First Acrylic

[crabcreekind]

This is my first acrylic pen. Thanks to AlphaGeek for the blank. Like all acrylic rookies i forgot to paint the tubes =(. But it still turned out great. The clip didnt bend around the bulge so that made me mad :mad-tongue: So i try to fix it, but couldnt. and their is a small crack at the top. but i fixed it with thin ca. Turned it all with a skew. but i think my madrel is bent or my tool was not sharp enough even though i sharpened it really really good. It took me forever to turn cuz it was not turning with ribbons. I wet mm to 12000 grit. and polished with hut plastic polish. Thanks again to Alphageek for the blank. Any tips and comments are helpful.

 

[Drstrangefart]

Yeah, learning how to sharpen well enough to get ribbons is a dark art all its own. Looks like it came out well enough. I wouldn't be ashamed.

 

[alphageek]

Very nice!!! LOL... I'm glad you liked it..

I don't remember what I dropped in that box, but I also didn't know you hadn't done any acrylics. As for painting the blank here is a little bit of irony... In the pens I just posted I raved about painting..... But with this color (and many others) - I don't paint at all, especially on slimlines like this. From woodcraft I found you can get chrome plated and white painted tubes. Normally between those and the normal brass, I don't paint too often.

But with more transparent blanks, paint away!

 

[crabcreekind]

I just noticed at the end where it was thin, it showed kinda grayish.

 

[alphageek]

I just noticed at the end where it was thin, it showed kinda grayish.

Yep.. I had less problems with the chrome than brass for that (and the chrome seems to reflect light better and improves the look of the acrylics).

 

[alphageek]

Oh... but I'll bet you notice more than anyone you give or sell the pen to! We are our own worst critics most days!

 

[crabcreekind]

Oh... but I'll bet you notice more than anyone you give or sell the pen to! We are our own worst critics most days!

Yea I agree most people I let see my messed up cant even tell something is wrong unless i tell them.

 

[Two Hair]

Niced looking pen.