acrylic

Hi all, I have been working in the workshop for the last couple of days on a couple of pen and platter projects. Obviously the temperature in there is falling fast and given the amount of rain falling, humidity is climbing. I have been having trouble trying to obtain a reasonable finish using...

Sagiter Twist white/black acrylic

This is the one I posted about while I was still finishing it, at last, have managed to complete it. Again this is a chestnut burr finished with Chestnut stains and acrylic lacquer measures 4 1/2" X 2 1/4"

Fresh off the lathe Oak and ABW the knob is white acrylic 6" tall X 4" wide Pyrography outlines and finished with airbrush paints before acrylic sander sealer and satin lacquer photographed from both sides

Hi ,Tried my first acrylic blank and drilled out on the lathe ,Does anyone find the centre then drill a small indent for the drill to follow ,No problems with wood but the acrylic must have been way off centre though it didn’t look it ,When I turned it it was way off ,Carried on to sand and...

Hi ,Going to give acrylic a go for the first time ,May be a silly question but how do you know when to change grades when sanding upto final grade ,When can you tell the grade your using Can’t get any better and you need to grade up ,Cheers all

I know you can buy acrylic pen stands but when you have the means & materials to make them yourself then it's more fun. Only thing I didn't have was an acrylic bender, just wanted something basic & a quick check on youtube sorted one out for me. Turned out I had everything I needed ut the...

A Gunmetal & Chrome Scirocco pen . made using an Black & White Acrylic twirl blank.

Hi ,Does anyone use an acrylic buffing system you can buy for the lathe with 2 wheels and blue buffing compound ,I’m going to try my first acrylic and wondering if it’s worth buying one ,Thanks

I had a thin piece of Oak which sat in the wood store for ages you know the type "I will do something with that one day". Anyway, I named this two-faced as the disc can be turned around. The centres one green and one red are from a very small burr that I cut into 1/2" thick pieces for use in...

Hi all, I have just cast some Acrylic picture embeded pen blanks and can not take the chance of water entering the ends of the tube during polishing. I think Mark mentioned something on this subject a few years ago.I have a 3 wheel buffing system and the relevent waxes. I would like to know...

Accoya bowl, 6 1/2" x 2", textured, stained, gilt cream, and acrylic paint.

Ornamental cherry which once stood in my garden. Turned from the trunk which is only 6" diameter as it was only a young tree. Finished with Acrylic sander sealer and an Acrylic gloss lacquer. Measures 6 1/2" X 4 1/2" X 3 1/2". Managed to lose the bark amongst the shavings so no chance of...

Kitless FP Black and White Acrylic #6 JOWO NIB

Sagiter Twist Black / White Acrylic

Turning some acrylic this evening, near the end before sanding the acrylic decided to shatter ! Luckily safety glasses on as bits pinged into my face. Now I’m not sure if it was poor coverage of gorilla glue or what. Cleaned it all off and popped the tube in some wood instead with a Bostic...

Made this from Field maple burnt decoration then ebonised foot and finial finished with acrylic sander sealer followed by an acrylic satin finish

So started turning an acrylic this afternoon with a pre made carbon fibre centre. All has gone normal turning but now trying to polish it bright I can’t get it to shine. It’s my 6th pen ever so be gentle. I’ve used 400 800 and 2000 paper wet And acrylic buffing pads. Please help. Making it for...

This time Acrylic ones.. Lons few more to see the idea of that they look like Pen kit - Chrome dog pen Blank - red/black and white acrylic (Timberbits) Finish - MM to 3200, TCut, MM to 12000 and final polish Pen kit - Chrome dog pen Blank - Red acrylic. Finish - MM to 3200, TCut...

Epsilon Gold and silver acrylic Pen kit - Epsilon Gold plated Blank - Gold and silver Acrylic Finish - through the MM's and final polish