I must say that I was/ am surprised that you and even Constant and others make these really cool blanks primarily for Sierras. I've never been a big fan of them ( Sierras)
.. but people don't seem to buy the other ones..
so we concentrate
on what people are buying. (I make mine on the majestic squires, sort
of like a sierra but much better platings and mechanisms .. plus one
obnoxious pimp stone..)
Someone is making me some aluminum blanks for Jr's that are undersized
and will need to be built up with CA or resin. I've got other patterns I want
to try out.
I'm sure I'm not the only one that would like to see them available for the Jr series, even if it's only the bottom blank. I think that all of them are classy and busy enough to just do the bottom with one of these and the cap with either plain black or whatever colour is used in the body.
The sierra needs the curved shape ( which you provide it in) but most other kits are fine with B2B. If the turner want's a bit of shape, then a few extra coats of CA does the trick.
I think the wood ones are available in Jr's .. I'd have to look at what is
left on Exotics. But I know we pretty much stopped making Jr's because
nobody seemed to want them. We were doing Jr's, cigars, Sierras and I
think Barons.. but the Sierra was the one that sold. For a little while,
anyway.. But if people want juniors, I can make juniors.
The aluminum blanks though.. if I weren't so stubborn I wouldn't have
done this one. Most things I run at 50% power, 50% speed. 3D I tend to
run from 50% power up to 100% power, depending on depth. Less speed
will also give you more heat, so I tried these at 30% speed, 10%, 5%
and finally 1%, when the machine took over and decided I had made a
mistake and bumped me back up to 3%. I ran these at 0.1% and had to
make two passes. And since you can't leave the laser unattended or even
go to the bathroom for a minute, these are tedious to make. I couldn't
even imagine how to charge for the time, and no matter what the charge
ended up being, neither the buyer or the laser tech would feel it was a
good deal.
So .. I just have to buy a much MUCH bigger laser! :biggrin:
Thanks for the feedback, everyone!
