acrylic captive ring

[Jude A]

Hey yall,
Had some more time so I decided to do another captive ring this time in acrylic. No metal centerband just a peice of scrap lamanited wood. Finished it off with renaissance wax.
Learned something yesterday. Even though the peices of acrlic that come off are strings ya still need to wear a face sheild. I only had safty glasses on and would ya know it a string flew off and wint up my nose:eek: it would have been funnier if it happened and their was someone else their to watch. Oh well. Now on full face protection!!!!!!!
Hope yall enjoy the pic

[TTIT]

That is one seriously outrageous pen Jude.!:D I don't often visit this section, but that one was worth a look!:)

[lubbing5cherubs]

another bueaty there
Toni

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Very distinctive! :)

No problems polishing the inside of the ring? I like to burnish the wooden ones by pressing them against the body of the pen while it's spinning, but as I'm sure you've already found out for yourself, that's a BIG no-no with acrylic. :rolleyes:

[Jude A]

No problems polishing the inside of the ring?
I have not figured that out yet so I left it unpollished. No prob for this one is mine and you need a small mirror to see under it anyho. It also makes more noise than my wooden one!!!

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

What I do is move the ring to one end or the other (as far as it'll go) & use some water-proof tape to wrap some fine grit wet'n'dry sandpaper around the pen. Wet the paper, slide the ring back to the middle and use the pen'n'paper like a sanding drum.

Ya gotta be very careful not to overheat it and keeping the paper wet's pretty important...

[ss_11000]

that is one very interesting pen. well done.