Have I screwed up ?

[JonTerry]

Just finished sanding down some camel bone scales that I had epoxied on to so liners.

Expoy was bomber as I left it overnight so now issues there.............until I decide I did not like the look of the bone anymore so using a blow tourch I burnt the scales.

Then I noticed that the expoy at the pivot end had melted

I immediately put the knife back in the vice between two blocks of wood to tighten the scales back.

Have I screwed this or will the epoxy reset over night ??

Cheers

JT

[Bill DeShivs]

You screwed up.
Remove the handles, sand off all the old epoxy, and start over.

[JonTerry]

You screwed up.
Remove the handles, sand off all the old epoxy, and start over.

Cheers mate, if this has come from you then I have no doubt that I've screwed it

No doubt you'll be chuckling at more of my antics on this path of discovery I have set upon

[Colonel26]

You screwed up.
Remove the handles, sand off all the old epoxy, and start over.

Cheers mate, if this has come from you then I have no doubt that I've screwed it

No doubt you'll be chuckling at more of my antics on this path of discovery I have set upon

I have no knowledge to give you here, other than to say that if Mr. Dishivs said it, I believe it.

But I can commiserate with you. Almost any project I tackle takes twice as long to do as it should. Mainly because I have to fix all the ways I mess up first!

[Madmarco]

Don't feel too badly Jon, even the pros make the odd mistake. Look at it this way, it's one mistake you'll never make again.

[Jeffinn]

At least it’s fixable. Like Bill said, just remove the scales, clean them up and re-glue them. All you’ve lost is a bit of time.
Jeff

[herbva]

I agree with what Bill said. But, having to do a "do-over" many times (for various reasons) I heat everything with an electric heat gun, hot enough to soften the epoxy, but not hot enough to burn anything, and then, quickly, before the epoxy hardens again, I pry off the scales and use a razor blade scraper to remove all the remnants of the epoxy. I can get almost all of the epoxy off this way and then do my sanding and cleaning with rubbing alcohol before fixing whatever was wrong and starting over.

[rea1eye]

<Colonel 26>But I can commiserate with you. Almost any project I tackle takes twice as long to do as it should. Mainly because I have to fix all the ways I mess up first!
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Hey you can't use that line. That happens to me all the time! Oh and don't believe
You -Tube. My project never looks like this when opened up and the parts are always
frozen together- they never loosen with a small screwdriver or wrench.

About 3 years ago I broke off my rear driver side door handle. I must have watched
the video 5 times. I was too scared to do what they did. I am sure the inside panels
would not pop off and on as easily if I did it so I paid $100.00 to release my worries.

Bob

[dlr110]

Our mistakes are a part of our learning process. I just don't understand why I haven't received my
Master's degree or PHD yet with all the mistakes and blunders I make.

[Reverand]

You sound a lot like me. I only do things one way: the hard way.
I haven't made that particular mistake, but I think that I have found all of the others.

I worked in the shop for several hours this past Saturday morning, and EVERY project I touched started going sideways. Each time I realized that I was about to make it worse, so I would set it aside and start on a different knife.
I could not get any of them right! It was just that kind of day!

[cudgee]

Just finished sanding down some camel bone scales that I had epoxied on to so liners.

Expoy was bomber as I left it overnight so now issues there.............until I decide I did not like the look of the bone anymore so using a blow tourch I burnt the scales.

Then I noticed that the expoy at the pivot end had melted

I immediately put the knife back in the vice between two blocks of wood to tighten the scales back.

Have I screwed this or will the epoxy reset over night ??

Cheers

JT

When you have to ask have you screwed up, you know you have.

[Madmarco]

Our mistakes are a part of our learning process. I just don't understand why I haven't received my
Master's degree or PHD yet with all the mistakes and blunders I make.

!

[royal0014]

World's best teacher ... to screw it up and have to fix it !!