Did my first casting yesterday morning and turned them today.
http://www.penturners.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=34846
This was also my first ever attempt to turn anything other than wood.
Making the blanks was realy easy, but turning the pens I ran into two problems,
First, for the first time ever the tubes came loose. I used a different glue this time. Normally I use Gorilla Glue, but since that depends on swabbing the wood with water and the PR does not wet like wood, I used thick CA. This was the first slim that I've turned and the tubes seemed a bit looser in the blank than I am used to on other kits (I used a J bit). So I'm not sure if it was the loose fit or the wrong glue for this material.
Second, I was never able to get the scratches that the first grit of sand paper put in. I wet sanded 180, 240, 320, 400 then MM wet 3,200 through 12,000 followed up with HUT Ultra Gloss Plastic Polish. Is PR nomrally harder to get the scratches of of then wood?
http://www.penturners.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=34846
This was also my first ever attempt to turn anything other than wood.
Making the blanks was realy easy, but turning the pens I ran into two problems,
First, for the first time ever the tubes came loose. I used a different glue this time. Normally I use Gorilla Glue, but since that depends on swabbing the wood with water and the PR does not wet like wood, I used thick CA. This was the first slim that I've turned and the tubes seemed a bit looser in the blank than I am used to on other kits (I used a J bit). So I'm not sure if it was the loose fit or the wrong glue for this material.
Second, I was never able to get the scratches that the first grit of sand paper put in. I wet sanded 180, 240, 320, 400 then MM wet 3,200 through 12,000 followed up with HUT Ultra Gloss Plastic Polish. Is PR nomrally harder to get the scratches of of then wood?