the Texas state flag was such an offense that you have to leave the country!!!!:biggrin:
Congratulations on your recovery!!
That's funny. When I read Tom's post I thought the exact same thing :biggrin:
bitshird
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Just remember "The Eyes Of Texas Are Upon You"
TomW
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leehljp
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Texas is strong on "what is Texas".
TEXAS Trivia: Did you know:
Did you know it is illegal to put beans in chili - in Texas.
Did you know that REAL Chili does NOT have tomato sauce in it?
More TX Trivia - Did you know that by Direct Distance:
. . . that El Paso, TX is closer to Los Angeles CA and Salt Lake City UT than it is to Texarkana, TX?
. . . that Texarkana is closer to Chicago, IL, Columbus, OH, Charleston WV, and Columbia SC, than it is to El Paso?
. . . that Dalhart, TX is closer to Billings MT, Rochester MN and Springfield IL, than it is Brownsville, TX?
. . . that Port Author TX is closer to Atlanta GA, St, Petersburg/Tampa FL and Springfield IL, than it is to El Paso?
. . . that Brownsville, TX is closer to Pensacola FL than it is to Dalhart TX?
Texas is huge! :biggrin:
TEXAS Trivia: Did you know:
Did you know it is illegal to put beans in chili - in Texas.
Did you know that REAL Chili does NOT have tomato sauce in it?
More TX Trivia - Did you know that by Direct Distance:
. . . that El Paso, TX is closer to Los Angeles CA and Salt Lake City UT than it is to Texarkana, TX?
. . . that Texarkana is closer to Chicago, IL, Columbus, OH, Charleston WV, and Columbia SC, than it is to El Paso?
. . . that Dalhart, TX is closer to Billings MT, Rochester MN and Springfield IL, than it is Brownsville, TX?
. . . that Port Author TX is closer to Atlanta GA, St, Petersburg/Tampa FL and Springfield IL, than it is to El Paso?
. . . that Brownsville, TX is closer to Pensacola FL than it is to Dalhart TX?
Texas is huge! :biggrin:
jkeithrussell
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Ouch -- the man hits hard and cuts deep!
I was thinking that maybe the star was one piece that went all the way through the blank. If that was the case, the pen (and the star) would be "right side up" if turned to the other side.
I was thinking that maybe the star was one piece that went all the way through the blank. If that was the case, the pen (and the star) would be "right side up" if turned to the other side.
Rmartin
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As a left-hander, it looks right, er..I mean correct, to me
workinforwood
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Glad it worked out for you Tom. Kinda goes back to the old paint/glue problems a lot of people have with tubes in acrylics. If the barrel trimmer rod spins too tight and too long in the tube, it generates heat which softens the glue which causes the tube to spin in the blank. I guess now you can stay in Texas. Have fun on your trip.
Crashmph
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I did not realize that messing up the Texas state flag was such an offense that you have to leave the country!!!!:biggrin:
Congratulations on your recovery!!
Apparently you don't know Texas very well...
jppensplus
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Just add it to your "personal collection" or put it in a jar labeled "Haul of Shame". You'll get a kick out of it down the road!!
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dasimm
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Ahhh... come on guys -- you make it sound like we're a bunch of gun slinging, rope tote'n, intolerant bunch of cowboys.
Why shucks - just this morning while reloading my shotgun I told my daughter she needed to clean her pistols after shootin at her new boyfriends ex-girl friend and her horse & then she needed to apologize to the horse. Weeze civilized folks down here.
Why shucks - just this morning while reloading my shotgun I told my daughter she needed to clean her pistols after shootin at her new boyfriends ex-girl friend and her horse & then she needed to apologize to the horse. Weeze civilized folks down here.
Texatdurango
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It's called tough love! Just think, had it been you making the error, you would be the one leaving the state instead of Tom.
And for all those who were shocked at Tom having to leave Texas... it was NOT mandated, it was the HONARABLE thing to do and he knew what was right and appropriate! Around here "Don't mess with Texas" isn't just a saying, we mean it!
:biggrin:MikeMcM1956
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Never ask a man if he's from Texas. If he is, he's proud enough to tell you. If he ain't, don't embarass him by asking....
Mike
Mike
great12b4ever
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Never was a truer statement made. I might just add that the above statement is true for the women also!
Remember,
"Don't mess with Texas, Texas women, or Texas Grandma's, or a Texan's horse or gun!" :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:
Rollerbob
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Touchy bunch are we!!
TomW
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I think this is why Constant didn't make a "through star".. It would always be wrong on one side.
By the way, Villahermosa, Tabasco Mexico ain't too bad...they have wine, jack daniels, free internet, and air-conditioning... There are, however police pick up trucks roaming the streets with machine guns mounted (ala "rat pack") and police men with M16s.... I'll stick with the Jack and AC.
Tom
shull
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We do allow people who mess with the Lone Star State to return after a brief "re-education" absense.
On a serious note, I do appreciate the hint about the soldering iron to dismantle CA glueups.
Steve
On a serious note, I do appreciate the hint about the soldering iron to dismantle CA glueups.
Steve
Hucifer
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One of the first things I learned when I moved to Texas... Blood is heavier than water.
TomW
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I made it back to the Lone Star state last night, complete with the "revenge". Heading back to the land of Montezuma tomorrow. Checked the star and it is still correct!
Tom
Tom
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