Originally Posted by
Pop N Wood
SurferRosa nailed it. Clean it up and check for gouges before trying to reuse. If that one gouge is real bottom of the stem will need to be repaired. If there is sufficient length cut a quarter inch off the bottom of the stem then taper all the sharp edges with fine grit sand paper.
The wedge was definitely in backwards. I've cleaned it up but the end of the stem is rough. I live in an apartment and don't have any tools to cut the stem. Do you think I could just sand this with lots of manual labour?
