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Sounds risque, doesn't it? 
I tackled my first attempts at acrylics. I'm at 50% success The first attempt proved that my skew technique went askew, and I skewered my blank and it shattered at the nib end. I'm working on salvaging it. We won't talk about the boneheaded mistake I made with turning the wrong tube for the nib end of a Cigar-style.
The first success is a Diva. The blank is Chocolate Cherry, which was a sourced from www.exoticblanks.com. I reverse-painted the blank with chocolate brown acrylic paint. Finish was a dry sand to 1200, and then through four steps of with Polarshine Turners Polish (available at Woodcraft).
Second success is a Bolt action with a keychain made from the remainder of the blank. One of my brothers hosts a charity live auction in December, from which the proceeds go toward purchasing toys for kids in need. I'm donating the set for the auction. The acrylic is called Green Kryptonite, which I purchased from Woodcraft. I reverse painted the blank black. I dry sanded through 1200 grit, and then polished with Polarshine Turners Polish.
Finally, coworker was fascinated with a Celtic knot pen I made as a retirement gift for my former boss, and she asked if I could make a pen and pencil set for her daughter. So I did because my coworker is one of my favorite people.
The pencil is in the foreground. The blank is redheart. The "rope" is a sandwich of white oak between two layers of dyed veneer. I was going for the sisal rope look. I made the knots different sizes in order to balance the proportions, which was a bit of a guessing game. If I had made the knots the same, I don't think they would have "looked right." Finish was 10 applications of Hut Crystal Coat over two days.
Thanks for looking
I tackled my first attempts at acrylics. I'm at 50% success The first attempt proved that my skew technique went askew, and I skewered my blank and it shattered at the nib end. I'm working on salvaging it. We won't talk about the boneheaded mistake I made with turning the wrong tube for the nib end of a Cigar-style.
The first success is a Diva. The blank is Chocolate Cherry, which was a sourced from www.exoticblanks.com. I reverse-painted the blank with chocolate brown acrylic paint. Finish was a dry sand to 1200, and then through four steps of with Polarshine Turners Polish (available at Woodcraft).
Second success is a Bolt action with a keychain made from the remainder of the blank. One of my brothers hosts a charity live auction in December, from which the proceeds go toward purchasing toys for kids in need. I'm donating the set for the auction. The acrylic is called Green Kryptonite, which I purchased from Woodcraft. I reverse painted the blank black. I dry sanded through 1200 grit, and then polished with Polarshine Turners Polish.
Finally, coworker was fascinated with a Celtic knot pen I made as a retirement gift for my former boss, and she asked if I could make a pen and pencil set for her daughter. So I did because my coworker is one of my favorite people.
The pencil is in the foreground. The blank is redheart. The "rope" is a sandwich of white oak between two layers of dyed veneer. I was going for the sisal rope look. I made the knots different sizes in order to balance the proportions, which was a bit of a guessing game. If I had made the knots the same, I don't think they would have "looked right." Finish was 10 applications of Hut Crystal Coat over two days.
Thanks for looking
Loring in Katy, TX USA
That was well above what I hoped.
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