Rollerbob
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Ok, you probably don't want to hear all this but just give me a little umbrella of grace. Received a few of the Ancient Mars blanks from Exotic Blanks. Being new at this gig I just had to turn one. Holy moly was this forever a challenge. Started with the usual proceedure(won't bore with that) waited for the epox to set, knocked the corners off my blank for easier turning(learned that on this site) and placed on the mandrel for some fun. Started with good sharp tools(another insight from said site)and commence to cutting, trying to remember slow and patient, slooow and paaatient, you get the drift, finally time for sanding. Starting with the big grit to smallest and then micro to 12000 and then I got this bright idea to throw a little CA and sand some more, big, BIG mistake. So, I sanded some more up to 12000. Then noticed a lot of scratches after all this. So, I tell my self you just didn't put enough CA on. you guest it, I put more CA on and sanded again all tttthhheee wwaaayy tooo 12000000! Still not looking good, so back to Mars bar and started over again, FINALLY after 4.5 hours I have a $12,000 pen for sale!?! Any takers? Best pictures I could take, not sure what the little whiteflakes are in the picture but this blank is gorgeous, great work to EB.