mranum
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Got some shop and lathe time between Dr visits this past week so here is my 3rd & 4th pens. Getting better, just need to make some sort of photo box for taking these pics now. They look better than the pics show. Nice figure in the Walnut one too but its harder to see. These I gave to my FIL since he was the one who got me all this stuff for Christmas.
I seem to have trouble using the CA method and don't have the time to experiment much right now so I went with a spray lacquer on these, sanded through 600 then went with some tripoli then some watco oil on the Maple one and then lacquer, 4 good coats, then buffed with some jewlers rouge after that. I sprayed while the lathe was running slow and recoated after about 10 min since they were completely dry.
I seem to have trouble using the CA method and don't have the time to experiment much right now so I went with a spray lacquer on these, sanded through 600 then went with some tripoli then some watco oil on the Maple one and then lacquer, 4 good coats, then buffed with some jewlers rouge after that. I sprayed while the lathe was running slow and recoated after about 10 min since they were completely dry.
