tipusnr
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Monday I will be mailing off to my parents the last seven pen projects I've completed. Scans of them are in my photo album on this site.
The multi-tool was the hardest project I've done since I started turning. I cut the blanks to the recommended size and laminated a white stripe in some nice bronze colored wood blanks. I couldn't use my new self-centering vise because the drill bit was too long for the height of my drill press. I used my old vise, which doesn't go up very high on the blank. The bit wandered and the blank came apart.
Starting over I went with some oversized cherry blanks. The ends split on one end of each blank as I caught grain with my skew that I didn't see. I drilled through a dymondwood cutoff for the bands and they were too thick. I don't have a mill thick enough so I put the blanks on the mandrel and used a thin parting tool to bring them down near the size of the cherry. Took them off the mandrel and whittled them down with a utility knife then remounted them and turned the project. Sanded to 600 and couldn't get an even shine so resanded to 1000 and finished again with several coats of friction polish.
3.5 hours one night and 2 hours the next - for one project. Be a long time before I make another of those.
Please take time to look over my album and let me know what you think.
The multi-tool was the hardest project I've done since I started turning. I cut the blanks to the recommended size and laminated a white stripe in some nice bronze colored wood blanks. I couldn't use my new self-centering vise because the drill bit was too long for the height of my drill press. I used my old vise, which doesn't go up very high on the blank. The bit wandered and the blank came apart.
Starting over I went with some oversized cherry blanks. The ends split on one end of each blank as I caught grain with my skew that I didn't see. I drilled through a dymondwood cutoff for the bands and they were too thick. I don't have a mill thick enough so I put the blanks on the mandrel and used a thin parting tool to bring them down near the size of the cherry. Took them off the mandrel and whittled them down with a utility knife then remounted them and turned the project. Sanded to 600 and couldn't get an even shine so resanded to 1000 and finished again with several coats of friction polish.
3.5 hours one night and 2 hours the next - for one project. Be a long time before I make another of those.
Please take time to look over my album and let me know what you think.