flippedcracker
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So, I've been turning pens for nearly a year, but really only here and there. I've been getting more serious about it lately, so I've been turning a lot more. I hadn't turned acrylic very much previously, so it's still a little new to me. Anyway, last weekend I was gluing up some acrylic blanks, and I had tried tinting the epoxy instead of reverse painting them just to see how it would do, and I think it went well. But once I started turning the blanks, I noticed that I didn't have full glue coverage on the inside. I've never had a problem with a blank coming off the tube, or blowing up, so I've never thought my gluing process was bad, but now I'm wondering.
My process:
I generally stick the tube in one side, twist it around, and then put it in the other side, twisting and pushing in and out like I've seen videos of a hundred times. I do have a bit of squeeze out, but I kinda just figured it was good enough because I hadn't had a problem. Is this something I should be worried about? Obviously, no one really knows how their glue is on the inside of a wood blank, but I would hope there would be better coverage than I had.
The pen I turned turned out great and seems stable, but I can definitely see where the epoxy is and isn't since it's somewhat translucent.
Do I need to change my process, or not worry about it until something starts failing? Definitely going to have to reverse paint though.
My process:
I generally stick the tube in one side, twist it around, and then put it in the other side, twisting and pushing in and out like I've seen videos of a hundred times. I do have a bit of squeeze out, but I kinda just figured it was good enough because I hadn't had a problem. Is this something I should be worried about? Obviously, no one really knows how their glue is on the inside of a wood blank, but I would hope there would be better coverage than I had.
The pen I turned turned out great and seems stable, but I can definitely see where the epoxy is and isn't since it's somewhat translucent.
Do I need to change my process, or not worry about it until something starts failing? Definitely going to have to reverse paint though.