snowb46
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Well, finally got my lathe on Tuesday and ended up turning 3 pens by Friday. My third pen was the Polymer Clay blank I had posted here earlier, with a Gatsby pen kit. I have a few issue yet to correct when putting together the clay on the blank, like:
Thanks to all for the suggestions on my previous post, they ARE VERY helpful.
Well, finally got my lathe on Tuesday and ended up turning 3 pens by Friday. My third pen was the Polymer Clay blank I had posted here earlier, with a Gatsby pen kit. I have a few issue yet to correct when putting together the clay on the blank, like:
- not leaving it too proud of the bushings
- make sure the cane slices are THINNER!
- use or make bushings to guage the thickness of the clay on the brass tube (made some bushings for Slimline out of maple and CA'd them, will have to see how they work)
- etc....
Thanks to all for the suggestions on my previous post, they ARE VERY helpful.