First shot at CA finish

[yorkie]

Trio of pens:

Jerusalem Olive Wood
Laminated from Ankrom Exotics
Laminated blank from Woodcraft

First time with CA, am still experimenting with techniques but I think I'm figuring it out.

thanks to Warren from Denver, NC for the lesson!!

 

[yorkie]

I keep forgetting to attach the pictures! Aaagh!

 

[aggromere]

Wow, those are some beautiful pens.

 

[warreng8170]

Looking good my friend. Did it give you any trouble? I spent a good bit of time in the shop today. Hope to post up some pics later tonight.

 

[yorkie]

thanks, Warren. They're not as smooth as I would like and this has been multiple attempts and taking back to wood before I got to where I'm pretty much okay. by the way, all three of these have already sold.

I have found using BLO between CA coats helps and by not using accelerator it doesn't work as well.

Murray's CA is awesome and cheap.

 

[ToddMR]

The pens all look nice. The finish from what I can see looks pretty good too. Something about Olive wood and CA looking so good on it. I had a keychain I finished with some left over African Olivewood this weekend and it looks so nice with the CA finish. Looks to me like you are discovering a way that works best for you.

 

[Craftdiggity]

Very nice. That last blank is very cool.

 

[warreng8170]

by the way, all three of these have already sold.

Seriously dude, you have GOT to share your marketing secrets with me

Although I did sell two Yellow/Black pens today to a Steelers/App State fan.