Realy Screwed One Up Today

[Whaler]

I was turning a pen and pencil set for a customer. he wanted satin nickel hardware, no problem. I have done several in gold so it will be the same. Not so. The pen came out fine but the pencil is a waste. I use nothing but Woodcraft kits and would expect an American slim line pencil kit to be the same, gold or nickel, as the pen kits are.
I noticed that the brass bbls were longer than a gold pencil kit but went ahead and turned the pencil. After assembly it didn't work. I was ready to raise H with Woodcrsft and then I laid out a kit on my desk, and guess what it wasn't their fault.

The moral of the story is read the instructions and assume that you know nothing.

[boblon]

Thanks for posting this. I have only turned gold slimlines and I'm sure I would have assumed the same and just grabbed a couple of tubes without paying attention to which kit they came from.

BobL.

[mudder]

Been there buddy.

I have a walnut pencil that has 1 tube noticibly longer than the other.
A little razor saw and tiny miter box made by X-acto worked to cut my problem down to size.

Mudder

[sdmaker]

I have several gold slimline pencil kits that all have longer tubes than the pen kits. It got me into trouble once before I noticed this also.

[Whaler]

sdmaker

I just took a look at your photo albums, you are a busy guy and there is some great looking work there.

[kwgeorge]

That’s a shame Dick but I think we have all been there.

[Whaler]

If we don't make mistakes we are not trying something new and not learning.
This old dog can still learn new tricks if he pays attention.

[sdmaker]

quote:Originally posted by Whaler

sdmaker

I just took a look at your photo albums, you are a busy guy and there is some great looking work there.

Thanks! You have some very nice looking work also