dustmaker
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Hello,
I've been a wood worker for many, many years, but just got my first lathe a couple weeks ago...bought a pen starter kit from PSI. I am hooked! :embarrassed: First thing I did was toss the shellawax and started watching youtube videos, where I discovered CA finishing techniques. It took a while to get the hang of it but I think I have it down now. Made about 35 slimlines over the past couple weeks and decided last evening to try something a bit more interesting...its a Sierra click in box elder burl. Two coats of thin CA to seal and then about 6 coats of medium CA...the box elder had some voids I needed to fill. MM down to 12000 and then triple buff on Beall. This maybe overkill and I welcome comments, but I am pretty happy with the result. I consider this my first real pen! (I do need to work on my pen photography too!) I found this list and started reading yesterday afternoon...it helped me fix a couple of "problems" already...so thanks in advance.
- Frank
I've been a wood worker for many, many years, but just got my first lathe a couple weeks ago...bought a pen starter kit from PSI. I am hooked! :embarrassed: First thing I did was toss the shellawax and started watching youtube videos, where I discovered CA finishing techniques. It took a while to get the hang of it but I think I have it down now. Made about 35 slimlines over the past couple weeks and decided last evening to try something a bit more interesting...its a Sierra click in box elder burl. Two coats of thin CA to seal and then about 6 coats of medium CA...the box elder had some voids I needed to fill. MM down to 12000 and then triple buff on Beall. This maybe overkill and I welcome comments, but I am pretty happy with the result. I consider this my first real pen! (I do need to work on my pen photography too!) I found this list and started reading yesterday afternoon...it helped me fix a couple of "problems" already...so thanks in advance.
- Frank
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