Alex D
Member
As my experience has increased, I have started to notice more problems with my pens (funny how that works).
The most recent one is that I have a very, very small gap between the ends of the barrels and the kit components (finial, nib, etc.).
It is such a small gap that I hadn't been overly concerned with it, but as I get better, I want to improve my end result.
So, this morning, as I was looking at my latest pen, I think I figured out the problem, but now I need your help figuring out how to fix it.
I do my final truing using Rick Herrell's sanding mill (v1.0) and for some reason, the blank material is sanding down just a hair more than the tubes. As a result, the component bottoms out on the tube, leaving a hairline gap between the parts.
Just to be perfectly clear, I am confident this is a user error and not something wrong with the sanding mill (you should have seen things before I got the mill!).
Any thoughts on what I am doing wrong and how to correct it?
I use commercial sanding sleeves with the mill.
I have been using 80 grit, could it be that the "grit" is large enough that it kind of "misses" the tube, but grinds the softer blank material?
What grit do you all use with the mill?
Thanks!
Alex
The most recent one is that I have a very, very small gap between the ends of the barrels and the kit components (finial, nib, etc.).
It is such a small gap that I hadn't been overly concerned with it, but as I get better, I want to improve my end result.
So, this morning, as I was looking at my latest pen, I think I figured out the problem, but now I need your help figuring out how to fix it.
I do my final truing using Rick Herrell's sanding mill (v1.0) and for some reason, the blank material is sanding down just a hair more than the tubes. As a result, the component bottoms out on the tube, leaving a hairline gap between the parts.
Just to be perfectly clear, I am confident this is a user error and not something wrong with the sanding mill (you should have seen things before I got the mill!).
Any thoughts on what I am doing wrong and how to correct it?
I use commercial sanding sleeves with the mill.
I have been using 80 grit, could it be that the "grit" is large enough that it kind of "misses" the tube, but grinds the softer blank material?
What grit do you all use with the mill?
Thanks!
Alex
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