ahoiberg
Member
i made up my first cigar pen last night and tried out the ca/blo for the first time on a few pens as well and i must say i'm quite happy with the results!
a few questions...
can you use a standard pen mill for squaring the ends on a cigar? i used an idea i got on here to turn an extra blank down to fit over the 7mm barrel and into a 10mm cigar blank. this worked great but the mill didn't square enough off for the second largest and largest bushings. there was still a little edge on both when done turning... any ideas to get it square outside where the bushing will sit? does anyone make a larger pen mill?
second, does anyone else have any problem with the black coating on the bushings coming on to your pen the first time using them? this was driving me crazy! [}] but i just had to keep sanding and finally the coating was gone from the bushings and the pen...
thirdly, has anyone tried putting a coat of pure CA on top of the ca/blo finish?
thanks y'all!
a few questions...
can you use a standard pen mill for squaring the ends on a cigar? i used an idea i got on here to turn an extra blank down to fit over the 7mm barrel and into a 10mm cigar blank. this worked great but the mill didn't square enough off for the second largest and largest bushings. there was still a little edge on both when done turning... any ideas to get it square outside where the bushing will sit? does anyone make a larger pen mill?
second, does anyone else have any problem with the black coating on the bushings coming on to your pen the first time using them? this was driving me crazy! [}] but i just had to keep sanding and finally the coating was gone from the bushings and the pen...
thirdly, has anyone tried putting a coat of pure CA on top of the ca/blo finish?
thanks y'all!