Tn-Steve
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Yes, it's my first real pen... I'm not counting the one I made at the "Make A Pen" Class, since it was just for learning. I "THINK" the wood is Cedar, it was rather soft, and had a rather pleasant smell as I turned it. (Added with edit). I have looked and cedar doesn't seem to be a wood that gets mentioned often. If it's any help, the blank was one of 5 in Woodcrafts starter set, so any help identifying it would be a big help. Now I'm thinking it might possibly be bubinga...
The finish is CA and BLO, wet sanded very very lightly thru all the grades, and then hit with some plastic polish on the lathe. It was looking better before I MM and polished it with plastic polish. It had a deeper gloss, and I really couldn't see any scratches in the finish.
One thing I did with the BLO was to just keep working the paper towel with the BLO on it back and forth across the pen as the CA (MED) cooked off. It seemed to work, I may have messed up the MM somehow
It's a little off at the center band, but I'm not totally unhappy with it. See what kind of reaction it gets tomorrow at work.
Any comments, are of course, appreciated.
Steve W.
The finish is CA and BLO, wet sanded very very lightly thru all the grades, and then hit with some plastic polish on the lathe. It was looking better before I MM and polished it with plastic polish. It had a deeper gloss, and I really couldn't see any scratches in the finish.
One thing I did with the BLO was to just keep working the paper towel with the BLO on it back and forth across the pen as the CA (MED) cooked off. It seemed to work, I may have messed up the MM somehow
It's a little off at the center band, but I'm not totally unhappy with it. See what kind of reaction it gets tomorrow at work.
Any comments, are of course, appreciated.
Steve W.
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