islandturner
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I've started doing something with my pen barrels after drilling but before gluing in the brass sleeve. That is to swab the inside of the freshly drilled blank with blond dewaxed shellac (using a Q-tip). I let them dry overnight and then glue in the sleeve. I also carefully dab the ends of the nearly finished barrels with shellac before the final finishing/trimming. My reasoning?
My woodworking mentor, oh so many years ago, was fond of saying, "Verily I say unto thee -- whatever so thou shalt doest to one side of the board, thou shalt doest to the other."
Many of the problems with finished wood 'stuff' is that it expands/contracts with the varying temperature and relative humidity of the area in which it 'lives'. One way to control this, is to have all surfaces -- inside and out -- sealed. There is no better sealer than shellac.
So does gluing a brass sleeve into a wooden pen barrel with CA, Gorilla Glue or any other glue seal it? I'll bet it doesn't, completely. But shellac sure will...
This may be a solution to the ongoing 'cracking ebony' issues?
I can't see where it will do any harm -- you really can't tell it's there, once the sleeve is glued in.
Does anyone else seal the inside of the their pen barrels?
Steve
My woodworking mentor, oh so many years ago, was fond of saying, "Verily I say unto thee -- whatever so thou shalt doest to one side of the board, thou shalt doest to the other."
Many of the problems with finished wood 'stuff' is that it expands/contracts with the varying temperature and relative humidity of the area in which it 'lives'. One way to control this, is to have all surfaces -- inside and out -- sealed. There is no better sealer than shellac.
So does gluing a brass sleeve into a wooden pen barrel with CA, Gorilla Glue or any other glue seal it? I'll bet it doesn't, completely. But shellac sure will...
This may be a solution to the ongoing 'cracking ebony' issues?
I can't see where it will do any harm -- you really can't tell it's there, once the sleeve is glued in.
Does anyone else seal the inside of the their pen barrels?
Steve