brass tubes

I would like to paint my brass tubes so that they don't show through resin blanks. I use CA glue to bond the brass to the resin blank. What would be a good paint for my purpose? I have seen Testors mentioned but it's not clear if I should go with the acrylic or the enamel version. If there...

I’m working through my first pen and have run into an issue. I glued in my barrel and let it dry 24 hours and used the barrel trimmer. When trying to put the blanks on the mandrel, the tubes wouldn’t go on the shaft. I looked at some of the other tubes and they fit fine. When looking at the...

Hello all, I recently glued up about a dozen pen blanks with 7mm brass tube in my garage which was about 40 degrees Fahrenheit and left them there to cure overnight. The next day I turned two blanks on my lathe and pressed the parts together to make a pen with no problems. I brought the...

I want to make some specical toothpick holders. They use a 27/64 drill bit and I think the brass tube is 10.5 mm in diameter. It is equivalent to the Sierra or Wall SII tubes. I would like to find a source of that diameter tubes 10" long or longer. Any sources??

When cutting brass tubes what brand name chop saw/mini saw do you prefer?

I have been using standard primer (white, grey, or black) in a spray can for all my acrylic blanks so it will hide the wavy or bubbly CA glue. Most of the time it seems to work fine, but I have noticed recently that it may not be working as well as I thought. Both while turning and during...