I turned a few plastic pens last month with reasonable success and decided to get back to them and today they are not going too well
First I was using this http://www.pennstateind.com/store/CPR08.html to make a slimline
I got it down to size with a skew and had no problems, I was doing the final part with a Woodchuck since it does a polished finish and has done well on plastics last month. I was going slow, but felt it digging a little and then a whole section of the acrylic rips off the tube.
I switched to another slimline with http://www.pennstateind.com/store/WXAQB01.html
For some reason this material does not seem to like the skew and I used a Hamlet ASP2060 Steel swept spinlde gouge to rough it down and it worked incredibly well. Switched again to the Woodchuck and I have to go really, really slow to avoid chatter.
Just looking for some more hints. e.g. what speed should I turn at.
First I was using this http://www.pennstateind.com/store/CPR08.html to make a slimline
I got it down to size with a skew and had no problems, I was doing the final part with a Woodchuck since it does a polished finish and has done well on plastics last month. I was going slow, but felt it digging a little and then a whole section of the acrylic rips off the tube.
I switched to another slimline with http://www.pennstateind.com/store/WXAQB01.html
For some reason this material does not seem to like the skew and I used a Hamlet ASP2060 Steel swept spinlde gouge to rough it down and it worked incredibly well. Switched again to the Woodchuck and I have to go really, really slow to avoid chatter.
Just looking for some more hints. e.g. what speed should I turn at.