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This is the first time I have turned a click pen because of all the bad press given to click pens in the past. The Tempest I find is a superb pen and I have finished it off in an Azure acrylic and polished with Farecla profile 300 and 500.
Firstly apols for including a pic of an acrylic pen in this sub forum!!! They come as a pair lol.
A stablised coloured sycamore Tempest from Scott Walkers stable of blanks along with it's pal wearing an acrylic coat.
Really like the way these stabilised blanks come out, first time I've turned...
I've mentioned before about the struggles I've had trying to get a good polish on polyurethane resin. I've tried numerous polishing compounds and nothing has ever brought it anywhere close to the shine that it is possible to get on a commercial acrylic blank.
I had previously been mostly...
Just had the 20mm thick acrylic lid on our vacuum chamber shatter whilst stabilising some pen blanks, anyone have any suggestions on where we could purchase a piece of 30mm or even 40mm thick acrylic & have it machined? Not sure on trying to machine a piece myself as if it goes wrong it's a...
Had a lot of promised turnings to do and finally caught up.
Sorry for the long post.
Bling Pen. Truestone Maroon and Gold Matrix.
Fly fishing (no competition for Les). Carbon Fibre and acrylic.
Bullet. Camo.
(must try to get better piccys.
These Mistrals were donated by Phil Dart as part of the Royal pens.
The first pen is dressed in Spalted Silver Birch.
The second pen is dressed in Purple Yew with sapwood donated by Mike Kennedy.
They are both finished in acrylic lacquer & buffed with Farecla 300 & 500.
I've mostly been working with acrylic recently, but I was wanting to turn a longer pen and all of my acrylic blanks were too short, so I found out this piece of Ziricote and turned an oblique dip pen holder. Finished with CA. I'm still not very confident with my turning on anything but the...
Black titanium & Titanium gold Sigma Duo pen.
Comes with both Fountain pen & Rollerball fittings.
Made using a Hybrid blank using Mallee Burr & Red Acrylic.
Finished with Shellac Friction polish and Renaissance Wax
Hi
This is my first post on this section.
I have learnt alot reading the posts in this section. Many thanks.
Im new to casting and have only tried Decals. I water transfer onto the barrels, seal with acrylic clear, cast in silicon moulds, and machine and polish on the lathe.
These are some...
I'm looking to make some shaving brushes and would like to get some suitable acrylic blanks but can't find anything in UK. Can anyone point me in the right direction (don't really want to go down the route of making them)