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This is my first attempt at making an acrtlic pen;;I would like to make the stars and stripes;;;could anyone give me some advice on how to glue the ends together and what type of glue should I use;;;thank you
 
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jeff3285 said:
This is my first attempt at making an acrylic pen;;I would like to make the stars and stripes;;;could anyone give me some advice on how to glue the ends together and what type of glue should I use;;;thank you
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Jeff; I normally don't glue-up the blanks; I just use the stripes for the lower blank, and the stars for the upper blank. Cut each one in half and then drill short and trim. Two blanks make two pens.
 
randyrls said:
jeff3285 said:
This is my first attempt at making an acrylic pen;;I would like to make the stars and stripes;;;could anyone give me some advice on how to glue the ends together and what type of glue should I use;;;thank you
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Jeff; I normally don't glue-up the blanks; I just use the stripes for the lower blank, and the stars for the upper blank. Cut each one in half and then drill short and trim. Two blanks make two pens.
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Ditto
 
donnalleyd said:
Be careful turning those blanks they are fairly chippy. I used sharp tools and faster speeds seemed to do better.
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Quoting for emphasis. I just turned another pen over the weekend using these blanks. I'd forgotten how chippy they were. A good sharp skew, light cuts and taking my time led to success.
 
What color do you guys backpaint the hole/tube with? I've wanted to turn a pen from these blanks but am concerned I'll end up with pink and light blue rather than red, white & blue.

Dave
 
Paint the stripes with white and the stars with a dark blue. This has worked very well for me over 20 or so.
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lyonsacc said:
What color do you guys backpaint the hole/tube with? I've wanted to turn a pen from these blanks but am concerned I'll end up with pink and light blue rather than red, white & blue.

Dave
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IIRC I didn't paint the tubes on these as I had the same concern. Didn't need it for an Atrax ballpoint.
 
donnalleyd said:
I used medium CA glue and let them sit over night. I had no problems. Be careful turning those blanks they are fairly chippy. I used sharp tools and faster speeds seemed to do better.

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Outstanding. Nice. CA glue.... and square ends are key. Experiment with scrap or cheap blanks.
 

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My 1st Stars & Stripes Pen

Things were going well with cutting the blanks, drilling, & glue up until the lathe work. I discovered this material really needs higher speed for roughing out the blanks. I ended up with moon craters peppered all throughout both stars and stripe sections. Fortunately they all went away after enough material was turned away but it was really close. This blank set seems completely different material than all the other acrylics I've turned (which isn't but a handful).


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