MartinDWhite
Enlightened
So this mod was an almost total fail, but I'm the end I was able to make it work.
Someone sent, as often happens, an MD2 to be modified into an MD1. Everything was fine until the second cut (which is like right away). I was in barrel threading mod and cut the grove at the end of the threads at the shoulder instead of offset from the end....so I ruined the piece. Doh! I decided to take it as a personal challenge to save the piece. After some careful thought, I decided to cut the ruined head and internally thread it and make a new body to screw in from an old md2 body cut off which I then pretty much fully threaded. There is an o-ring grove to make it water tight and the two pieces are also epoxied together. It works! It's a lot more work than the normal way. A "normal" MD1 is shown beside it for comparison.
BUT....since the threads are all 7/8x20.....I put it all together I played around and made a two headed Malkoff, its clearly NOT functional, but still looks cool.
Don't worry about the customer, they will get the choice of this piece or a new one. I always take care of my customers.
Someone sent, as often happens, an MD2 to be modified into an MD1. Everything was fine until the second cut (which is like right away). I was in barrel threading mod and cut the grove at the end of the threads at the shoulder instead of offset from the end....so I ruined the piece. Doh! I decided to take it as a personal challenge to save the piece. After some careful thought, I decided to cut the ruined head and internally thread it and make a new body to screw in from an old md2 body cut off which I then pretty much fully threaded. There is an o-ring grove to make it water tight and the two pieces are also epoxied together. It works! It's a lot more work than the normal way. A "normal" MD1 is shown beside it for comparison.
BUT....since the threads are all 7/8x20.....I put it all together I played around and made a two headed Malkoff, its clearly NOT functional, but still looks cool.
Don't worry about the customer, they will get the choice of this piece or a new one. I always take care of my customers.