joefrog
Member
Okay, I've made several acrylic acetate pens so far with (mostly) success stories. Aside from one blank that blew up on me I can't complain.
However...
I got several nice looking "inlace acrylester" blanks from Woodturningz.com and have yet to successfully turn a single one of them. I've tried two so far, and both were dismal failures. I was trying to turn a cigar pen with my school colors last night.
After a few pops of chunk coming off, I finally slowed down to shaving gnat-hair sized passes. I was 80% done, when BANG -- this thing flew completely apart.
What the heck am I doing wrong? Too aggressive? Tools not sharp enough? Or is this just crappy material to turn?
However...
I got several nice looking "inlace acrylester" blanks from Woodturningz.com and have yet to successfully turn a single one of them. I've tried two so far, and both were dismal failures. I was trying to turn a cigar pen with my school colors last night.
After a few pops of chunk coming off, I finally slowed down to shaving gnat-hair sized passes. I was 80% done, when BANG -- this thing flew completely apart.
What the heck am I doing wrong? Too aggressive? Tools not sharp enough? Or is this just crappy material to turn?