Finish Question

[jeweler53]

After a half dozen attempts I am finally getting results that I like using the CA-BLO method. The problem I can't overcome is that the finish chips at the ends when I remove the bushings. I have tried to use a knife edge tool to make a parting cut but that doesn't completely solve the problem.

Any suggestions?

 

[Phunky_2003]

Put some wax on your bushings, that should help.

 

[ve3bax]

three main options here... finish without bushings between centers, wax your bushings before applying your finish so the CA wont stick to the bushings, or third, buy/make some delrin bushings...

delrin bushings turned out to be the best solution to this problem for me... waxing the bushings was ok but if you missed a spot it stuck... i went to a tool shop near by and bought a mixed bag of delrin scrap to make the bushings out of... pretty cheap (around 10 dollars for a bag) and they are easy to make!

--Dave

 

[mick]

An easy way if you turn between centers is to eliminate the bushings when applying the CA.
If you still use a mandrel Johnny CNC sells a bushing eliminator kit which consists of cone shaped Delrin bushings. A good thing to check out

 

[Ruby pen turning]

go to Amazon.com >>>>http://www.amazon.com/Grizzly-H7967-Carbide-Tipped-Lathe-Center/dp/B000M64S2I/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1326387521&sr=8-3
Stick this in your drive side MT2 opening and use your live center in the tail stock. Stick the points into the brass tube that you are turning/finishing and all your problems will be solved. You can sand with the same setup. Some people line a sharp clean edge where the hardware meets the finished tube but I have had nothing but problems with chipping when pressing in the fittings. I sand through half of the 9 colored micromesh pads then square up the ends(remove glue that has gone over the finished end) then do the other half of the colored micromesh pads. This gives a slight curve to the glue and I do not have the chippy edge that I was getting.
http://www.amazon.com/Grizzly-H7967...4S2I/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1326387521&sr=8-3

 

[Ruby pen turning]

Here is another other one but it is not carbide tipped. I do not see any benefit from the carbide tip for turning pens. H5789 HSS Lathe Center MT2

 

[jeweler53]

Thanks for all the great suggestions!

Are you addicted to pen turning when you start to look seriously at which vendors have the best price breaks for quantity purchases?