I had a little extra money recently from a pen sale and splurged, getting myself a couple of Marla's beautiful Yuzen Chiyogami blanks from Roy at Classic Nib. First one - a Sierra - went well and I gifted it to my wife. The blank was exceptional and it turned out beautifully and I need to get some pictures of it. 
The second one - a Jr. series - started out well. Turning the upper portion went fine. However, turning the lower section I twitched while just starting to turn one of the ends - before it was even round - and took out a chunk. I have Tourette Syndrome, so it was an involuntary twitch that got me. The problem has nothing to do with the blank - that was beautifully done and exceptionally well made and it turned quite well, so it's definitely a user error here. Yeah, story of my life, lol! :redface:
You can see in the attached pics where the chunk came out and where I CA'd it back in place. It's at the lower end of the section and goes in about 1/2", but you can also see where it lifted the resin from the material when the chunk came out.
My question is, how would you recover or proceed from here? My intentions with this pen was to try and sell it - obviously I won't be doing that now. Would you turn a piece of complimentary wood for the lower barrel? Turn off the lower end of the barrel and do an oops ring? Or simply assemble and give to a family member or friend?
Right now I'm most likely going to simply assemble the pen and give it to my wife - she's already indicated that she'd love to have it, even with the flaws that are now present in it.
Just for curiosity's sake, and for filing away for future reference, I was wondering what you would do if you found yourself in this situation. This is the first time I've had a tube-in cast blank blow out on me. Thanks!
The second one - a Jr. series - started out well. Turning the upper portion went fine. However, turning the lower section I twitched while just starting to turn one of the ends - before it was even round - and took out a chunk. I have Tourette Syndrome, so it was an involuntary twitch that got me. The problem has nothing to do with the blank - that was beautifully done and exceptionally well made and it turned quite well, so it's definitely a user error here. Yeah, story of my life, lol! :redface:
You can see in the attached pics where the chunk came out and where I CA'd it back in place. It's at the lower end of the section and goes in about 1/2", but you can also see where it lifted the resin from the material when the chunk came out.
My question is, how would you recover or proceed from here? My intentions with this pen was to try and sell it - obviously I won't be doing that now. Would you turn a piece of complimentary wood for the lower barrel? Turn off the lower end of the barrel and do an oops ring? Or simply assemble and give to a family member or friend?
Right now I'm most likely going to simply assemble the pen and give it to my wife - she's already indicated that she'd love to have it, even with the flaws that are now present in it.
Just for curiosity's sake, and for filing away for future reference, I was wondering what you would do if you found yourself in this situation. This is the first time I've had a tube-in cast blank blow out on me. Thanks!
