Crack happens

[qquake]

This was going to be for my sister. The blank is inlace acrylester, so I assume it's brittle. Hopefully I can disassemble it.

 

[magpens]

Oh ... YEAH ... one of those cracks ... while pressing the parts together, I assume ! . Inlace Acrylester did you say ?

 

[qquake]

Oh ... YEAH ... one of those cracks ... while pressing the parts together, I assume ! . Inlace Acrylester did you say ?

Yessir. Yessir.

 

[TonyL]

1 out of 15 or so, I will experience that with Acrylester. I am better at assembling more slowly ; I also started applying several coats of CA to it. And make sure my shop is above 65.

It happens. Pretty pen.

 

[SteveJ]

I once had five in a row do that. So very sad.

 

[qquake]

1 out of 15 or so, I will experience that with Acrylester. I am better at assembling more slowly ; I also started applying several coats of CA to it. And make sure my shop is above 65.

It happens. Pretty pen.

My garage was in the low 50's, so that could have had something to do with it.

 

[TonyL]

My garage was in the low 50's, so that could have had something to do with it.

Maybe. For me I think it was the material being too thin and assembling too quickly. I did have them make me a custom color (turquoise) and all cracked (I think it was their mixture). My shop never gets below 58. I will also heat it until 68 before turning anything. I have no idea if that helps. I just don't like the cold.

 

[David350]

Why does that only happen on the really good looking blanks?

 

[qquake]

Why does that only happen on the really good looking blanks?

Considering the number of pens I turn, it really doesn't happen to me that often. Knock on wood. Or acrylic.

 

[qquake]

I got it disassembled, and started over with a hybrid blank.

 

[Displaced Canadian]

I'm not a kit pen person, but where did you get that kit? Inlace is one of those materials that's a pain to work with but the end result makes it worth it.

 

[qquake]

I'm not a kit pen person, but where did you get that kit? Inlace is one of those materials that's a pain to work with but the end result makes it worth it.

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[mick]

On any of the brittle "plastics" we use it's always best to sand the ID of the tube so that the fitting will almost press in by hand then assemble using a very tiny amount of red loctite. You'll have very little cracking that way.

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[pshrynk]

This was going to be for my sister. The blank is inlace acrylester, so I assume it's brittle. Hopefully I can disassemble it.

Definitely a "Well' shibbit" moment there. Looks like a cool pen for avid zoo people.

 

[qquake]

Definitely a "Well' shibbit" moment there. Looks like a cool pen for avid zoo people.

I redid it with a Hybridz blank. I really like how it turned out.

 

[qquake]

On any of the brittle "plastics" we use it's always best to sand the ID of the tube so that the fitting will almost press in by hand then assemble using a very tiny amount of red loctite. You'll have very little cracking that way.

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I've heard of that, but never tried it.

 

[pshrynk]

I redid it with a Hybridz blank. I really like how it turned out.

Nice! More understated than the original.