MPVic
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After turning to rough dimensions on a mandrel, I remounted this blank between centers. When I tightened the tailstock, I noticed a split in the wood. After removing, I found that a small piece of the brass tube wall was missing!! I successfully glued up the split but the blank will split if I mount again between centers and even if it didn't, I'm sure it will split when inserting the nib. I have no idea how this happened but ..........
My only thought to recover this is to trim the end back to full brass tube - it will reduce the length of the barrel by just under 1/8".
Any other suggestions to salvage this barrel? Thanks in advance folks.
My only thought to recover this is to trim the end back to full brass tube - it will reduce the length of the barrel by just under 1/8".
Any other suggestions to salvage this barrel? Thanks in advance folks.