Mikey
Member
For those who make pens from Lucite, is there a tip to drilling that normally wouldn't be needed with regular resins and acrylics?
I ask because I got some Lucite from Pipemakers and tried to make a few pens last night. Drilled fine, painted everything and glued tubes in ok. Turned like a dream, but when I buffed it up, I found what looked like thousands of little cracks just below the surface between where the tubes would be glued in and the next 1/16" or so of Lucite.
Is it possible that I drilled too fast and didn't use water?
I coated the inside of a blank I cracked part way with some thin CA and hope to mount a small piece and turn so I can see if maybe I just need to coat the inside surface with CA to fill those little spider web gaps.
FWIW, the blank now looks like a cactus blank but instead of large pores, everything is on a micro level x1000
I ask because I got some Lucite from Pipemakers and tried to make a few pens last night. Drilled fine, painted everything and glued tubes in ok. Turned like a dream, but when I buffed it up, I found what looked like thousands of little cracks just below the surface between where the tubes would be glued in and the next 1/16" or so of Lucite.
Is it possible that I drilled too fast and didn't use water?
I coated the inside of a blank I cracked part way with some thin CA and hope to mount a small piece and turn so I can see if maybe I just need to coat the inside surface with CA to fill those little spider web gaps.
FWIW, the blank now looks like a cactus blank but instead of large pores, everything is on a micro level x1000