DSallee
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Hey all, I just hate having an oops day!
I had an order for a Euro made out of Kingwood... all sounds simple, right? Well, the wood turned out GREAT! Best wood finish I've had so far.... I put the pen together (and of course as a somewhat newbee, I didn't check a few things as I was assembling it) .. Pen went together great, got to looking at it (finished) and noticed on the nib end that the nib was a bit larger than the finished wood! I'm like, what the heck!! .... I know I didn't turn it below the bushing!! got to checking and I mistakingly used one of the "mandrel spacer" for the nib bushing!! (and the actual bushing as a spacer... LOL) They look identical and are close in size but not... just enough to make a very prominent edge from the nib to the wood...
OOPS!!!!
Yea, I thought about disassembling the pen and re-turning the barrel part but I don't have the disassembly kit or any punches that will work... and the grain wouldn't match so I'd have to re-turn the whole thing... sooo... I'm keeping this one as a reminder to CHECK THE BUSHING PLACEMENTS AND SIZE BEFORE TURNING!!
AND... this morning I went straight to Lowes and got a digital micrometer!!
Dave
I had an order for a Euro made out of Kingwood... all sounds simple, right? Well, the wood turned out GREAT! Best wood finish I've had so far.... I put the pen together (and of course as a somewhat newbee, I didn't check a few things as I was assembling it) .. Pen went together great, got to looking at it (finished) and noticed on the nib end that the nib was a bit larger than the finished wood! I'm like, what the heck!! .... I know I didn't turn it below the bushing!! got to checking and I mistakingly used one of the "mandrel spacer" for the nib bushing!! (and the actual bushing as a spacer... LOL) They look identical and are close in size but not... just enough to make a very prominent edge from the nib to the wood...
OOPS!!!!
Yea, I thought about disassembling the pen and re-turning the barrel part but I don't have the disassembly kit or any punches that will work... and the grain wouldn't match so I'd have to re-turn the whole thing... sooo... I'm keeping this one as a reminder to CHECK THE BUSHING PLACEMENTS AND SIZE BEFORE TURNING!!
AND... this morning I went straight to Lowes and got a digital micrometer!!
Dave