Marmotjr
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TLDR: Tube stuck half in blank, how to save?
Got a pack of Legacy Cigar pen kits. Grabbed a blank of Paduak (I think, it's from one of those 100 blank grab bag sets). Sized the blanks, marked the cuts for grain alilgnment and drill em. Kit calls for a 10mm drill, but I don't have a metric that big, so I went with a 25/64" bit. Test fit the tubes, perfect perfect fit, no slop at all, tubes easily slide through both directions. Glued up the first one using Flexi-Cure CA, perfect.
Went to glue the second one, tube easily slid through without glue, but with glue it jammed about halfway in. Hard. Couldn't push it in, transfer punch couldn't knock it out. Glue on the surface is still fluid, but I think something caused it to cure instantly inside (I haven't sprayed accelerator in the area for about 3-4 days, and I doubt any had a chance to get inside a 5 minute old hole in the blank).
So now I have one glued good blank, and one glued blank with the tube half in, with the marked grain end hanging off the end, without the tube. This is a very savable situation, but what to do? I'm thinking flush cutting the exposed tube and inserting it in the other end, in order to save the matched grain ends.
Looking on expert suggestions on how to make this a save, and possibly a unique looking pen.
TLDR: Tube stuck half in blank, how to save?
Got a pack of Legacy Cigar pen kits. Grabbed a blank of Paduak (I think, it's from one of those 100 blank grab bag sets). Sized the blanks, marked the cuts for grain alilgnment and drill em. Kit calls for a 10mm drill, but I don't have a metric that big, so I went with a 25/64" bit. Test fit the tubes, perfect perfect fit, no slop at all, tubes easily slide through both directions. Glued up the first one using Flexi-Cure CA, perfect.
Went to glue the second one, tube easily slid through without glue, but with glue it jammed about halfway in. Hard. Couldn't push it in, transfer punch couldn't knock it out. Glue on the surface is still fluid, but I think something caused it to cure instantly inside (I haven't sprayed accelerator in the area for about 3-4 days, and I doubt any had a chance to get inside a 5 minute old hole in the blank).
So now I have one glued good blank, and one glued blank with the tube half in, with the marked grain end hanging off the end, without the tube. This is a very savable situation, but what to do? I'm thinking flush cutting the exposed tube and inserting it in the other end, in order to save the matched grain ends.
Looking on expert suggestions on how to make this a save, and possibly a unique looking pen.