First ever acrylic pen

[mattkemp]

This has been a material that has caused me a lot of frustration but finally after 4 cock ups I managed to produce this but not sure if you can see it but you can see the tubes through the acrylic is there a solution for this? Any help would be gratefully received I had considered spraying the tubes to match acrylic on next one but not sure if it would be any better






Cheers


Matt

 

[Buckeye]

Well done on your first acrylic

Paint the inside of the blank rather than the tube, with really translucent blanks you can see the glue if you just paint the tube. Using white or black paint can alter the appearance of the blank radically.

Peter

 

[angelo49]

Nicely done, Matt
My ''first'' acrylic was about the 8th one I turned.

 

[Bill Mooney]

A good start Matt.

 

[wm460]

Great looking pen Matt.

 

[Penpal]

Man they are messy to turn I think you did well mate the see through part can be easily eliminated sometimes hard to tell beforehand.

Peter.

 

[Bammer]

Think my first 6 or so acrylic had just that problem Matt, this whole pen turning addiction is just one learning curve after another

looks good to me

 

[qquake2k]

Some acrylic blanks are very translucent. You can paint the tubes, color the epoxy, and/or paint the inside of the blank(s).

 

[fortress]

A very good first acrylic pen Matt, well done Sir.

 

[Scots Bill]

Think the general advice seems to spray the tubes. I did two with the tubes and C.A. very visible, damned annoying, but we learn fastest by our errors. Great job just the same. I personally often replace the provided central ring with a contrasting piece of acrylic, or aluminium if the kit matches it. Just a thought, avoids the wasp waist effect.

 

[Scots Bill]

Good tips mate, well presented. great pen by the way.

 

[Doug]

Nice first acrylic Matt

 

[chas_41_uk]

Good first acrylic

 

[Woody]

Your on your way now Matt well done plenty of good advice to help you on your way mate happy turning

 

[woodhacker]

Nice pen Matt. on some blanks seeing the tube enhances the appearance

 

[edlea]

Its a good first effort Matt

 

[mattkemp]

Thanks everybody I am going try colouring the blank and tubes on next one :whistler:

 

[Les ELm]

Well done.

Les

 

[Penpal]

Eventually a listed approach to this problem for the library would be a ripper especially with pics.

Peter.

 

[Jim]

That is a good effort Mark, small cuts and sharp tools is the answer with Acrylics .. :wink: