randyrls
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<rant>
I have a cigar pen that keeps trying to commit suicide! I put a lacquer finish on it but the finish wasn't fully cured when I put it in the pen box. The finish stuck to the inside of the pen box. The burl is a beauty so I decided to salvage the pen.
Just punch the fittings out and refinish; yea right! Punch out the lower tube; OK. Punch out the finial; OK. Now push out the CB. What the? the brass tube came out! The blank didn't split or show any defects, so re-glue in the tube. Guess how far I managed to get the tube into the blank before the CA kicked? If you said less than completely, you win the prize!
OK; I cut off the end of the protruding end of the brass tube, and glued it into the other end of the tube.
Now I'm ready to either:
1. Smash the pen with a fist maul!:curse:
or
2. Start refinishing:bananen_smilies051:
I'll let you know how it turns out!
</rant>
I have a cigar pen that keeps trying to commit suicide! I put a lacquer finish on it but the finish wasn't fully cured when I put it in the pen box. The finish stuck to the inside of the pen box. The burl is a beauty so I decided to salvage the pen.
Just punch the fittings out and refinish; yea right! Punch out the lower tube; OK. Punch out the finial; OK. Now push out the CB. What the? the brass tube came out! The blank didn't split or show any defects, so re-glue in the tube. Guess how far I managed to get the tube into the blank before the CA kicked? If you said less than completely, you win the prize!
OK; I cut off the end of the protruding end of the brass tube, and glued it into the other end of the tube.
Now I'm ready to either:
1. Smash the pen with a fist maul!:curse:
or
2. Start refinishing:bananen_smilies051:
I'll let you know how it turns out!
</rant>