thewishman
Member
I love the brilliant shine and rich colors of inlace acrylester, but sometimes (meaning often) have trouble with chips and brittle ends that break below the bushings. After swearing off trying the stuff, again, I had to try making a cigar pen from a beautiful molten metal blank yesterday.
Drilling was perfect (thanks to the Norseman drill bit) and turning led to the usual frustrations. The ends broke off more times that I could switch bushings, and my skew was making small chips for some reason. I was about to quit but decided to try a burl treatment to save the pen.
Using chips and dust from turning, I filled in the missing end chunk with CA. Then, sanding with 320 grit, I used CA and sanding dust to fill in the chips - like a sanding sealer. Results were better than my expectations - perfectly smooth and shiny with no evidence of repairs.
Now that I can fix my mistakes, I'll be more confident using inlace.</u> (The straight up end at the nib is the filled in chunk.)
Chris
Edited for emphasis
Drilling was perfect (thanks to the Norseman drill bit) and turning led to the usual frustrations. The ends broke off more times that I could switch bushings, and my skew was making small chips for some reason. I was about to quit but decided to try a burl treatment to save the pen.
Using chips and dust from turning, I filled in the missing end chunk with CA. Then, sanding with 320 grit, I used CA and sanding dust to fill in the chips - like a sanding sealer. Results were better than my expectations - perfectly smooth and shiny with no evidence of repairs.
Now that I can fix my mistakes, I'll be more confident using inlace.</u> (The straight up end at the nib is the filled in chunk.)
Chris
Edited for emphasis