Need segmenting advice

[Brewmeister35]

I have an interesting little project I'm working on. I'm wanting to make the pen cap with a piece of dyed stabilized BEB cut in 1/2 length-wise and the other 1/2 will be mahogany. I haven't done any segmented pens yet so I'm wondering if the different wood hardness will cause a problem or if I should send a piece of mahogany out to be stabilized.

 

[drayman]

just go for it i would.

 

[Texatdurango]

I've segmented stabalized wood to "regular" wood, acrylics and truestone and haven't had anything fall apart yet.

It's all about a quality bond. I use either epoxy and or acrylic (Gorilla or Elmers) glue for my segments, no longer use CA because I DID have some CA bonds come apart.

 

[gketell]

Just remember to pin your tool to the rest so that it can't move in and out on the different density woods. Then when rough sanding it use a backer block so your fingers don't press in on the softer wood.

Works great!

GK

 

[byounghusband]

Sharp tools and light cuts will give you plenty of control when moving from one material to another.... And like Greg said, use a backer board when sanding so you don't dig into the softer materials.