usfwood
Member
Greetings,
First off let me thank all of you for all the information and inspiration you put out on this site. I enjoy seeing all the differences in design and details everyone puts into their creations.
I am quite inexperienced and have only made a handful of basic slimlines using the "bag-o-blanks" from woodcraft.
This weekend I went and turned a couple at the woodcraft for the freedom pen turn. With this weekend came my first piece of unstabilzed buckeye burl. I had to keep adding thin CA to keep it from chipping, and in the end it was by far the prettiest pen I have turned (only because of the wood pattern).
Well now for the question; I am making a pen for my dad. I ordered a gentlemen's pen kit from Woodturnerscatalog.com and also ordered the amboyna burl along with a few extra tubes (cheap insurance). The blank is not stabilized, and doesn't feel as hard as some of the woods I have turned. Do I need to use the thin CA as I go to keep the burl from blowing out, or do I just go for it.
Also, I have not done a CA finish yet. I could practice that on a couple of other blanks if it would be better than the friction polish I usually use. I know the finish type preference is a personal thing but would the CA/BLO finish be longer lasting/more durable than the friction polish.
Thanks for any responses and advice,
Darin
First off let me thank all of you for all the information and inspiration you put out on this site. I enjoy seeing all the differences in design and details everyone puts into their creations.
I am quite inexperienced and have only made a handful of basic slimlines using the "bag-o-blanks" from woodcraft.
This weekend I went and turned a couple at the woodcraft for the freedom pen turn. With this weekend came my first piece of unstabilzed buckeye burl. I had to keep adding thin CA to keep it from chipping, and in the end it was by far the prettiest pen I have turned (only because of the wood pattern).
Well now for the question; I am making a pen for my dad. I ordered a gentlemen's pen kit from Woodturnerscatalog.com and also ordered the amboyna burl along with a few extra tubes (cheap insurance). The blank is not stabilized, and doesn't feel as hard as some of the woods I have turned. Do I need to use the thin CA as I go to keep the burl from blowing out, or do I just go for it.
Also, I have not done a CA finish yet. I could practice that on a couple of other blanks if it would be better than the friction polish I usually use. I know the finish type preference is a personal thing but would the CA/BLO finish be longer lasting/more durable than the friction polish.
Thanks for any responses and advice,
Darin