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MRDucks2
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Ligget
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Welcome from Scotland, lovely looking blanks used on those pens!
Jim15
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Welcome Lee. Great looking pens.
Welcome from Centennial, nice pens.
Woodchipper
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Welcome to the forum. Great looking pens.
Wce274
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OZturner
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Welcome Lee, from Sydney Australia.
Congratulations on the Excellent Blanks.
Nicely Finished Pens, though I notice that the Transition to the Hardware on some of the Pens, has created a significant ridge.
That ridge will distract from craftsmanship of the Pen as displayed, and will very noticeable to the users fingers.
This is quite a common occurrence with new turners, and requires Confidence and Experience to Turn and Finish the Blank to the diameter of the Bushes, or the dimension of the fitting hardware.
I recommend that you practice on some "firewood", turning it down to the required diameter so that you will be confident when turning a Special Blank.
You might like to retain some of your early pens, and refer to them for comparison and to Gauge your Progress.
Brian.
Congratulations on the Excellent Blanks.
Nicely Finished Pens, though I notice that the Transition to the Hardware on some of the Pens, has created a significant ridge.
That ridge will distract from craftsmanship of the Pen as displayed, and will very noticeable to the users fingers.
This is quite a common occurrence with new turners, and requires Confidence and Experience to Turn and Finish the Blank to the diameter of the Bushes, or the dimension of the fitting hardware.
I recommend that you practice on some "firewood", turning it down to the required diameter so that you will be confident when turning a Special Blank.
You might like to retain some of your early pens, and refer to them for comparison and to Gauge your Progress.
Brian.
bud_008
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Welcome from Oklahoma! Those blanks look great! Nice finish and the colors are amazing.
SJScher
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Welcome from Oklahoma. Beautiful blanks.
Thanks Brian.
You are right. I seem to run into this problem, mainly on the Cigar style pens.
When I turn the blank, I turn it down to the bushings, then sand to 600grit.
After 2 layers of thin CA, I add maybe 7 layers of medium CA, the finally, 2 more of thin, before beginning sanding to 12k.
Am I maybe putting too many layers of CA on the blank? Should I turn the blank down a little further? What is the trick here?
You are right. I seem to run into this problem, mainly on the Cigar style pens.
When I turn the blank, I turn it down to the bushings, then sand to 600grit.
After 2 layers of thin CA, I add maybe 7 layers of medium CA, the finally, 2 more of thin, before beginning sanding to 12k.
Am I maybe putting too many layers of CA on the blank? Should I turn the blank down a little further? What is the trick here?
Welcome from Texas, Lee.
Nice pens & great blanks! Thanks for sharing. Be sure to post these or some other pens in the Show Off Your Pens Forum. We have a new member drawing each month from both the Introductions & the Show Off Your Pens forums, so you'll want to be sure you get into both drawings.
Edgar
Nice pens & great blanks! Thanks for sharing. Be sure to post these or some other pens in the Show Off Your Pens Forum. We have a new member drawing each month from both the Introductions & the Show Off Your Pens forums, so you'll want to be sure you get into both drawings.
Edgar