Mac In Oak Ridge
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.....finish a pen. Assemble it. CA glue the parts in so they don't come loose in the customers hand........get that satisfied feeling of another job well done?
And then.....see a glaring defect in the finish of the pen? You have looked the blanks over when you turned them, when you put the finish on them, when you buffed the finish on them and put a little wax on them.
You put it together, actually four pens put together, and you pick them up to put in your stash, and there staring you in the face is a defect in the finish. A defect that has managed to hide till then?
Without taking the pen completely apart again, remember it has the parts CA'd in, how in the heck can you touch up a little ding in the finish. It is only about 1/8" from a gold plated center band on a cigar pen. Just a little mark in the finish. A Kingwood pen blank not a piece of scrap wood.
Anyone have any tips, tricks or tonics?
And then.....see a glaring defect in the finish of the pen? You have looked the blanks over when you turned them, when you put the finish on them, when you buffed the finish on them and put a little wax on them.
You put it together, actually four pens put together, and you pick them up to put in your stash, and there staring you in the face is a defect in the finish. A defect that has managed to hide till then?
Without taking the pen completely apart again, remember it has the parts CA'd in, how in the heck can you touch up a little ding in the finish. It is only about 1/8" from a gold plated center band on a cigar pen. Just a little mark in the finish. A Kingwood pen blank not a piece of scrap wood.
Anyone have any tips, tricks or tonics?