Removing CA'd Brass

[thostorey]

Foul-up? not me! However, I have recently had occasion remove some brass tubes that were CA'd inside some nasty and uncooperative blanks!!!(the blanks were cocobolo and had been turned to a too slim-line profile) It occurred to me that I was not going to 'mechanically' get them out; I needed chemical assistance. So...

I packed all the tube filled blanks into a suitable sized plastic pill container and topped it up with acetone to cover all. Two hours later I attacked the blanks with a 'box opener' knife and peeled the wood off the blank!

Then I sanded the blanks with 100 grit paper. I can now use them as new!

Problem is..now I only use ploayura..watchamacalit...glue to secure the blanks. Better by a mile!! I have no idea how to reclaim those blanks

fwiw, Cheers, Tom

 

[Gerhard Christmann]

Hello Thostorey,

I usual turn the wood carefull down, sand and if it is a 7mm tube I use this tube for
key rings (some times you have to shorten the tube a little bit)

have fun and shavings
Gerhard from sunny Germany

 

[Guest]

You said plastic pill containers.
What kind?
ANy plastic my actone gets near, it eats it up.

 

[melogic]

I, like Gerhard, generally just turn the wood off and sand the tubes again. This takes just a few seconds on the lathe.