DuraClick EDC in Petrified Wood

[dcameraman]

Absolutely amazing petrified wood.
Very hard . . . mohs 7.
Polishes up to a very nice gloss.

Thanks for looking!

 

[WarEagle90]

Fine looking pen, Josh. I like the Duraclick kit.

 

[mark james]

Your work is amazing! These are not easy materials!!!!!!! Well done.

 

[qquake]

Very cool!

 

[Jim15]

Awesome pen.

 

[magpens]

Very lovely pen !!!

 

[johncrane]

well done Josh! looks great

 

[J_B]

Did you have to use a lubricant ?I have seen some guys that had to do this with turning some stone materials

 

[dcameraman]

Did you have to use a lubricant ?I have seen some guys that had to do this with turning some stone materials

I don't turn these on a lathe. I do some operations on my metal lathe, but most of the work is done on other machines.
Diamond slab saw, lubricated with mineral oil.
Diamond core drills, lubricated with water.
Grinding and polishing wheels, lubricated with water / oil mix.

Hope that helps.

 

[J_B]

Aha!! Thank you, that does help. Beautiful work BTW I had a friend of my in MO that turned Granite and some soapstone on his lathe and he used some type of light oil and he always stated how messy it was.