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25th August 2009, 09:15 PM #1
First truestone
Hi all,
Well I've had the blanks sitting there for nearly 2 months but I finally got around to doing my first Truestone pen.
I was very careful with turning this as I'd been told by several people that it's very difficult to turn. I treated it with as much care as I treat any acrylic and it came out fine. It was turned from start to finish with only a skew chisel, simply because I can sharpen that tool so quickly and I actually find it the easiest to control the cut with on brittle material. I sharpened the tool every couple of minutes just to be sure.
White with black webbing blank bought from PSI. Chrome Baron from Brett. Wet sanded up to 800, polished with brasso and buffed out. I was going to use micromesh but I didn't want it to be overly glossy. The pictures don't really do it justice but it does have quite a sheen on it.
Next project is a box from solomon ebony to go with it.... at my current rate I'll have that done in about 6 months
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25th August 2009, 10:02 PM #2
I admire anyone who can do these on a woodlathe hehe! always worth the effort ,I have to do a baron fountain pen tomorrow in black with gold lace truestone ,metal lathe and carbide tips for me .Funny how people are attracted to these from a bunch of pens on a display stand ,they just seem to "ooze " quality They seem to sand ok so you can save a bit of effort by knocking most of the corners off on a linisher . Cheers ~ for a great effort John
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25th August 2009, 10:23 PM #3
thanks John. I was told i'd need carbide tools to do it but i thought i'd just give it a go with wood tools.
I was going to knock the corners off but i don't really have anything suitable for doing it quickly. I just turned from square to round with the skew as i do for most pens. It's not a material you can rush but it's certainly one with which you can apply lessons learned.
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25th August 2009, 10:39 PM #4
Another thing I heard was to knock off the corners on a bandsaw, just need a jig to hold them secure ,easily done . We never stop learning ,I have not taken too well to acrylics done quite few and always a pain to me , today I made a new tool to do them and can take a 7/8 square blank to a sierra size in about 10 mins with no digins or shattering , think I will enjoy the acrylics a lot more now cheers ! john
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25th August 2009, 10:53 PM #5
sounds like an interesting tool John. I tend to have the most trouble with acrylics from carbatec. They seem very brittle. The ones from wood n workshop (no affilation) are easier i find because they aren't as brittle.
I like acrylics but i'm trying to slow down on buying them. I seem to be collecting blanks much quicker than i turn pens and i'm running out of space
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26th August 2009, 08:19 AM #6
Well done, that's a beautiful pen.
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26th August 2009, 03:33 PM #7
Stunning pen well done
Cheers Rum Pig
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27th August 2009, 02:45 PM #8
thanks guys. I'm gonna try to get some of the black with gold webbing blanks next. I hear that it's one of the hardest true stones to turn but i think it'll be worth it.
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27th August 2009, 06:38 PM #9
Big reward on having done all with the skew, great looking pen. Amos-ps always avoid heat, specially towards the end and polishing.Amos
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27th August 2009, 06:42 PM #10
thanks amos. One of the reasons i do pens with a skew. This way i can often start sanding at closer to 320 grit. Also wet sanding helps i think. I've been told that imperial stone is much harder so i'm gonna see if the skew likes it when i get some. Might need to upgrade the skew to a harder steel.
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