Wormholes? Who needs 'em?!

[karlkuehn]

I built the first pen today out of the new box elder in between milling sessions.

I ran into an ugly wormhole on the pen, and decided to build a tutorial about how I deal with the nasty things, at least when they look funky. The tutorial lives on my blog page here:

http://penblanksandpenkits.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=721731:BlogPost:8728

Here's the final result, shown with a 'sister' blank:

Getting some great blanks, pens, peppermills, bottlestoppers, bowls, etc. from the wood, and I'll be posting to the various forums for those that wanted to get their hands on some.

 

[sparhawk]

Nice pen that turned out awesome

 

[Firefyter-emt]

That's sweet!!

BTW, if you like I can convert that into a PDF file for you. Can you put it into Word format?? Might make a nice article in the archives.

 

[jtate]

That is a nice tutorial.

I agree with you that the CA build-up on bushings can be a problem. My solution is to just keep a small mayonaise jar on the bench, with an inch or so of acetone in the jar. I make a practice of dropping the whole set of bushings in the jar and swirling them around for a while. After an hour or so the CA has dissolved. I just keep using the acetone till it's all dissolved. I scoop the bushings out and wash them with soap and water and dry by papertowel before putting therm away.

Julia

 

[jtate]

Oh and it's a LOVELY pen!

 

[Firefyter-emt]

I have to tell you, but a dead center and try putting on the CA finish without the bushings. You will have zero failure rate and no CA to clean up!

 

[Rmartin]

I'd like a dozen of those blanks!

e-mail me

thanks,
Rmartin