One of those days

[keithbyrd]

Ok so last night i cut and glued 6 blanks:
1. Stateman, 1 Cambridge, 1 JR Retro II, 1 Jr Gent II, 1 Jr Statesman, 1 Cigar click

1. Cigar click pen went like clock work. - Finished
2. Statesman: Turned a Metallic Red blank that I got as a freebie for ordering other stuff. Got down to final sanding and uh oh, there are 6-7 tiiny bubbles in the blank - 1 popped - others are very visable. Dead
3. Jr Gent II : turned an M3 Black Gold blank. Cap came out awesome. Turned the barrel, sanded and got ready to polish. Stopped the lathe and there were 8-10 squiggly lines whre it looks like part of the material justfell off. This happened on another Black Gold M3 I did a few weeks ago. Dead
4. Jr Retro: I turned an Obisdian Trustone - came out awesome. Assembled the cap - looking good. Assembled the barrel - pressed the nib coupler in and pop - the trustone cracked. Dead
5. Tomorrow night I will see what the Cambridge and statesman hold for me.
6. Bad Day.

I was supposed to deliver these on Tuesday - hope woodcraft has the stuff I need tomorrow

 

[Haynie]

Been there.

 

[crabcreekind]

The best way to counter this is to just call it a day. Then come at with a fresh mind another day.