There I was spinnin a pen blank and oops! I turned through the wood and exposed the brass. Not wanting to trash the blank, I grabbed some Maple wood dust, dribbled a bit of super glue into the wound, and applied the dust. I then sanded it smooth. I was using cocobole (or was it bocate?) and the fix just blended right in to the wood.
On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:03:46 -0700 (PDT), Kevin <skla...@gmail.com> wrote: >There I was spinnin a pen blank and oops! I turned through the wood >and exposed the brass. Not wanting to trash the blank, I grabbed some >Maple wood dust, dribbled a bit of super glue into the wound, and >applied the dust. I then sanded it smooth. I was using cocobole (or >was it bocate?) and the fix just blended right in to the wood.
For now..lol Better make that pen one that you use, Kevin..
The pen does not look all bad but I do have a question. Would I be wrong to assume that the repaired area is actually stronger than the unwounded area?
On Jun 30, 6:47 pm, mac davis <m...@davisbajasplinters.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:03:46 -0700 (PDT), Kevin <skla...@gmail.com> wrote: > >There I was spinnin a pen blank and oops! I turned through the wood > >and exposed the brass. Not wanting to trash the blank, I grabbed some > >Maple wood dust, dribbled a bit of super glue into the wound, and > >applied the dust. I then sanded it smooth. I was using cocobole (or > >was it bocate?) and the fix just blended right in to the wood.
> For now..lol > Better make that pen one that you use, Kevin..
On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 05:07:31 -0700 (PDT), Kevin <skla...@gmail.com> wrote: >The pen does not look all bad but I do have a question. Would I be >wrong to assume that the repaired area is >actually stronger than the unwounded area?
Probably, assuming dry wood and no voids/bubbles when you filled it..
CA does tend to get brittle over time, though.. and I'd guess that if it has a finish, that will wear differently than bare wood?
Some folks use CA 'for' the finish, so it's probably not a big deal... I've got bowls that have CA/saw dust filling the cracks and they've been fine for a few years, that I know of.. lol
>On Jun 30, 6:47 pm, mac davis <m...@davisbajasplinters.com> wrote: >> On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:03:46 -0700 (PDT), Kevin <skla...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >There I was spinnin a pen blank and oops! I turned through the wood >> >and exposed the brass. Not wanting to trash the blank, I grabbed some >> >Maple wood dust, dribbled a bit of super glue into the wound, and >> >applied the dust. I then sanded it smooth. I was using cocobole (or >> >was it bocate?) and the fix just blended right in to the wood.
>> For now..lol >> Better make that pen one that you use, Kevin..
