Am I the only one having trouble with Murphy popping his ugly head up lately?

I finished and assembled a pen that I got from Woodcraft recently, it's called a Princeton TG.

Everything went without a hitch til I tried to put it together. I even got a very nice CA finish on the amboyna burl I used. When I put the first two parts together though using my pen press, the nib got a really gnarly looking ring around it from pressure from the press rubbing against the nib. I have tried buffing it, it's not coming off not even with a 2000 grit sanding mesh.

Any suggestions other than calling Woodcraft? I have already sent them an email.

I have to say that other than the dirty ring around the nib, it's a great looking pen.

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Charles Nicholls
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Charles,

Don't feel alone, Murphy's everywhere!

One of these days he'll show himself, and I've got a size 13EEE with his name on it just waiting!

 

Larry

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Charles - call it a "feature".

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Fred
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What are you using for a press?  I use my lathe as a press. I have two pieces of material that is used for synthetic cutting boards that I turned to a #2 morris taper and then drilled a tapered hole in each. Before I press the parts together I use a deburring tool on the inside of the barrel tubes and the parts go together without much effort. You may be using too much pressure to assemble the parts.