CA glue - Pen turning

[Hitch]

Tom-
I ruined my first acrylic blank. Drilled through, bit snatched on break through and split the end off the blank.
Managed to salvage it for a keyring.

When I drill mine now, I use a cross vice mounted on the bed, or the last few, blank held in a chuck, the screw pitch of the cross vice or the lathe tailstock limits the drill bit feed speed, with a little care regarding knowing when the bit is approaching breakthrough, slow the feed slightly more and the bit will come through nice and clean.

 

[John. B]

Remember birthday, Christmas presents etc

I got one of these for a birthday present. Does everything it says on the label.

http://www.brimarc.com/images/products/ ... et1_xl.jpg

BTW, as an aside, CHJ. Has the post counter stopped counting?

John. B

 

[tomthumbtom8]

well I went to Axminster yesterday and bought one of the colt drills £12.00 or so, a bit steep but OMG it's great no break out and so so easy it drill through acrylic under 6 seconds and I wasn't pushing it (hot hot knife through butter) I need a 8mm now, sadly they had run out off them.

there is the link for the drills
http://www.axminster.co.uk/colt-hss-m2- ... rod783313/

Halfords today and bought some white primer to paint the brass tubes, now painted and waiting to be glued to the acrylic

I did cut my acrylic longer this time and then trimmed it on the chop saw and sanded it on my bench sander I'm hopeful I will be aloud to find time tomorrow to turn my pen.

TOM

 

[Hitch]

Another thing worth mentioning Tom, when painting the tubes, allow plenty of drying time for the paint, or it can rub off as it goes in the hole....
I assume thats what caused that fail anyway, so left it to dry overninght every time since.

 

[tomthumbtom8]

Hitch thank you for the heads up on the paint

Have you see the price of the 8mm colt drill bit £27.00 at Axminster bloody hell

TOM