Duraclick EDC - 40% success rate so far

[jschoolcraft]

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.

 

[SteveJ]

That's some real punky looking wood that blew apart!

Nice work on the ones that made it to the completed pens.

 

[GFHWoodWerks]

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.

 

[jschoolcraft]

That's some real punky looking wood that blew apart!

Yeah, I have no idea what kind of wood that was. It was terrible to turn.

Nice work on the ones that made it to the completed pens.

Thanks!

 

[jschoolcraft]

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.

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.

 

[Fine Engineer]

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.

 

[johncrane]

good job Jeff, luv the Duraclick it is a very robust and user freindly kit. working in a cold garage would not be good id fix that problem first ,

 

[sorcerertd]

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?

 

[egnald]

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

 

[KenB259]

Nice job on the ones that turned out. For future reference, if you happen to overturn a blank, you can build the thickness back up with CA.

 

[jschoolcraft]

Nice job on the ones that turned out. For future reference, if you happen to overturn a blank, you can build the thickness back up with CA.

I haven't done a CA finish yet and I want to try on a lower value (to me) kit first