So this is my first pen posting here. A couple of weeks ago I posted some questions about turning TruStone and got lots of good advice and encouragement. I promised that, if successful, I would post the pen. This was actually a team effort between my 12 year old son and I (truth be told, he did most of the work). Special thanks to Snyiper for the carbide tool.....worked like a charm! Good people here on this forum.
Some lessons learned. 1) TruStone, while more difficult than anything we have turned, is doable, and I look forwar to working with it again. 2) TruStone is a bear to polish. Sanded 220, 320, 400, 600, MM, and PSI's plastic polish and it still had scratches. Mequiar's ScratchX and PlastX did the trick, 2) Carbide tools make a huge difference. Started out with HSS roughing gouge and skew......let's just say I got lots of practice sharpening! When we switched to the carbide tool, it was much easier.
I know I'm a terrible photographer....something else to work on, but these pics give the general idea.
He gets to do all the dirty work!
Thanks for looking.
Some lessons learned. 1) TruStone, while more difficult than anything we have turned, is doable, and I look forwar to working with it again. 2) TruStone is a bear to polish. Sanded 220, 320, 400, 600, MM, and PSI's plastic polish and it still had scratches. Mequiar's ScratchX and PlastX did the trick, 2) Carbide tools make a huge difference. Started out with HSS roughing gouge and skew......let's just say I got lots of practice sharpening! When we switched to the carbide tool, it was much easier.
I know I'm a terrible photographer....something else to work on, but these pics give the general idea.
He gets to do all the dirty work!
Thanks for looking.
Last edited: