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[Displaced Canadian]

Weeks in the designing days in building and nanoseconds in exploding :frown:
There is no Show off what is left of your pens forum so I used this one. I thought that I should sand down the last bit but no, I just had to make 1 last pass with the skew....

 

[Buzzzz4]

oops....at least that's what I usally say. That was looking really cool.

 

[hewunch]

That was going to be cool. Did you hear the high pitched chatter that comes from thin wood, not completely held on to brass and each other?

 

[glennw]

I have to agree with BUZZZZ4 I feel your brother. I spent the other day out in the shop and tried four times to make a pen for some one here on IAP and i change desins 3 times. Today I tried again putting togther the wood for it tomarrow I will attempt to turn it or sat I will post pics either way. Hope you try again and dont get frustrated.

 

[Displaced Canadian]

I'm a little hard of hearing did hear some noise. A chunk popped of the other tube but it was 1 piece and it glued back in. It was mainly cocobolo and being an oily wood I wonder if that was a contributing factor. I was really hopeing for a win with this one.

 

[ohiococonut]

............................:frown:............%#*@!!!!!!!............:redface:............:crying:

I know how you feel

 

[InvisibleMan]

ouch - sorry to see. It looked like a real winner. Been there, yadda yadda.

I've become a real wimp and use the heck out of my 120 grit skew at the end.

 

[Dan26]

Looks like it would have been a beauty. Too bad for the explosion.

 

[snyiper]

Sorry to see that happen but you know if you dont ever blow one up your not really turning!!!

 

[Rangertrek]

Feeling your pain! The blank does look nice. Also been there and done that a few times.

 

[broitblat]

Chris,

Better you than... oh, wait -- it has happened to me. Sorry man.

-Barry

 

[BSea]

I told my son once after he made a costly error for his baseball team. " The only people who don't make errors are on the bench or in the stands." We've all been there brother. Except the ones who've never turned a pen. . . . . . . . Well, at least not many pens.:wink:

 

[ctubbs]

My PITH did that to me this spring through 8 blanks before i finally managed to have one hold together. Too many pieces and too heavy a hand I guess. I was too bull headed or stupid to change the design. I do feel your pain. From the spare parts, that was to be one gorgeous pen, too bad.
Charles