I needed to disassemble the cap portion of one of my favorite pens I've made. For some reason the trim ring on the pen ended up with something black on it. My best guess is that even though I waited a couple days after it was finished to put it in a pen pouch, the CA wasn't fully cured and it transferred some of the dye to the trim ring. Tried a variety of solvents, including CA debonder, to remove it with no success.
So I figured I'd disassemble the cap and make a new trim ring from wood - I still have the cut-offs from the exact blank used to make this pen back in November.
The kit is a Triton in Chrome w/ TiGold accents. Wood is stabilized Flamed Boxelder Burl.
When knocking out the threaded insert/bottom portion of the cap, the brass tube ended up sliding part way out - separating from the glue I used to glue in the tube. I do not remember which glue I used - back in November I used CA, Gorilla Glue, and Epoxy on a variety of pens to see which worked better for me.
How would you go about trying to slide the tube back in? It's going to need some sort of force to get it back in, I know that for certain.
I could disassemble the kit and use it to make another pen, but I would really like to salvage this one as it is - this is one of my favorite pens I've made and this quality of FBE Burl is extremely hard to come by, so I don't want to end up losing this blank as I've only got 3 more left of this quality.
I've attached an image of the problem, as well as the pen from when it was first finished.
So I figured I'd disassemble the cap and make a new trim ring from wood - I still have the cut-offs from the exact blank used to make this pen back in November.
The kit is a Triton in Chrome w/ TiGold accents. Wood is stabilized Flamed Boxelder Burl.
When knocking out the threaded insert/bottom portion of the cap, the brass tube ended up sliding part way out - separating from the glue I used to glue in the tube. I do not remember which glue I used - back in November I used CA, Gorilla Glue, and Epoxy on a variety of pens to see which worked better for me.
How would you go about trying to slide the tube back in? It's going to need some sort of force to get it back in, I know that for certain.
I could disassemble the kit and use it to make another pen, but I would really like to salvage this one as it is - this is one of my favorite pens I've made and this quality of FBE Burl is extremely hard to come by, so I don't want to end up losing this blank as I've only got 3 more left of this quality.
I've attached an image of the problem, as well as the pen from when it was first finished.