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Divided he ad:
Don't really do wooden ones.... It splinters and shatters in my experience! Probably cause I use a metal lathe?

The two I have made, one was finished with bees wax. The other was a stabilised buck eye burl.

Meaning it was resin impregnated and baked till the resin set. Makes the thing much easier to turn and polish using my metal lathe.

I use emery tape in lowering grits on all the ones I polish. The wood stopped at 400 grit for me. The stabilised one and acrylics all go right through to 1200 grit wet n dry.

Then a couple of runs with micro mesh to 12000 grit!!

Lots of videos on you tub with hundreds of different techniques to see :thumbup:

Ralph.

ddoyle:

--- Quote from: Divided he ad on June 09, 2014, 07:29:47 PM ---Don't really do wooden ones.... It splinters and shatters in my experience! Probably cause I use a metal lathe?

The two I have made, one was finished with bees wax. The other was a stabilised buck eye burl.

Meaning it was resin impregnated and baked till the resin set. Makes the thing much easier to turn and polish using my metal lathe.

I use emery tape in lowering grits on all the ones I polish. The wood stopped at 400 grit for me. The stabilised one and acrylics all go right through to 1200 grit wet n dry.

Then a couple of runs with micro mesh to 12000 grit!!

Lots of videos on you tub with hundreds of different techniques to see :thumbup:

Ralph.

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Yeah...and I've probably watched 95% of them :). Hate to hear about your difficulty with turning wood on your metal lathe, because both kits I ordered I got wood blanks for them....and I am going to be turning them on a 7x10 Mini Lathe(metal). What do you used as a tool rest on your lathe when doing the pens? I got a 1' x 1/2" square bar that I was gonna put in my tool holder to try doing it. Any pointers or suggestions before I get started would be HUGELY appreciated.

efrench:

--- Quote from: Divided he ad on June 09, 2014, 07:29:47 PM ---Don't really do wooden ones.... It splinters and shatters in my experience! Probably cause I use a metal lathe?

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I turn wood occasionally on my metal lathe, but I usually use wood turning hand tools. If you're using regular metal cutting bits held in the toolpost, then you need to experiment with the shape and how the tool is presented to the wood. In other words, plunging the bit straight in on the centerline will give you a scraping cut which tends to tear out a lot.

One way to minimize tearout is to apply a coat of shellac or boiled linseed oil before each cut (depends on how deep it soaks in). The boiled linseed oil doesn't have to dry or cure for it to affect the cut.

p.s. See the tangential tool thread for a possible solution.

ddoyle:

--- Quote from: efrench on June 10, 2014, 01:34:02 AM ---
--- Quote from: Divided he ad on June 09, 2014, 07:29:47 PM ---Don't really do wooden ones.... It splinters and shatters in my experience! Probably cause I use a metal lathe?

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I turn wood occasionally on my metal lathe, but I usually use wood turning hand tools. If you're using regular metal cutting bits held in the toolpost, then you need to experiment with the shape and how the tool is presented to the wood. In other words, plunging the bit straight in on the centerline will give you a scraping cut which tends to tear out a lot.

One way to minimize tearout is to apply a coat of shellac or boiled linseed oil before each cut (depends on how deep it soaks in). The boiled linseed oil doesn't have to dry or cure for it to affect the cut.

p.s. See the tangential tool thread for a possible solution.

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I too will be using wood turning tools, hopefully that will make the difference :)

texta:
very nice pens mate , it gets addictive and you will be constantly trying to come up with a new style or material .one thing i have learned is dont make them all to suit what you like cos i have made a few that i hated and some one else loved em .i have been making pens for quite a few years , must of sold 5 or 6 hundred of em i would think . the wife used to keep an exercise book with all the sales in but she gave up half way through the book and no longer keeps a record of them .
try some celtic knot type pens , they are a bit of a challenge .

johno.

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