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I'm a complete newbie to this pen turning malarky and have to date only spun up a couple of Slimline kits from Axminster. I did though, have a tutorial from my pal Andy Pickard who showed me how it's done and moreover what kit to purchase and what to avoid. He uses O2 Medium CA and achieved what I thought were impressive results, so I tried it on my first pens. The barrels are sanded to 600g inc parallel to the lathe bed and then six thin coats of medium O2 CA applied, sanding carefully between each coat with 600g Abranet; lathe speed set at 600rpm. When the finish has fully hardened, the barrels are sanded with 1000g wet n'dry, then a decent application of Yorkshire Grit. The final polish is achieved with T Cut and then finally buffed with a soft duster. As advised by Andy, the ends of each were carefully sanded on wet/dry paper to remove any hardened CA frass before assembly in the pen press.

Perhaps the worst aspect of finishing with CA is the fumes given off. I needed to apply each coat quite rapidly, switch the lathe off and then make a bee line for the door and fresh air! - Rob

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<blockquote data-quote="Rob Stoakley" data-source="post: 368039" data-attributes="member: 1521">I&#039;m a complete newbie to this pen turning malarky and have to date only spun up a couple of Slimline kits from Axminster.&nbsp; I did though, have a tutorial from my pal Andy Pickard who showed me how it&#039;s done and moreover what kit to purchase and what to avoid.&nbsp; He uses O2 Medium CA and achieved what I thought were impressive results, so I tried it on my first pens.&nbsp; The barrels are sanded to 600g inc parallel to the lathe bed and then six thin coats of medium O2 CA applied, sanding carefully between each coat with 600g Abranet; lathe speed set at 600rpm.&nbsp; When the finish has fully hardened, the barrels are sanded with 1000g wet n&#039;dry, then a decent application of Yorkshire Grit.&nbsp; The final polish is achieved with T Cut and then finally buffed with a soft duster.&nbsp; As advised by Andy, the ends of each were carefully sanded on wet/dry paper to remove any hardened CA frass before assembly in the pen press.Perhaps the worst aspect of finishing with CA is the fumes given off.&nbsp; I needed to apply each coat quite rapidly, switch the lathe off and then make a bee line for the door and fresh air! - Rob &nbsp;[ATTACH=full]51590[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rob Stoakley, post: 368039, member: 1521"] I'm a complete newbie to this pen turning malarky and have to date only spun up a couple of Slimline kits from Axminster. I did though, have a tutorial from my pal Andy Pickard who showed me how it's done and moreover what kit to purchase and what to avoid. He uses O2 Medium CA and achieved what I thought were impressive results, so I tried it on my first pens. The barrels are sanded to 600g inc parallel to the lathe bed and then six thin coats of medium O2 CA applied, sanding carefully between each coat with 600g Abranet; lathe speed set at 600rpm. When the finish has fully hardened, the barrels are sanded with 1000g wet n'dry, then a decent application of Yorkshire Grit. The final polish is achieved with T Cut and then finally buffed with a soft duster. As advised by Andy, the ends of each were carefully sanded on wet/dry paper to remove any hardened CA frass before assembly in the pen press. Perhaps the worst aspect of finishing with CA is the fumes given off. I needed to apply each coat quite rapidly, switch the lathe off and then make a bee line for the door and fresh air! - Rob [ATTACH type="full"]51590[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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