Adding trim rings to Corian?

[Mike D]

I'm in the process of turning some pens for the Troops. Several of the pens I'm using Corian for the barrels but I want to dress them up a little by adding trim rings.

The process I've used before for some trim rings on wood has been to turn the barrel round down to a little proud of the bushings and then with a parting tool cut thin grooves down to the brass tube, then pack stone dust or colored powders in small amounts into the groove and then locking it in with thin CA. Then complete the turning to finished size.

Will this work and hold up with Corian? This works well with wood but not sure about the bond between the CA and Corian. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[lsldh]

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I have glued corian to wood numerous times and it works fantastic. Turn the wood down to the brass insert and then glue on the corian that is drilled to the size of the insert. After that, turn it down to the size of the pen and finish with some scratch remover and enjoy the pen.

 

[Dalecamino]

Does this method not work for you? There are variations you can use to the sizes you need.
http://content.penturners.org/library/techniques/adding_bands_to_your_caps.pdf

Cut a tenon on a piece, to the diameter of the inside of your rings. Drill a hole in your blank, and glue all your parts together, after glue dries drill the blank and turn it.

 

[Mike D]

Chuck thanks for the link, I have used the technique you provided a link to but sometimes I will use dust or colored powder when I don't have the color I'm wanting to use and it works very well with wood. My main question is will the CA and powder bond with the Corian. I haven't used Corian before.

 

[Dolphinjon]

I don't know about the powder, but I have used CA on corian dozens of times, and it has always bonded well. I use it to glue up segmented corian blanks and to glue various trim rings to it as well. I've also glued my fingers to it numerous times, but you probably want to avoid that...

 

[Dalecamino]

Mike do you have some scrap pieces to try it out? Then let the rest of us know how it turns out. :wink: