Wenge, acrylic segment, aluminum and Plexiglas highlights

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Drstrangefart

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I wanted to work on a little more challenging project, I couldn't find a jig to make the diamond shaped segment so I figured I'd layer instead. I used aluminum and Plexiglas sandwiched together for the highlights, and the segmenting glued u cleanly, the finish suffered. Running a CA finish on rough textured wood has been a weak spot for me for a while and apparently the skill has faded some. i couldn't sand aggressively because I needed to keep the acrylic and aluminum surfaces clean, next time I need a denser wood with less tearing out. I did get a lot of the roughness filled in, but chipping on the edges and small dimples in the surface are a bummer. I can't be too upset as it's the first time I've done a CA finish on wood in probably a year or so. Could have gone a lot worse..
 

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Allan, nice first time effort with a new material.

Believe it or not, I've worked with all of these quite a bit in the past, I fell out of turning for quite a while due to life happening with or without my consent. All of my most recent turnings have been PR, so the CA finish skills have faded a bit, this is probably the first somewhat ambitious project with wood since July 14th last year, and that was a straightforward one piece Slimline. Those are easy to finish.
 
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