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Is it only me that while the melamine is drying does something else then eventually forgets how many coats your up to ? So made myself a little counter ? Kevin :banana:

The ornamental Apple tree in the front garden was felled last Friday due to it being dead or dying. Couldn't resist turning a little bit yesterday afternoon, and after a few coats of food safe oil it should be properly dry tomorrow.

Blue Line Sierra Click. My decal over home brew white resin 5 coats Les's Dip Method

By Kenneth Wines on a Black Chrome Canadian Maple Leaf series Sierra. Turned then finished with 6 coats of MINWAX WBOM Clear Satin Polyurethane using my Dipping Method. Les

Canadian Maple Leaf Sierra with one of Kenneth Wines pen blanks. Turned and finished with 6 coats of MINWAX WBOM Clear Satin Polyurethane using my dipping method. Les

Black Titanium/Chrome Sierra with one of Kenneth Wines pen blanks. Turned and finished with 6 coats of MINWAX WBOM Clear Satin Polyurethane using my dipping method. Les

Still have no clue what this wood is but I'm enjoying making a few pens with it. This is my first fairly successful attempt at a CA finish. Please feel free to give me any hints and tips for CA finishing. All I did was 3 coats of thin, 2 of thick then sanded from 600 to 3600 and hit it with...

This is part of the second order from this particular customer. His family had to fell a laburnum, so everyone must have a pen (obviously). This is a gold and gunmetal Sirocco made from some of the laburnum he sent me. It's finished with tung oil, which after a few coats, although the result is...

Lapua Magnum Twist Action Rifle Cartridge Pens. Used actual casing and bullet for nibs that accept Cross refills. Top sections are shed deer antler with waterslide decal of Bull Moose and Big Horn Ram. Finished with 6 coats of MINWAX Clear Satin Polyurethane using my Dipping Method. Brass and...

We'll back in the shed and turned my second pen. Remembered to trim blanks before starting to turn !! Used a couple of costs of thin CA followed by a few coats of super thin CA and wet sanded for longer came out good I think, even used it for a birthday present!!

An 11" square bowl, Idigbo/Iroko, 3 1/4" deep. Sanded to 320 and finished with danish oil, 3 coats.

Dressed up in a piece of non Stabilized Black Ash Burl. Finished with 6 coats of MINWAX Clear Satin Polyurethane using my Dipping Method. Les

Silver with Titanium Gold accents dressed up in a piece of Amboyna Burl. Finished with 8 coats of MINWAX WBOM Clear Gloss Polyurethane using my Dipping Method. Les

Canadian Maple Leaf Sierra with a Ken Wines Herring Bone Laser Cut Inlay. Finished with 6 coats of MINWAX WBOM Clear Gloss Polyurethane using my Dipping Method. Les

A laser cut inlay blank by Kenneth Wiens. On a Canadian Maple Leaf Black Enamel Sierra. I finished with 6 coats of MINWAX Clear Satin Polyurethane. Les

This is my Shakespere fountain pen made with a blank of Moose poo... Its been sanitized and stabalised but is still a little porous so it got a few coats of CA

Haven't turned a pen in awhile. Been busy with other things. These serpentines represent colours of a couple NFL teams. Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears. Both are birds eye Maple. Normally I would flood 3-5 coats of thin ca then 5 coats of medium ca and sand/polish. This time I applied...

Some pen blanks for the Fly Fisherman pen frame. Waterslide decals on Curly and Birdseye Maple. Finished with 6 coats of MINWAX Clear Gloss WBOM Polyurethane using my Dipping Method. Les

Doing up a few more Antique Brass Lever Action's using Curly Maple and Testors Waterslide Decal paper. Finished with 6 coats of MINWAX Clear Satin Polyurethane using my Dipping Method. Les

First I would like to thank you for your comments on my Tempest pens. I use Stick Fast CA. Start by applying a couple coats of thin just to seal the wood. Next I wipe on 5 coats (min) of medium. I apply with a piece of folded paper towel. To apply the medium CA I put a drop on the towel and...