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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.

[QUOTE="ilya, post: 30448, member: 290"] 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. [/QUOTE]

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