Some days you can’t win for losing. Other days you’re truckin’ along and kickin’ butt and then all of a sudden SCHWACK!
So yeah – my carbide tool was getting bored and wanted a little adventure, a little excitement, and decided to jump into the tip of this cap hard.
Even scarier than that is that it jerked the cap sideways in the collet. My heart skipped a beat and I was sure the cap was going to be cracked or crushed behind the collet. I turned off the lathe and looked at the cap, applying a little pressure here and there to be sure of where it was broken. Nothing. Whew! I couldn’t believe it. No damage at all. Not even a little scratch — well — except the one on the top of the cap.
It was okay, there was plenty of material on there to clean up and keep going, but it scared the hell out of me. Little slips like this happen occassionally, and luckily it wasn’t irreperable because this stuff is $40 a rod. I’d hate to throw away a whole cap.
Should be able to get the pen done this afternoon.
