ribbons

Todays silly question live from Dronfield is, When turning things in wood I have noticed that I only seem to make fine dust and no ribbons whilst making whatever it is, this is not only on pens but bowls as well. If I am turning acrylic pens I do get ribbons albeit very thin and narrow ones...

Well....we all start on slims and we all think we graduate to "better" pens.....I fought long and hard on one of these the other Maple came off in ribbons, like acrylic...lol Both finished in melamine:whistling::whistling:

Well Guys.... It always pays to be nice and i like to think were very nice on here... So i did Bammer a favour and in return he sent me one of his stunning watch piece blanks.... It turned very easy with loads of ribbons being produced...he included a blank depth so i didn't go too deep on the...

I have a Lucitylic blank from Exotic Blanks in baby blue, and a version in pink from Rockler. They have white ribbons in very translucent resin. Initially, I was going to paint the tubes and blank with white. But I'm afraid that would make the ribbons hard to see. But would painting them baby...