alan morrison
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Photography is pretty bad. I've got a light box somewhere I'll have to hunt out.
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Very impressive job Alan, as usual.
I know that having light woods next to dark can cause the colours to bleed where the dark dust gets into the light wood, so how do you get around it? Is it down to wood selection and grain orientation or are there techniques when turning/sanding that help minimise it?
I’m asking because I’m considering trying out a bit of basic segmenting and I’ve got some 0.5 mm maple veneer from my guitar making days that could look really smart. As long as I don’t mess it up.
Cheers
Ash
I know that having light woods next to dark can cause the colours to bleed where the dark dust gets into the light wood, so how do you get around it? Is it down to wood selection and grain orientation or are there techniques when turning/sanding that help minimise it?
I’m asking because I’m considering trying out a bit of basic segmenting and I’ve got some 0.5 mm maple veneer from my guitar making days that could look really smart. As long as I don’t mess it up.
Cheers
Ash
alan morrison
Fellow
Ash, I posted a photograph of a recent pen on IAP earlier which was Padauk and Sycamore mainly. Padauk is really powdery when turning it and contaminates everything around it.
I minimise sanding by taking very light turns at the end with my straight carbide turned at 45 degrees.
If done well then very little sanding is required.
An application or two of sanding sealer or CA before any sanding ( Abranet )
Hope that this helps.
Looking forward to seeing your segmenting.
Alan
I minimise sanding by taking very light turns at the end with my straight carbide turned at 45 degrees.
If done well then very little sanding is required.
An application or two of sanding sealer or CA before any sanding ( Abranet )
Hope that this helps.
Looking forward to seeing your segmenting.
Alan
Hallelujahal
Graduate Member
Well that's two things I've learned today folks - I've always sanded before applying sealer
alan morrison
Fellow
Applying sealer before sanding would be the norm, Alex, though sealer first lessens colour bleed.Well that's two things I've learned today folks - I've always sanded before applying sealer
Huh? Wrong way round, surely? Sanding before sealing would be the norm in most circumstances, on a single piece of wood for instance, but applying sealer first lessens bleed in cases where there is a likelihood of colour contamination between segments of differing woods.
(sorry to be pedantic Alan)
alan morrison
Fellow
Applying sealer AFTER sanding would be the norm.
Thanks for correcting my mistake, Phil. I did not have a lot of sleep when I wrote that.
I realised it was just a typo Alan. With my moderator hat on though, I just felt I ought to set the record straight for anyone new to pen making who might be reading it.
Hallelujahal
Graduate Member
No probs I understood what Alan meant to say anyway 
Coat the blank with sanding sealer before sanding & apply s/sealer before each grit & it should stop the bleed over.