Bolt action pen in padauk

[ilya]

Simple grain timber, but I like its colour.

 

[Terry]

Lovely work Ilya. Nice finish!!!

 

[yorkshireman]

Nice wood Ilya, suits the kit

keith

 

[ilya]

Thank you for your comments. The finish is CA, I just chose the light so that the grain is visible on that photo. Here is another photo of that pen to sort of show finish. Finally I am getting consistent results with CA.

 

[Doug]

Lovely workmanship & a great finish there Ilya

 

[Woody]

Very well turned and finished good choice of wood

 

[Penpal]

ILya,

Know exactly how soft lighting knocks out shine happened to me this morning with cocobolo. The red is beautiful, like that combination.

Kind regards Peter.

 

[Jim]

A super pen ilya, a great choice of wood that shows off really nice with the gun metal accents .. The finish is superb ...

 

[stevenw1963]

One nicely turned pen, the wood & finish looks good on that

 

[dotslad]

Another bute well done sir

 

[edlea]

Super pen Ilya ...don't think you will improve much on that finish as it looks absolutely perfect.

How many coats of CA did you use ?

 

[bluntchisel]

Nice work with that beautiful finish, Ilya! Stunning!!!

Bob.

 

[ilya]

How many coats of CA did you use ?

I don't have any fixed number of CA coats that I put on. In order to have a better size match of the blank to the kit, I usually turn timber just under the size of the kit, then make enough coats of CA to have the diameter larger than the kit by about 0.1mm. Then I lightly sand and polish CA trying to make the finished pen within 0.02mm of specs. This doesn't work every time, but I am getting better with this. Usually I end up with 10 to 15 layers of CA.

 

[rowdyyates115]

Lovely Pen Ilya, the finish is superb.
This is of my favorite pen kits

 

[paulm]

Lovely pen, well turned with a super finish