ve3bax
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Good Morning Folks,
This is the first pair of pens I felt were worthy of sharing here. They are a pair of Barons in pommele Bubinga with a BLO/CA finish. The box is Indian Rosewood with a Varathane semi-gloss polyurethane finish. The set was given to my Grandfather for his 77th Birthday last week.
These two pens were quite a challenge. The figure of the wood makes it prone to tear out, and this stuff is HARD so its also a brute on tool edges... I decided to finish these up with my handy "60 grit gouge" as I was concerned about tear-out as I got close to the final diameter. The finish was the other challenge with these... they both got a half dozen or so attempts before I was happy with it... I tried CA several times, however I could not get an even glossy finish. I then tried lacquer and got a respectable, however at best, semi-gloss finish. At the last minute I decided I wasn't happy with the look of the lacquer, put them back on the lathe and gave the CA another shot... both came out near perfect and I'm very happy I decided to roll the dice and give it one last shot... of course, all the extra sanding from the multiple attempts at a decent finish distorted the shape every so slightly but its not glaringly obvious so I'm more or less ok with with it
I do apologize for the lack of crispness in the photos. I quite literally took these 5 minutes before running out the door to deliver the pens to their new owner, and only proofed them on the camera...
Comments and Criticism is, of course, welcome!
--Dave
This is the first pair of pens I felt were worthy of sharing here. They are a pair of Barons in pommele Bubinga with a BLO/CA finish. The box is Indian Rosewood with a Varathane semi-gloss polyurethane finish. The set was given to my Grandfather for his 77th Birthday last week.
These two pens were quite a challenge. The figure of the wood makes it prone to tear out, and this stuff is HARD so its also a brute on tool edges... I decided to finish these up with my handy "60 grit gouge" as I was concerned about tear-out as I got close to the final diameter. The finish was the other challenge with these... they both got a half dozen or so attempts before I was happy with it... I tried CA several times, however I could not get an even glossy finish. I then tried lacquer and got a respectable, however at best, semi-gloss finish. At the last minute I decided I wasn't happy with the look of the lacquer, put them back on the lathe and gave the CA another shot... both came out near perfect and I'm very happy I decided to roll the dice and give it one last shot... of course, all the extra sanding from the multiple attempts at a decent finish distorted the shape every so slightly but its not glaringly obvious so I'm more or less ok with with it
I do apologize for the lack of crispness in the photos. I quite literally took these 5 minutes before running out the door to deliver the pens to their new owner, and only proofed them on the camera...
Comments and Criticism is, of course, welcome!
--Dave