firewhatfire
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well this is about 20 pens into this pen turning world. Give me the good bad and ugly opinions on how to improve.
The segmentmented were mistakes that I worked on fixing. I have had alot of them chip out large pieces. I like a little shape to them also, I guess that shows. Most were finished to about 2000 grit and been trying different finishes looking for what works for me. If I have the paitence to leve them alone I finish them like the top one in the bottom picture (peach with tru oil gunstock finish) It actullay looks better in person than the pic.
I just got some micro mesh a couple of days ago so going to give that a try and see if the finish gets any better
Phil
Parson said:Looks good! Time to upgrade your kits though. Try a baron/nagivator/sedona kit next. Same amount of work, but the kit is much better quality and a little bigger around.
You should also try turning some acrylic or polyresin now that you've mastered woods.
Just as soon as you've done these things you'll be itching to bond some PR or acrylic segments with wood and get extra fancy!