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Join Date: Feb 2015
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As the title implies, I thought I'd go all out with my first pen. Lot of firsts with mixed results. The glue up was a success (Mesquite burl with Texas Ebony)and I give the solder inlay an A-. The pen turned out nice but for some reason when I trimmed the ends they didn't square up correctly, which is very aggravating to me! I squared with a trimmer from WoodCraft but sanded the extra CA off the end after finishing. Maybe I sanded too much and got into the wood. I didn't think so but it's possible. The CA finish made me want to pull my hair out!! I didn't have any plastic polish or a buffing system so I just made do.
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Nice job and that is a lot of 'firsts'! Did you use the correct size shaft on your trimmer for the tube in that kit? If not that can cause the ends not to be square. Also, the trimmers will not get the ends as square as some other methods.
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It very well may be. I tried researching solder inlays for pens, but must not have been searching with the correct terms because I didn't turn up much. I know people are using it for duck calls which is where I got the idea. It may not be ideal, but for learning, it was soft enough to to try easily. I'm open for suggestions to other ways to accomplish this. Adds a nice touch i think.
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Perhaps you were being too aggressive with it and it took at small chunks of material. I imagine it is sharp if it is new but you can also sharpen the cutter. I believe there is an article in the library if you don't know how to sharpen it.
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It was regular rolled solder. The abridged version is to make a groove just narrower than the solder with a parting tool, glue it in and solder the ends together making a seamless piece, then turn down carefully to the diameter of the pen. |
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Solder the ends together? .... without burning the wood of the pen ?
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Great job for the first. Think about using a disc sander to square or even the lathe. I no longer use the trimmer. I got to much tare out and ripple. Using a small delta disk sander works great. If not happy with that touch it up with sand paper in the head stick and a punch in the tail stock to slide the tube up to the sand paper.
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