Gadget-UK
Graduate Member
Lots of Wet & Dry down to 1000 Grit then Aircraft Grade Aluminium Paste then a final topping off with Autosol...Good job. How did you finish them?
Very nice well done made a few of them in me time you will find the copper is the hardest to turn on a wood lathe
Nice pens but just wait for your fingers to turn black, they do need a coat of lacquer to keep the shine and protect your fingers
No Idea Peter. Just a bar of Aluminium to me I am afraid.Wood that be whole milk, 2% or skim?
Given that tallow, lard and other fats were commonly use for machining back in the day, whole milk with its cream in it would have been used too.
Gadget-UK do you remember what alloy the aluminium was?
Pete
Full fat I believe , or that’s what they used in the coffee afterwards they assured me.Wood that be whole milk, 2% or skim?
Given that tallow, lard and other fats were commonly use for machining back in the day, whole milk with its cream in it would have been used too.
Gadget-UK do you remember what alloy the aluminium was?
Pete
Never thought of that Phil - I will give it a tryOoh , I like those Colin, especially the chrome one.
I've never used metal for a kit pen body. All the advice about the need for lacquer - would not microcrystaline wax do the job? (asking for a friend)
They are a pair of stunners BillThey look spot on Colin. I’ve made a few and they look good with a gold kit. If you heat your copper then quench it in water it should soften it so it will work easier.
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