scratches

Hello again, I have a repeating problem in several of my pens: There are small scratches on them. Hope you can see it in the picture attached. Also, the CA finish seems to be of different thicknesses on the same pen. Some parts are "glassy" and shiny, while other still feel "woody", with...

Yeah, this is the penturning website, but this forum is the best fit where I am already a member. My folding knife kits are coming out with too many heavy scratches on the metal "spines" that are sandwiched between the two wood scales. I cut the scales on the bandsaw close to the shape of the...

So, I've been turning pens for a little while now. Officially I'd say around five months or so, although I first started over a year ago with a big gap. I bought a pen assembly/disassembly setup last year, which originally seemed to be great. But as I try to improve the quality of my pens here...

Question for those of you who have worked with clear cast acrylic. I'm finding that it mars very easily. I made a clear cap and after a few times on and off there is a ring mark on the inside of the cap where it lightly touches the end of the section as the cap is being put on. The end of the...

I am new to turning pens. I had a couple of ebony blanks from another project and attempted to turn one of them into the body of a fountain pen. I cannot seem to get the scratches out. I have run patiently through all of the grits up to 600, then finished by running through all of the grits of...

I'm having a hell of a time getting small scratches out of acrylic blanks. After shaping and a final sand with 600 grit sand paper, I move to micro mesh. After going through all the pads with water (about 30 seconds on the most course then about 20 seconds on subsequent finer grits) I have...