Wenge Cigar

[Trapshooter]

This one has my best ca finish to date. Still haveing problems getting bushings off though. Think I will try to sharpen up a parting tool next time[:I]thanks for looking

 

[KKingery]

Looks good! Nice overall shape, and the fir and finish look great!

 

[pastorbill1952]

Great looking pen. The kit goes well with the wood color. Looks like the finish is good.

 

[rtjw]

Finish does look really good. Great job.

 

[smoky10]

Good looking pen Scott. Have you tried putting a little wax on your bushings before you use them?

 

[woodscavenger]

Before you start the CA finish open the knurled nut and drop a little BLO at the bushing ends. This makes it easier to get the blanks off the bushings.

 

[alamocdc]

Nice cigar, Scott, and I really like the color! That looks much better than my first Wenge pen! And I just can't get over that rich brown.[^]

 

[JHFerrell]

Scott, Nice lookin pen. Was the wenge hard to turn? I've got a really nice board in my shop that would make some great blanks, but I've heard its hard to turn. Any tips?

 

[Glenn McCullough]

nice wood, nice choice of kit, very good finish and photo.....home run.

 

[jvsank]

Very nice pen

 

[ed4copies]

Originally posted by JHFerrell
<br />Scott, Nice lookin pen. Was the wenge hard to turn? I've got a really nice board in my shop that would make some great blanks, but I've heard its hard to turn. Any tips?

TRY IT!!

You'll appreciate his pen even MORE. Quoting Old Griz, stick with a "Scary sharp" tool.

Nice job on a difficult wood.

 

[lkorn]

Scott,
When my bushings get glued to the blanks, I grab the BUSHING with a pair of pliers and gently twist the blank. A light touch with 400 grit sandpaper, cleans up the ends.

 

[Trapshooter]

Thanks everyone for looking, the comments[] and for the tips using the wax and BLO with my bushings.

John, The blank turned down real fast, I used a sharp gouge then went to a "scary sharp" skew. The lighter brown grain is softer than the dark brown grain and I saw tear out on the lighter grain. I used a light coat of DNA on a shop towel to show me where the tear out was and I spent extra time sanding with the grain at 220 before I went to 400grit. After that, I then went through all the grits of micromesh. I think some of my tear out could have been avoided if I had not turned the blank down so fast.

 

[swm6500]

Nice pen Scott.

 

[atvrules1]

Nice job Scott. The Wenge is interesting to turn, but the finished product is well worth it. Your finish sure looks good, keep it up.

 

[Fleabit]

I really like that one! The grain is a lot nicer than the wenge I have done. The CA finish is awesome. Nice job on this on.