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...

I packed all the tube filled blanks into a suitable sized plastic pill
container and topped it up with acetone to cover all. Two hours later I
attacked the blanks with a 'box opener' knife and peeled the wood off the
blank!

Then I sanded the blanks with 100 grit paper. I can now use them as new!

Problem is..now I only use ployura..watchamacalit...glue to secure the
blanks. Better by a mile!! I have no idea how to reclaim those blanks, yet!

fwiw, Cheers, Tom


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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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Buffalo, NY - USA
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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

I just boil the Foul-Ups for about 10 minutes then slit the wood and the
whole business slides right off. That works with CA as well as poly glue.

Don

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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...

I packed all the tube filled blanks into a suitable sized plastic pill
container and topped it up with acetone to cover all. Two hours later I
attacked the blanks with a 'box opener' knife and peeled the wood off the
blank!

Then I sanded the blanks with 100 grit paper. I can now use them as new!

Problem is..now I only use ployura..watchamacalit...glue to secure the
blanks. Better by a mile!! I have no idea how to reclaim those blanks,
yet!

fwiw, Cheers, Tom


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