Dario
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Yesterday I did my first re-finish of a pen that I cannot disassemble.
It is a 7mm Euro hat I turned a bout 3 years ago. My officemate "experimented on it and applied pure Tung oil and handled it before the oil cured. It looked like a zombie when I saw it so I volunteered to re-finish it for him (can't have that pen finish with my name attached to it [}
])
Anyway, after trying to disaseemble for 30 minutes, I gave up...I guess I CA glued the components while assembling this pen.
Anyway this one have the finial that holds the clip screwed and that part I can remove. In short I only managed to remove the finial, clip, and refill.
I mounted the lower barrel between centers using a dead center and live center. It still have the nib and tranny on it. Applied tape on the nib and sanded. Sanding uncured Tung Oil is a B#*TCH!
Anyway after a few clogged and loaded sandpaper, and few times re-applying the tape, I applied CA and finished it. same was done with the upper barrel.
Now the pen is as good as new...and the officemate ordered 2 more pens as I handed him the re-finished pen[8D].
It is a 7mm Euro hat I turned a bout 3 years ago. My officemate "experimented on it and applied pure Tung oil and handled it before the oil cured. It looked like a zombie when I saw it so I volunteered to re-finish it for him (can't have that pen finish with my name attached to it [}
])Anyway, after trying to disaseemble for 30 minutes, I gave up...I guess I CA glued the components while assembling this pen.
Anyway this one have the finial that holds the clip screwed and that part I can remove. In short I only managed to remove the finial, clip, and refill.
I mounted the lower barrel between centers using a dead center and live center. It still have the nib and tranny on it. Applied tape on the nib and sanded. Sanding uncured Tung Oil is a B#*TCH!
Anyway after a few clogged and loaded sandpaper, and few times re-applying the tape, I applied CA and finished it. same was done with the upper barrel.
Now the pen is as good as new...and the officemate ordered 2 more pens as I handed him the re-finished pen
[8D].