Hippie3180
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Whether it's wrong or right, I often turn my fountain pen cap most of the way, then turn my body and look at fitment before I finish my cap and then body. I understand that's it's most likely proper to use calipers to measure, but I tend to create my shape by eyeballing and checking for flow and fit. This means I take me cap and body off of the mandrels, sometimes this results in a wobble. What's causing this? The result of this wobble is a cap that then is out of round. I've always turned this way and I don't always get the wobble upon placing my cap/body back on the mandrel.
Of course a cap that is out of round is not a good result in relation to the body. I've seen other turners with this issue as well. What is happening, can I overcome/fix this?
I probably should have put this within a kitless context, I am talking about kitless pen making here.
Of course a cap that is out of round is not a good result in relation to the body. I've seen other turners with this issue as well. What is happening, can I overcome/fix this?
I probably should have put this within a kitless context, I am talking about kitless pen making here.
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