Nova wrote in message ...
Tom Storey wrote:

Foul-up? not me! However, I have recently had occasion remove some brass
tubes that were CA'd inside some nasty and uncooperative blanks!!!(the
blanks were cocobolo and had been turned to a too slim-line profile) It
occurred to me that I was not going to 'mechanically' get them out; I needed
chemical assistance. So...

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When this happens I turn the wood off the tube.


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That makes two of us. If you are carefull, you can clean most of the
glue off the tube at the same time.

The Other Bruce