OK y'all, I've been diligent in practicing getting 2 lb Maxima chameleon line to go back through a 3 mm Bob's buckles tube. I can't get it to work. I have gotten a much brighter light over the bench, better glasses, (3.0 readers + Optivisor vs. bifocals and Optivisor), better tweezers and have taken great care cutting the line at an angle with a brand new #11 blade. All of this has helped, but not enough.
I can get the line through once just fine. Best I seem able to accomplish after that is getting the line started back through, but it stops and the line I am attempting to push through kinks and that's it. Same result on several pieces of tube no matter how close I grip the end of the line with the tweezers. Smallest bit I have is a #80 which converts to 0.3429 mm. I can't seem to get that started drilling out the tube. I am about to place an order for 0.2, 0.3 and 0.4 mm bits and a good quality pin vice.
Only other thing I can think of is lubricating the tip of the line before attempting to run it back through the tube. Bob, can you or any of the others here who have mastered this tell me what I am doing incorrectly? This has become a bit of an issue with me as not only is it mastering a new modeling technique, it is also bit of middle finger waving at the aging process as well. Any further advice will be most appreciated.
TIA
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