Dan Mosley
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Gave it another whirl today with pen turning - Pictures show the results - 3 sanded to 600, finished with CA glue (7 coats of thin) and then wax buffed on the lathe with shellawax - decent finish.
The other two were sanded to 800 or 100 and finished with just Shellawax - finish was nice to. I not sure you can really tell which was which when done but im sure the CA is the more duable finish.
So, what did I learn from my practice today ? - for one you dont want to get to sloppy with the CA glue when gluing up the tubes into the wood blanks - I got some inside the tube on one set and thought no big deal I can hone it out with the barrel drill bit - not exactly so, I had trouble fitting them over the mandrel even after honing them out they were so tight I had to keep honing and playing around until I could get them to go on - so lesson learned for the next few.
The Pen Kits I got from Craft Supplies for the slim line - 10k and 24k which I was told were the better kits - well Im not impressed by their kits at all - I think there kind of cheap actually - the ink pen part is ok at best - with 3 of them I had to use a round file on the top clip to begin to make it slip into the pen clip..simply would not even begin to fit (even using a press) but the others worked fine. On one of the kits the transmission was frozen - One kit was missing the middle gold ring that goes between the cartridges. Annoying...............
Gouges-skews, blah blah blah - I tried them all and they have their place I guess but the one that worked best for me was the small Bedan I have - worked beautifully in the corners on the sleeves also - it was zip zip zip and when sharp this tool is fun to use.......
Mylands friction polish is ok but like Vaughn said not all that durable - besides you can make your own from Capt Eddies video on OB Shine Juice - it appears to be the same thing............Shella wax worked well on the others and over the Mylands..................
Well thats about what I got out of today.....................................thanks Dan
The other two were sanded to 800 or 100 and finished with just Shellawax - finish was nice to. I not sure you can really tell which was which when done but im sure the CA is the more duable finish.
So, what did I learn from my practice today ? - for one you dont want to get to sloppy with the CA glue when gluing up the tubes into the wood blanks - I got some inside the tube on one set and thought no big deal I can hone it out with the barrel drill bit - not exactly so, I had trouble fitting them over the mandrel even after honing them out they were so tight I had to keep honing and playing around until I could get them to go on - so lesson learned for the next few.
The Pen Kits I got from Craft Supplies for the slim line - 10k and 24k which I was told were the better kits - well Im not impressed by their kits at all - I think there kind of cheap actually - the ink pen part is ok at best - with 3 of them I had to use a round file on the top clip to begin to make it slip into the pen clip..simply would not even begin to fit (even using a press) but the others worked fine. On one of the kits the transmission was frozen - One kit was missing the middle gold ring that goes between the cartridges. Annoying...............
Gouges-skews, blah blah blah - I tried them all and they have their place I guess but the one that worked best for me was the small Bedan I have - worked beautifully in the corners on the sleeves also - it was zip zip zip and when sharp this tool is fun to use.......
Mylands friction polish is ok but like Vaughn said not all that durable - besides you can make your own from Capt Eddies video on OB Shine Juice - it appears to be the same thing............Shella wax worked well on the others and over the Mylands..................
Well thats about what I got out of today.....................................thanks Dan