Conway Stewart

[flexi]

Hi all,
No1 for today's offerings is this TM Epsilon with a Cs blank I managed to squeeze out.... Its OD was spot on finish size so just a polish on the cap end
I do love this stuff, if it wasn't so awkward!

 

[Garno]

That works so well with the colours

 

[silver]

I do love the Conway Stewart blanks. In fact I may have a pic of an Epsilon just like that one.

 

[Bill Mooney]

That looks great Mark.

 

[Neil]

Mark, do let on, why is it so awkward? I have loads of these sitting in my get round to them sometime box!

 

[flexi]

Hi Neil,
i have a number of these rods, the awkwardness is that they are pre drilled and sometimes the hole can be too big for your intended kit tube or the blank isn't a big enough diameter to meet the bushes,( this one was a perfect tube fit but also a perfect size on the upper bushes, no wiggle room). It means that not all kits will fit . I have to say they are an absolute pleasure to turn and polish very easily, way easier than any modern material...

 

[Geoff Kent]

Looking good.

 

[Neil]

Cheers Mark, I started to feel that they were the worst material possible to turn, any advice on increasing the id if required?

 

[flexi]

Cheers Mark, I started to feel that they were the worst material possible to turn, any advice on increasing the id if required?

Hi Neil,
I have been able to drill the ID bigger by stepping up drill bits, but they can be a bugger to hold and if you squish them too much then you run the risk of over boring them.... Patience is the key with them, but they are sooo worth it

 

[Garno]

Patience is the key with them,

That rules me out from using them :wink: