Mr Fixit
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Bad Karma is catching up I guess.
Got into the shop this morning, outside temps in the 30's. Couldn't find matches or a lighter or anything to start a fire with. Finally went and got my torch and had the wood stove going.
As things warmed up, I started turning. I've been really wanting to do a couple of specific pens for a while. Cut some Ebony for a Stretch pen, started turning and found the Ebony had lots of lighter streaks. Guy I'm making it for wanted a black Ebony. It was supposed to be black ebony, but looks more like black and white.
Worked on a buckeye burl pen. Got it turned and when I shut the lathe off, found several voids showing the tube. Filled with ebony dust from sanding. Finished, or tried to finish with CA, and got a weird orange peel look. Had to sand through it and start again.
But the worst, or at least most disappointing to me came last. I had bought a worthless wood blank, maple with red. I was really, and I mean really looking forward to making a stretch pen with it. As I started to turn, found that rather than having the mixing/swirling effect I wanted, It was pretty much half wood and have 'plastic'. Got it round, down to about 1/2" diameter. All of a sudden, the thing explodes. Not a chip out or a blow out, whole thing came apart right down the seem line between wood and plastic:crying:. Red plastic shattered in several pieces. I got so mad after looking at it and decided it couldn't be glued back I just chunked the whole thing in the stove.
Looked like somehow there was not good adhesion between the wood and plastic inlay. Not sure if that was somehow normal or not, this was the first one I've tried. I really wanted to make one of those, but now I'm not sure if I will try it again.
Picked up the tools closed up the stove and gave it up for the day. Bad thing is it will be several days before I have time to get back out there.
Mr Fixit
Got into the shop this morning, outside temps in the 30's. Couldn't find matches or a lighter or anything to start a fire with. Finally went and got my torch and had the wood stove going.
As things warmed up, I started turning. I've been really wanting to do a couple of specific pens for a while. Cut some Ebony for a Stretch pen, started turning and found the Ebony had lots of lighter streaks. Guy I'm making it for wanted a black Ebony. It was supposed to be black ebony, but looks more like black and white.
Worked on a buckeye burl pen. Got it turned and when I shut the lathe off, found several voids showing the tube. Filled with ebony dust from sanding. Finished, or tried to finish with CA, and got a weird orange peel look. Had to sand through it and start again.
But the worst, or at least most disappointing to me came last. I had bought a worthless wood blank, maple with red. I was really, and I mean really looking forward to making a stretch pen with it. As I started to turn, found that rather than having the mixing/swirling effect I wanted, It was pretty much half wood and have 'plastic'. Got it round, down to about 1/2" diameter. All of a sudden, the thing explodes. Not a chip out or a blow out, whole thing came apart right down the seem line between wood and plastic:crying:. Red plastic shattered in several pieces. I got so mad after looking at it and decided it couldn't be glued back I just chunked the whole thing in the stove.
Looked like somehow there was not good adhesion between the wood and plastic inlay. Not sure if that was somehow normal or not, this was the first one I've tried. I really wanted to make one of those, but now I'm not sure if I will try it again.
Picked up the tools closed up the stove and gave it up for the day. Bad thing is it will be several days before I have time to get back out there.
Mr Fixit