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Mistake After Finished Turning My Own Casting

Jim

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Today i went into the shed to turn a pen with my own casting that was made last year. I also made my own center band out of a blue cast which i had also made last year. I drilled the C/B with a 6mm drill so that it would fit onto my pen mandrel, from here i then glued it to the edge of the turned barrel. Now 6mm is a good fit for the 7mm pen mechanism to fit tightly into. Now all went well, i had turned it down to the size i wanted then gave it a sanding and finished it with a nice polish. I used Silver accents on the pen and i was very satisfied with the outcome.

Now comes my downfall, having looked at the pen under my magnify glass i could see that the two barrels was slightly off center. To the naked eye it would have been very difficult to see, but i decided to take the accents back out of the bottom barrel and sand the blank edge. I had removed the nib without issue, but when i came to remove the mechanism i shattered the C/B and part of the blank edge ...

Here is the pen after i had attempted to remove the accents from the bottom barrel.

pen_blank_casting.jpg

I have two more pieces of this casting so i will be giving it another go next week .. I called the casting "Speckled Carrot" after i had seen the finish project. :bwink:

I hope you guys have a better start to your turning, and don't forget to post it here ... :thumbs:

Lesson learnt i guess .. :goesred:
 

Mattyd

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happens to us all, i ruined one of those resifill blanks, taking the bushes out at the end of turning, it was heartbreaking !!
 
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