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Another dafty question by yours truly. For those of you that use CA as a finish do you use the thin or the medium type? I only ask this as applying the 5 coats of thin yesterday to a pen seemed easier than when I have attempted (and mostly failed) to use the medium. Not sure if it was my...

I am in the need of a new turners' smock. The one I have been using for a couple of years is now (sadly) coming to the end of its days. Glue, paint, cuts and tears have taken their toll. It is an Axminster one which has been OK but it is very thin and was looking for something tougher, like...

Hi all, my little project is now finally done...... Other than the little bloody white ribbons everywhere and sweating on if I go too thin, I have enjoyed turning these! ???

Hi All, thank you for all the comments recently. I have tried to incorporate your advise including tapered section and insert threads into this pen. I wanted to add a red band around the section but ran out of red blanks, trying and failing to cut very thin thread against a thin wall so had...

Is it possible to own too many chainsaws? If Sean Connery sang Thin Lizzy songs would he be Stihl in love with you?:whistling:

Ball point to go with a SS One Piece Core Size 8.5 X 8mm. Both made with some sort of petrified bone. Both have 8 coats of Thin CA and finished and polished with AUTOSOL. Les

Elk antler on a SS One Piece Core Size 7 X 8mm. Stabilized and finished with Thin CA. Polished with AUTOSOL metal polish. Les

Elk antler marrow stabilized with Thin CA to fill the pores and finished with 6 coats of Thin CA. SS one piece ring core size 11 X 8mm and size 9.5 X 5mm. Les

Attempt at making some wooden rings using Maple Burl and Blackwood. A long ways to to go. Don't have any of the proper mandrels etc. for ring making. Finished with 10 coats of Thin CA. Les

Still have no clue what this wood is but I'm enjoying making a few pens with it. This is my first fairly successful attempt at a CA finish. Please feel free to give me any hints and tips for CA finishing. All I did was 3 coats of thin, 2 of thick then sanded from 600 to 3600 and hit it with...

We'll back in the shed and turned my second pen. Remembered to trim blanks before starting to turn !! Used a couple of costs of thin CA followed by a few coats of super thin CA and wet sanded for longer came out good I think, even used it for a birthday present!!

Hi all, There is a special exercise we have here in France since tree centuries or so, that is turning a piece of wood as long as possible, with a very thin "hair" and some bigger motives or "masses". We call it a "trembleur", a shivering piece. I wonder if there is a word in English for that...

Some of the latest batch of thin blue line serpentines. Maple with dyed veneer. I need to make more blanks for sale but there just isn't enough hours in the day.

Apologies if I am asking an old question. Does anyone have a preference when using CA to glue in the brass tubes. I tried using medium today as I could see more of a gap between the blank and the brass tube, but I found it lessoned the movement of the brass tube going in the pre drilled hole...

Haven't turned a pen in awhile. Been busy with other things. These serpentines represent colours of a couple NFL teams. Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears. Both are birds eye Maple. Normally I would flood 3-5 coats of thin ca then 5 coats of medium ca and sand/polish. This time I applied...

This is a Chrome Bolt Action Thin Blue Line I call it Thin Blue Line for obvious reasons, but I used a blank I had from Timberbits and I am sure it wasn't called that. Peter

Although I cannot compete with Terry's beautiful serpentine Thin Blue Line pens - here is one I made for a colleague. There is actually a thin blue line running through the Union flag which doesn't show up too well in the photo. He is also a Freemason (no jokes please), hence the clip and the...

Folks Friend of mine is a copper and I want to make him a pen to celebrate a change of role. I want to put a "thin blue line" down the centre of the blank, probably by cutting a wooden blank in half and gluing something in there. My question is, what can I use to create the blue line? TiA! Coll

I have a Scheppach hbs 20 bench band saw all worked well, had to put in a new blade no problem, followed the instructions fitted fine worked ok :thumbs:. I have only cut a few bits with the new blade, now when I cut anything thick or thin the cut goes to the right. So I take off the blade and...

30/06 Twist Action with a piece of Figure Walnut cut from an old gun stock. Finished with 10 coats of Thin CA using my Dipping method. Les