Parapan Sierra.

[fortress]

They sent me six Parapan samples, only one 18mm the rest 3mm.
I used the Anthracite and a small piece of pearly gates to make the blank.
It's a bit plain, but it polished up ok.

 

[edlea]

Nice one John ..a great piece of turning and finishing going on there.

 

[angelo49]

Nicely done
Great finish

 

[Themackay]

Looks good John,is the parapan just a plain coloured material

 

[fortress]

Yes Alan, there is a link to their site somewhere (search Parapan) you can choose what colour samples you want and thickness,
18mm or 4mm, out of the 6 I ordered, I only got 1 x 18mm the rest 4mm.
There are some nice colours to choose from.

 

[Bill Mooney]

Looks nicely finished John. I'm waiting of my samples coming. It seems to work well.

 

[Les ELm]

Looks well turned and finished.

Les

 

[Lons]

Yes Alan, there is a link to their site somewhere (search Parapan) you can choose what colour samples you want and thickness,
18mm or 4mm, out of the 6 I ordered, I only got 1 x 18mm the rest 4mm.
There are some nice colours to choose from.

They sent me a sample pack including 2 @ 18mm and the rest 4 mm but ignored my colour request. The 18 mm is not especially attractive so will probably use it for bushes and cones. I guess I got the pack because I used the company details on the request.

 

[Buckeye]

It's well turned and finished

Was the anthracite that size or did you cut it down? Parapan does polish up really well, was the anthracite they sent you only that size? The 3 pieces I had originally are 130mm x 60mm x 18mm and the 4 they sent me this time are 100mm x 100mm x 4mm which can be glues together if I can be bothered.

Peter

 

[bassethound]

Looks very nice turning and finishing to me John..

 

[fortress]

Peter,they sent me the Anthracite 100mm x 100mm x 18mm, I just ripped it to square.
The others are the same size but only 4mm thick.

 

[Jim]

Nicely turned and finished John ..

 

[nimrod]

Thought I wouldn't be greedy and only asked for 3 samples got an anthracite 18mm and black and red 4mm, still I suppose it's ok for free.

Robin

 

[chas_41_uk]

A nicely turned and finished pen John

 

[wm460]

Great looking pen John.

 

[Penpal]

Interesting way to go I have enough timber really prefer that. Nice to experiment with so many materials thanks for sharing. PS the swap is on with the IAP right now.

Peter