sorcerertd
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So, this isn't really a great "show off" pen, but I'm at least happy with the overall fit and finish. The kit is an Independence in antique silver from Turner's Warehouse. The blank is maple burl with alumilite resin. I may still repurpose the kit to new barrels, but it was a good learning experience. It would have been really nice had the resin colors matched up as intended. So what happened?
Due to the combination of an impatient attitude paired with recently sharpened tools, I took way too much material off the cap blank. Wow that gouge cut fast! Anyway, I was able to recover by building this back up with CA (thanks again to those that helped with my questions about that), but am not happy with the end result..
So this brings some thoughts up that I'll run by you here. This would have happened, albeit to a lesser extent, just due to the fact that the cap tube is 2mm thicker than the barrel anyway unless I left it fatter than I would like. Of course, if I could have predicted what happened (and who would anticipate that?), the upper blank probably would have been painted a medium to dark blue instead of white. I wonder if, under even normal circumstances where you don't turn down past the bushings on the barrel, it might not be a bad idea to use some slightly darker paint on the cap tube for Jr. kits?
Due to the combination of an impatient attitude paired with recently sharpened tools, I took way too much material off the cap blank. Wow that gouge cut fast! Anyway, I was able to recover by building this back up with CA (thanks again to those that helped with my questions about that), but am not happy with the end result..
So this brings some thoughts up that I'll run by you here. This would have happened, albeit to a lesser extent, just due to the fact that the cap tube is 2mm thicker than the barrel anyway unless I left it fatter than I would like. Of course, if I could have predicted what happened (and who would anticipate that?), the upper blank probably would have been painted a medium to dark blue instead of white. I wonder if, under even normal circumstances where you don't turn down past the bushings on the barrel, it might not be a bad idea to use some slightly darker paint on the cap tube for Jr. kits?