BE CAREFUL when cleaning

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Yeah - so this is what happens when you try to clean your lathe up before taking the part off.

DOH! :eek::eek:

So I had FINISHED this cap and was wiping up some water. My dumb tired (TIRED) butt forgets the cap is on there and I sorta slide the tail w/ live center over and CRACK. I yell a choice word or two, smack the cap off the rest of the blank, still in the holder. And go drink some water.
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I went back and made another cap in about 35 minutes, and it turned out WAY better. So I'm okay with it.


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Stuff like this makes me think PR is way sturdier than I originally would have guessed. First the gray cap gets dropped by a kid at school and just bounces, and then this. I would have guessed the damage to the cap would have been WAY worse. This really isn't too bad. As hard as I slammed it... only about a 1/2" from the total length went missing.

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That would have been BAD.
 
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