I have a few pieces of shaft. About 1.75" dia. or so. I am going to try and make some interesting to look at doodads. I started out just messing around. Our Crock pot needed a new handle for the lid. So I thought I'd make me one. I was reading where you can "Fire polish" acrylic. I turned down my knob then sanded it with 220 grit paper then some 000 steel wool. Then I got out the torch
![:doh:](https://madmodder.net/Smileys/default/doh-45.gif)
It started out really good. It doesn't take much. I had it spinning in the lathe and the outside kind of flared up
![:zap:](https://madmodder.net/Smileys/default/electricf.gif)
The surface had kind of bubbled up a little. I kind of liked the way it looked so I carefully set it on fire again so it would be more even. Here is the results.
![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/Powderkeg3418/Crockpotlid001.jpg)
![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/Powderkeg3418/Crockpotlid002.jpg)
The Miss' was pretty happy with it so I scored some points there\o/ I still need to get a bolt and mount it.
I'm trying to make a couple special cutters for my next doodad so stay tuned.
~Wes~