Trustone Practice = Fun in the shop

[Justturnin]

A few weeks ago I posted that I was looking for some trustone scraps to practice on. Well Danny (jd99) and Richard (randbcrafts) came through. Well today I was finally able to chuck some up and make something to try it out. I still have a few more pieces to try out and one M3 piece. I picked up some Acorn caps a while back to use my pen blank scraps on and figured what better way to display than this.

I sanded the Trustone to 600 then polished w/ huts ultra high gloss.

 

[NYWoodturner]

Pretty darned creative Chris !

 

[holmqer]

Nice idea!

 

[76winger]

Sweet!

 

[Ruby pen turning]

HA! to cool.... you must have to much time on your mind to think up something like this.

 

[18111]

What a great idea! I'm gonna do the same.... I don't have any plastic turned yet.

 

[WildThings]

Dude those are awesome - ya gotta bring them Saturday to show off!!

 

[crabcreekind]

Very cool, How did you hold the blank?

 

[Justturnin]

Thanks everyone. I wish I could claim the idea as my own but I have seen it here once before. That was what made me buy the caps a long time ago.

As far as how. I turned a piece of scrap 5/8" round and placed it in my collet chuck and CA'ed the scrap piece on. Could be done w/ a chuck or even some scrap on a face plate, glue block what ever you have. They took about 5 mins each to finish and a little med CA to hold them in. Used my calipers to size.

 

[renowb]

Those are really cool Chris.

 

[GoatRider]

Your nuts. ;^)

 

[McBryde]

Definately a different idea, and they are cool looking!

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