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Used a piece of maple with homemade water slide decal and 6 coats clear gloss Les dipping method.

This is another of my multi tool pens, its nothing special however I do trade in antiques and offten find vintage tables and chairs with damage or of little value and the pen was made from blanks cut from a 120 year old oak table. Finished with CA glue as I find it very durable and it has a high...

Laser inlay pattern by Kenneth Wines using Walnut Maple. Cherry and Padauk. I turned and finished with 6 coats of MINWAX Clear Satin Polyurethane using my Dipping Method to get that wood feel. I find using a Gloss finish on wood makes it look and feel too much like the plastic look that you get...

Has anyone used Yorkshire Grit and Hampshire Sheen Gloss on Pens Glen:thinks:

Hi everyone I am new to pen turning and would like your advice on finishes. I have already applied 4 coats of melamine lacquer but not sure what to use next, I would like to get a gloss finish I was thinking of using a Microcrystalline wax or mabey a friction polish would these be ok or would...

Scottish Wych Elm and African Blackwood attached to an English Sycamore base with copper wire, braided in the chuck of a cordless drill. The bowl is 5" diameter, and the block 9" x 2 1/2" x various heights. Finish is Chestnut Acrylic Gloss Lacquer.

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 horsechestnut Burr bowl 380mm diameter x 80mm deep. The blank was given to me by my good friend Basil. It is finished in citrus oil & buffed with a cactus thorn brush. Don't want a gloss on this one as reflections can hide the nice grain.

Antique Pewter pen frame with a Yellow Perch on Curly Maple. Used Testors Waterslide decal paper. Finished with 6 coats of MINWAX Clear Gloss WBOM Polyurethane using my Dipping Method. Placed fish for either right handed or left handed writers. Les

Hey guys struggling to find some info on ca glue (i did try the search bar) I have a square alumilite clear/elm blank that i want to add a super gloss finish to (newbie so unsure how possible that is) from what ive read 2/3 layers of ca glue gives a nice gloss finish but im unsure whays the...

Fly Fishing pen frame with a Brown Trout on Curly Maple. Used Testors Waterslide decal paper. Finished with 6 coats of MINWAX Clear Gloss WBOM Polyurethane using my Dipping Method. Placed fish for either right handed or left handed writers. Les

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

Inspired in part by the work of Richard Kennedy. Not a tree though, just a series of interconnecting Y's drawn freehand and pierced and burnt. Beech 9" x 1" finished in Acrylic gloss lacquer.

Chrome and Gold Double Twist dressed up in a piece of Curly Bubinga. Finished with 6 coats of MINWAX Wipe-On Clear Gloss Polyurethane using my Dipping method. Les ]

Antique Nickle and Antique Brass with barrels dressed up in Prairie Rattlesnake skin. Sanded 400 grit only, buffed with extra fine steel wool (equivalent to #000/0000) and polished with Hut Ultra Gloss. Don Ward was generous enough to give me some skins to experiment with. Les

On an Antique Nickel and an Antique Brass Lever Action. Sanded 400 git only. buffed with extra fine steel wool ( equivalent to #000/0000 ) and polished with Hut Ultra Gloss. Casting done by Don Ward. Les

Using red white and blue plastic and three Slims, I had a bit of fun segmenting with Olive, Beech and I don't know what. All were finished with ca. The photos do not show the deep gloss on them.

On a Stirling Silver Sedona Rollerball I did a while back. Finished with 6 coats of MINWAX Clear Gloss Polyurethane. Les

2 Workshop / sketch pencils in Wenge and Yew, both finished in gloss melamine lacquer and polished.