toddlajoie
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OK, so I've got about a million questions on the finer points of turning/sizing, mainly with turning between centers using calipers and finishing with CA.
Let's say for example, your kit hardware is 0.470, what would you do?
1. Turning with tools, gouge, skew, etc. What measurement do you go to with the tools?
2. After that, sanding, roughly how much thickness do you expect to loose to sandpaper?
3. How thick do you build up the CA to?
4. What range are you happy with in the final size measurements?
I'm wondering if I'm being too anal-retentive in getting EXACTLY to the kit size.
Here's what I've been doing so far, based on the same 0.470 hypothetical kit size.
1. Tools to around 0.475
2. 400 grit sandpaper to right around 0.470
3. 600 and 800 grit sandpaper to around 0.465
4. Medium CA, usually 10 or 15 solid coats, back up to 0.480
5. Several hours of rest for the CA to fully harden. This is usually either overnight, or over the work day...)
6. Skew back down to around 0.472-3, and check for any deep ridges. If there are, go back to step 4 and repeat.
7. Micro-Mesh to 12k and Plastic Polish.
The results on this are fantastic, but the time is killing me. Building up that much CA takes a bunch of drying time and I'm wondering if I'm wasting effort trying to get within 1/1000th of the kit measurements.
I'd love to hear the details of anyone else's procedure...
Let's say for example, your kit hardware is 0.470, what would you do?
1. Turning with tools, gouge, skew, etc. What measurement do you go to with the tools?
2. After that, sanding, roughly how much thickness do you expect to loose to sandpaper?
3. How thick do you build up the CA to?
4. What range are you happy with in the final size measurements?
I'm wondering if I'm being too anal-retentive in getting EXACTLY to the kit size.
Here's what I've been doing so far, based on the same 0.470 hypothetical kit size.
1. Tools to around 0.475
2. 400 grit sandpaper to right around 0.470
3. 600 and 800 grit sandpaper to around 0.465
4. Medium CA, usually 10 or 15 solid coats, back up to 0.480
5. Several hours of rest for the CA to fully harden. This is usually either overnight, or over the work day...)
6. Skew back down to around 0.472-3, and check for any deep ridges. If there are, go back to step 4 and repeat.
7. Micro-Mesh to 12k and Plastic Polish.
The results on this are fantastic, but the time is killing me. Building up that much CA takes a bunch of drying time and I'm wondering if I'm wasting effort trying to get within 1/1000th of the kit measurements.
I'd love to hear the details of anyone else's procedure...