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2 omegas

Alanp

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2 new omegas turned this morning

Omega in a GW hybrid blank

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2nd in Thuya Burr

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Alanp

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i wasn't to keen on the hybrid blank myself until i finished it but now i really like it the wife took a fancy to it so it went into its hiding place.

heres the link Baldy Pen blanks
 
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Both very nice. I've got one GW's blanks to do for the wife but I keep putting it off as I hate doing a CA finish. I've done 2 this week just because of cracks in the wood after turning and on both occasions it lifted away from the blank when I assembled the pen. Unless anyone has any tips on something else I can use to finish a GW blank?
 
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Thanks for the link.. now saved and going to keep an eye as all the ones I saw and thought wow are sold..
 
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these look great, thank you for showing them and posting the link


rayf6604 said:
Both very nice. I've got one GW's blanks to do for the wife but I keep putting it off as I hate doing a CA finish. I've done 2 this week just because of cracks in the wood after turning and on both occasions it lifted away from the blank when I assembled the pen. Unless anyone has any tips on something else I can use to finish a GW blank?
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what grit are you sanding to? when CA lifts its usually a sign of old CA or too fine a grit so it cant adhere well, i stop at 600grit then apply CA.

you can use a number of different finish's, acrylic lacquer works well as does melamine let them cure then gently buff to a satin or very high gloss shine, another option is just buffing which i use 3 mops for then ren wax.
 
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The Thuya is a cracker.

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Two very nice Omegas Alan. Both are well turned and finished :thumbs:
I usually like Georges hybrids, but I'm not keep on the colour mix on this one (sorry George) :whistling:
But the Thuya burr is superb :love_it:
 
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