Herb G
Member
I turned only my second AA pen today, only to find out it is full of small cracks & crevices when I got it sanded down.
I turned it as close as I could to the bushings, then sanded it the rest of the way. The blank is now pretty much translucent, and it is full of cracks going in the direction of turning.
It almost looks like it sat in the hot Sun too long. Could it be stress cracks, or the blank got too hot, or what exactly?
If I could take a decent pic, I would.
Thanks for any help or a place to start looking for the problem.
I turned it as close as I could to the bushings, then sanded it the rest of the way. The blank is now pretty much translucent, and it is full of cracks going in the direction of turning.
It almost looks like it sat in the hot Sun too long. Could it be stress cracks, or the blank got too hot, or what exactly?
If I could take a decent pic, I would.
Thanks for any help or a place to start looking for the problem.