Duraclick EDC - 40% success rate so far

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Turned 5 blanks and made 2 pens:

* 2 had rapid unscheduled disassembly (zebra wood I think)
* 1 was about 0.1 mm too narrow at the bushing and decided not to use it
* 2 i left proud and sanded them down to the bushing with a blocking backed sand paper.

I need to order some replacement tubes. And figure out how to heat my garage.

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GFHWoodWerks said:
Good work overcoming a set back. Having spare tubes on hand is definetly a good idea. Saying this as a reminder to myself, not from experience. Still leaning here.
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I should have known. But yeah, a supply on hand would be nice because now I'm blocked until I can get them here.

The instructions say to drill an 8mm hole and either my bit is microns too small or the tubes are exactly 8mm but they were a VERY snug fit. I was worried about getting good epoxy coverage when I put the tubes in. Bushings were also VERY snug going in.
 
You can save those tubes if you haven't thrown them away yet. I've done this a few times, just break off the bad wood and sand the remaining fragments and glue / epoxy off of them and they will work fine. That way you don't waste the kits.
 
The ones that you completed look nice. That other wood looks like black palm to me, except the lighter parts of the grain look extremely soft. It is notorious for splintering. Did it start out looking like this?

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Nice. I really like the DuraClick model. I think it is the "technical" look they have with the knurling. I concur with the spare tubes comments. I have 10" inch lengths of almost all of the common pen tube sizes, but when I fall in love with a new kit style, I always buy a few extra tubes when I order new models of kits. - Dave
 
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