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Carl Fisher

Carl Fisher

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...blank I have cut or turned yet has to be Acrylic Acetate. The stuff actually gives me a headache and smells so bad even through my filter mask.
 
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You guys should have had my job as a crime scene tech. ALL this stuff smells GOOOOOOOD! Even gator jaw, deer antler, ebonite, stabelized jock straps, etc. Nothing smells like a three week old cadaver in mid July. Just turn, turn, turn, inhale, inhale, inhale, Tell yourself it smells good, then take a deep breath, stand in front of a mirror, look yourself in the eye and in the most masculine voice you can muster say "LIAR"!!!!! :eek::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:
 
I am used to it now, but it does smell nasty. A girl told me it smells like a nail salon when i turned a pen in class. But you can always use a respirator and not smell a thing.
 
Lucky2 said:
Thanks for the warning, from a new turner. I think that I'll be staying away from that stuff.
Len
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You may want to form your own opinion. Just buy one and see, it's only $3 or so. I wasn't joking when I said it smells sorta like berries to me.
 
Gator to me has always been the worse, not so much when turning but when cutting, can't compare it to Joe's stalized jock as I flat refuse to smell it:wink::biggrin:
 
my biggest issue with acrylic acetate is the smell AFTER it's finished. I got a pen in a swap last christmas and EVERY time I open it to use it I get a big whiff of that smell.
 
Yeah - what do you do to get rid of the smell? I've run one pen through an ultrasonic cleaner with soapy ammonia water and it helped some... but not enough. It's like all the rough surfaces just offgas constantly.
 
joefyffe said:
You guys should have had my job as a crime scene tech. ALL this stuff smells GOOOOOOOD! Even gator jaw, deer antler, ebonite, stabelized jock straps, etc. Nothing smells like a three week old cadaver in mid July. Just turn, turn, turn, inhale, inhale, inhale, Tell yourself it smells good, then take a deep breath, stand in front of a mirror, look yourself in the eye and in the most masculine voice you can muster say "LIAR"!!!!! :eek::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:
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when I was in college, I volunteered for the Marine Mammal Stranding Network.

they never called us out for the live ones.
 
Brooks803 said:
my biggest issue with acrylic acetate is the smell AFTER it's finished. I got a pen in a swap last christmas and EVERY time I open it to use it I get a big whiff of that smell.
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Jeez, there must be different types of acrylic acetate or something because I don't notice any smell on the pen after it's completed. The ones I use originate from Berea Hardwoods. The only smell I get is while drilling or turning and I wouldn't really call it foul smelling.

Berea Hardwood Acrylic Acetate Pen Blanks
 
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