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3 Mechanisms collapse

Woody

Woody

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Wanted to make up my last three 7mm Euros today as bullet pens with some of Alex's cases all went well till I went to put the mechanisms in and all 3 collapsed dismantled them with a struggle tubes all clean and all the other components went in no problem so I had to order some more mechanisms
So I and made a small Sycamore natural edge bowl instead which I was going to do in the first place and changed my mind bloody pens fed up with um LOL I have set up a beech natural edge bowl to do next good un it
 
bluntchisel

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Sorry about your troubles, Woody - that's what you get for being a miserable old git, LOL!

I've had troubles with Euro mechs before - mostly when the bloody things have seized up after the compression stage. I test 'em all before fitting them now!

Bob.
 
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