johnberb
Member
Hello,
I have just been turning pens for a few months now and thouht it might be fun to try out some Corian.
I have thus far cut the blanks to length and drilled them . I plan to make both the standard Twist Eurpean style pens.
My questions are regardin the speeds and methods I should turn this material?
Read Dick Sing's book "Pens from the Lathe" and see he uses a buffer and Tripoli polish to finish out his Corian projects but he really doesn't go in to much detail past that?
On my wood blanks I have been starting with 150 grit and finally finishing up with the foam pads that I believe go up to 1600 grit then slow down the lathe and apply "Myland's High Speed Polish" and when this is done I have a small "Apprentice" brand buffer that I use to bufr out the pen with Remassnce Was Polish and the jobs come out looking very nice.
Any help here sure would be appreciated.
Thanks so much,
I have just been turning pens for a few months now and thouht it might be fun to try out some Corian.
I have thus far cut the blanks to length and drilled them . I plan to make both the standard Twist Eurpean style pens.
My questions are regardin the speeds and methods I should turn this material?
Read Dick Sing's book "Pens from the Lathe" and see he uses a buffer and Tripoli polish to finish out his Corian projects but he really doesn't go in to much detail past that?
On my wood blanks I have been starting with 150 grit and finally finishing up with the foam pads that I believe go up to 1600 grit then slow down the lathe and apply "Myland's High Speed Polish" and when this is done I have a small "Apprentice" brand buffer that I use to bufr out the pen with Remassnce Was Polish and the jobs come out looking very nice.
Any help here sure would be appreciated.
Thanks so much,