NOT showing off...

[Marc Phillips]

This was a total train wreck...

I was trying out different tools to see what works better on acrylic blanks... seems like all the tools "work" but I was experimenting to see what worked faster, with less acrylic kaka wrapping around the mandrel, finish smoothness... yadda yadda yadda....

With a 3/8" spindle gouge with a regular grind in hand I applied the tool and the %$#*&% dug in and went right to the brass tube...

Oh good!!

So I parted the bad section off, and dug around in my cast offs to find something to patch it with... and, well, you can see...

I think maybe a contrasting band might be ok... but not this combo...

Anyhoo, this is my "new" photo set up... lights at different locations, camera farther back and used the zoom, new fluorescent bulbs... oh yeah, and new rocks holding the pen

So, wasn't a total loss I reckin... learned a bunch!

 

[JimGo]

Photo looks kind of washed out...resembles a red X on a white background.

Of course, you fixed it!

Interesting design. Not sure I'm sold on it either, but interesting none the less. I wonder how it would look if the swirls came closer to matching.

 

[tseger]

Photo looks good to me.Pen too, just not crazy about the colors. Tim

 

[arioux]

Originally posted by JimGo
[ I wonder how it would look if the swirls came closer to matching.

Intersting idea here. Using a pale wood (maple?) and using a felt pen to continue the swirl line and connecting them? Should give a very weir effect

Alfred

P.S. Nice work on the pen and finish but the fix does'nt do it for me.

 

[NavyDiver]

Finish looks great, but I have to agree that I don't care for the look.

 

[Ligget]

The fix doesnt work for me either.

 

[Ozzy]

Nice save but the colors don't work well at all.

 

[Firefyter-emt]

I think the best fix would of been a new set of tubes myself..[]

 

[Marc Phillips]

Originally posted by Firefyter-emt
<br />I think the best fix would of been a new set of tubes myself..[]

Believe me, I was thinking the same thing... but I also wanted to learn a little, and this thing was sitting on the lathe... so I just decided to learn as much as possible ...

I learned a lot to be honest... but now, if this happens again, I will just bail on it and get some new tubes and start over... []

 

[Firefyter-emt]

However, if it makes you feel better I have a nice acrylic blank in my office here that has just one side end milled. I blew the blank apart on the other side!! I never even got the the second blank. This was on a Churchill too! [V]

 

[jedgerton]

I always keep some extra tubes around for just such an occasion! If you learned something, I'm sure it was well worth the trouble.

John