gmreeves
Member
Here is one of my first pens since getting the turning bug last month. It is a Tycoon with Rhodium plating and a Cocobolo insert that had a nice section of sapwood in the cap.
My first CA finish
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Pioneerpens
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Very nice!
grub32
Member
Very well done. Nice pics too.
Grub
Grub
Russell Eaton
Member
That pen and finish both look SLICK!!
ZanderPommo
Member
I'm sorry your FIRST CA FINISH?!?!?!
......absolutely terrible!:tongue:
......absolutely terrible!:tongue:
gmreeves
Member
Thanks for the compliments everyone. I guess it wasn't my first attempt at the CA finish but it was my second. The first one failed miserably when the paper towel fibers stuck in the thick CA I was trying to use. I went back to Mylands Friction polish for finishing some slim lines and researched further. For my second attempt and first successful attempt I used the method by the one and only Grub32 of applying the thin CA while the lathe is spinning and hitting it with Accelerator. I was a bit apprehensive at first because of watching so many different ways of applying CA. Do I use BLO, no BLO, Thick, Thin, in between, Fast, Slow, off, you name it. I thought that his method looked like a good quick way so that is what I did and I'm impressed. I did two more pens and had the same results except for one of them is cracking because the wood probably wasn't dry enough and is still changing.
PaulSF
Member
I've had great success so far with that method. On occasion I've globbed on the CA and have needed to sand it down, but then I just apply 3 or 4 more coats and it's fine.
jbostian
Member
Great looking pen and finish.
Jamie
Jamie