Sometimes this happens

qquake2k · May 25, 2016

This would have been a platinum Cigar pen. It happened when I was pressing the tip coupler into the lower body. Very frustrating and disappointing. It was a nice looking blank, too. It was a Woodshed blank called Rusty Rebar. It was the second one I turned, and it was hard and apparently brittle. I probably didn't clean out the brass tube enough before I pressed the coupler in. Not sure what I'm going to do with it yet.

rayf6604 · May 25, 2016

Why not try taking it apart and giving it a few coats of CA to see if that helps to disguise it? :thinks:

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Penpal · May 25, 2016

Try another blank small cost to be content feel your pain.

Peter.

wm460 · May 25, 2016

That is a real bugger, was a great looking blank. :sob:

mikeh · May 25, 2016

what a pity, great looking blank :sob:

Bammer · May 25, 2016

Hate it when that happens, i've started rubbing a little wax inside the tube, not sure if it helps but this hasn't happened since i started doing it ... do really do that many plastics to tell for sure

Terry Q · May 25, 2016

Jim do you chamfer the edges of your tubes?

Bill Mooney · May 25, 2016

Dismantle the pen & remount on the mandrel & turn the end down to the tube & glue contrasting pieces on each end then re-turn & polish it.

Sgreen · May 25, 2016

That happened to one of my pens. :sob:

I turned the damage area down to the tube and glued on a piece of contrasting wood which I then turned down to size. It looked ok, but not great; my son loves it though.

edlea · May 25, 2016

Such a shame ,but it's salvageable. :thumbs:

chas_41_uk · May 25, 2016

Ouch. I think most of us have had that happen. With me it's usually with corian :thumbs:

AllenN · May 25, 2016

I have had exactly the same thing happen recently. I have set in on one side whilst I decide what to do. I feel your pain. I have wondered whether one could CA the break and then return an polish but I must say the idea of turning down and putting a contrasting piece in sounds good.

Dalboy · May 25, 2016

Been there and done that, like many on here I think we all at some time have cracked the blank. Even though you can do as suggested for me it is a write off and would start again.

Jim · May 25, 2016

It certainly does Jim, and a pain when it does .. :down:

silver · May 25, 2016

For quality control, bin it start again as it will only ever be a salvaged pen and a make do and mend.

If you glue it up with CA that is all it will ever be, a glued up dodged up pen.

In my view a wasted time and effort on it, as every time you look at it that is a reminder of what you could have done.

I look at my bin and think you have had the best years of my life you have :funny:

and that s how you treat me.. Forever wanting!!! to be emptied.. :rolling:

fortress · May 25, 2016

What a shame it's a nice blank, plan B??

Penpal · May 25, 2016

Keep up the top work you do mate overcome the breaks the majority come through unscathed.

Peter.

qquake2k · May 26, 2016

For a while now, I've wanted to make a pen with one body colored, and the other black. I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to try it. I had to get the coupler out of the blank before I could turn it off the tube. Since the body is tapered, I drilled a 1/2" hole in a piece of scrap wood, which allowed the body to only go in about half way then stop. I used a transfer punch to pop the coupler out of it. Easy peasy.

qquake2k · May 26, 2016

When I turned it off, I noticed there wasn't much epoxy on the broken end. I don't know if that had anything to do with it or not.

qquake2k · May 26, 2016

I cleaned the tube with my 1" belt sander. I had a piece of a Rhino Coal Mine blank that was long enough, so I drilled it. Since the Coal Mine blank is opaque, I didn't need to paint the tube or color the epoxy. I made sure I used plenty of epoxy this time, completely coating the inside of the hole.

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