Adillo303
Member
I tried my first pen with a copper inlay.
I made a sandwich of black walnut / Copper / Hard white Maple. I glued with 5 minute epoxy, clamped it and let it sit half an hour. It seemed to go well, or so I thought.
I took my blank and cut a diagonal, laid the sandwich in the cut, used 5 minutes epoxy, clamped and let sit half hour. It looked good, felt solid, so I thought that I would drill it and let it sit overnight.
While drilling, the sandwich came apart between the copper and the black walnut. That particular joint had over an hour to set.
Any suggestions as to what I did wrong and what I should do to make this work would be appreciated.
Thank you
Andy
I made a sandwich of black walnut / Copper / Hard white Maple. I glued with 5 minute epoxy, clamped it and let it sit half an hour. It seemed to go well, or so I thought.
I took my blank and cut a diagonal, laid the sandwich in the cut, used 5 minutes epoxy, clamped and let sit half hour. It looked good, felt solid, so I thought that I would drill it and let it sit overnight.
While drilling, the sandwich came apart between the copper and the black walnut. That particular joint had over an hour to set.
Any suggestions as to what I did wrong and what I should do to make this work would be appreciated.
Thank you
Andy