Well maybe it didn't shrink but it seems like it did...
I have a large order of pens Ive been working on. I drilled and glued the tubes into the first 10 or so pens, everything went fine.
Then after drilling more blanks, the tubes are fitting ridiculously snug in the blanks, so much that I need to file the blank out to get the tube to fit right. I was using a 7mm colt drill bit and it was fairly old so i ordered a new one. The problem still exists...
This is strange cuz the first pens I did drilled out fine, Ive been using the colt 7mm (not the pen makers bit, which I here is too long to be any good) since I first started turning, it has always worked good.
Anyone have any Ideas as to why this would happen?
I thought it could be my drill press, but wouldn't that make the tubes fit loosely, like if it was from a wobble or something?
Sorry for the long windedness...
I have a large order of pens Ive been working on. I drilled and glued the tubes into the first 10 or so pens, everything went fine.
Then after drilling more blanks, the tubes are fitting ridiculously snug in the blanks, so much that I need to file the blank out to get the tube to fit right. I was using a 7mm colt drill bit and it was fairly old so i ordered a new one. The problem still exists...
This is strange cuz the first pens I did drilled out fine, Ive been using the colt 7mm (not the pen makers bit, which I here is too long to be any good) since I first started turning, it has always worked good.
Anyone have any Ideas as to why this would happen?
I thought it could be my drill press, but wouldn't that make the tubes fit loosely, like if it was from a wobble or something?
Sorry for the long windedness...