Charlie69
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- Apr 12, 2013
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Hello, originally joined IAP a few months ago so I could use the search feature. Been a week end warrior/ occasional turner for a 7 years or so and wanted to try making a few pens. Made a few wooden slim lines and Orion pens with CA finish and wanted to try turning acrylics. Spent some time researching on how to turn acrylics and was a bit nervous due to the numerous stories of blow outs and general brittleness of the material but in the end the acrylics weren't all that bad. Love the fact that acrylics don't need a finish!
Couple of pics of my 1st acrylic blanks. Hardware is Jr Gent ll from CUSA with MonteVerde refills. All work was done on my old Jet mini with the exception of pressing the parts together on a drill press. Blanks were polished with MM, turtle wax rubbing compound and 3M finesse it ll.
A big thanks! to everyone for the vast amount of information available here. First learned about TBC here and I have become a huge fan of the method. Need to work on my photo skills:foot-in-mouth:
Couple of pics of my 1st acrylic blanks. Hardware is Jr Gent ll from CUSA with MonteVerde refills. All work was done on my old Jet mini with the exception of pressing the parts together on a drill press. Blanks were polished with MM, turtle wax rubbing compound and 3M finesse it ll.
A big thanks! to everyone for the vast amount of information available here. First learned about TBC here and I have become a huge fan of the method. Need to work on my photo skills:foot-in-mouth:
