egnald
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Hello all:
Thank you for your opinions and comments on yesterday's thread about my segmented blank experiment. I took advantage of your generosity and have put together version 2.0 of the blank. Here is what I did differently:
1) I turned the Cocobolo round so I could have a good look at the grain pattern and direction.
2) I found an old LP and cut it into strips and pieces to use as a separator between the segments.
3) I put the "spectraply" segment in the middle of the Cocobolo instead of on one end.
4) I added a drop of black acrylic paint to my epoxy when I mixed it.
So, version 2.0 is in my segmenting alignment fixture until tomorrow when I can drill and turn it.
(Usually I would glue the tube in with epoxy also which adds another day, but since this is more of an experiment I will glue it in with CA).
I'm looking forward to seeing how it turns out.
Regards,
Dave
PS The black separator looks much wider than it really is because of the black epoxy that squeezed out onto the blanks.
Thank you for your opinions and comments on yesterday's thread about my segmented blank experiment. I took advantage of your generosity and have put together version 2.0 of the blank. Here is what I did differently:
1) I turned the Cocobolo round so I could have a good look at the grain pattern and direction.
2) I found an old LP and cut it into strips and pieces to use as a separator between the segments.
3) I put the "spectraply" segment in the middle of the Cocobolo instead of on one end.
4) I added a drop of black acrylic paint to my epoxy when I mixed it.
So, version 2.0 is in my segmenting alignment fixture until tomorrow when I can drill and turn it.
(Usually I would glue the tube in with epoxy also which adds another day, but since this is more of an experiment I will glue it in with CA).
I'm looking forward to seeing how it turns out.
Regards,
Dave
PS The black separator looks much wider than it really is because of the black epoxy that squeezed out onto the blanks.