Tim, I agree and would do a multistage polish. Also, I would think that you would need to mill the blanks VERY slowly due to heat and brittleness of the material. One additional thought, I will probably use epoxy to glue the brass tube rather than CA. I would think that it would stabilize the glue up better.
Bill, Thanks for the info.. I look forward to the pictures. Steve On Dec 5, 4:25 pm, Craig Knouf <craig.kn...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have done many acrylic pen on my jet lathe; never a spiral. Acrylics are > brittle and do wear lathe turning tools more quickly than for exotic > hardwoods. Also polishing spiral turned acrylics would be a challenge. I > might suggest a very find grit flapped sander to get into the spiral > grooves. I typically use 1200 or higher grit sandpaper followed by Bealls > polishing system for smoothest / polished finish. Closest thing on my Legacy > 1000EX was a spiral candlestick. - Craig > On Dec 5, 2010 4:43 PM, "Bill Bulkeley" <bulke...@mmnet.com.au> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Steve > > when I did a acrylic pen it was just about the first thing I ever did on a > > legacy so I was very ignorant of what to do > > I remember following the pen instructions off the legacy page > > I turned it round first then did several light cuts to achieve the 3 > spiral > > rope pitch with the router on full speed > > the finished seemed OK but I didn't polish it or any thing. > > but I have a couple of acrylic blanks here now so I will go into the shop > in > > a few minutes and make a pen taking pictures as I go and post them so good > > or bad you guys will know how it goes > > > Bill > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "SteveEJ" <s.jacobs0...@gmail.com> > > To: "Legacy Ornamental Mills" <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> > > Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 6:46 AM > > Subject: Re: Useing acrylics on the Legacy? > > > Bill, > > Was there any special precautions that need to be used above normal? > > How about router speed and feed rate? I would like to try some spiral > > acrylic pens as well. I have the wooden ones down now and want to > > experiment. How did you polish the acrylic to a shine after milling > > them? > > > Thanks, > > > Steve > > > On Dec 4, 7:48 pm, "Bill Bulkeley" <bulke...@mmnet.com.au> wrote: > >> I 'v done a couple of spiral pens out of acrylic the bits seem to work OK > >> just like on wood for me I cant show any pics as I gave them away as > >> birthday gifts but I would be glad to do one and send you a pic or 2 off > >> line seeing as you were one of the only ones to comment on my Christmas > >> ornament posting > >> Bill > > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: curt george > >> To: Legacy Google group > >> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 11:01 AM > >> Subject: Useing acrylics on the Legacy? > > >> Hello everyone. > >> Its almost dinner time for me, I this message will be short and to the > >> point. > > >> I know a gentleman who is casting his own acrylic pen blanks, and then > >> finishing them on his lathe, I had no idea that you could even do things > >> like that? I know Rockler wood working stores sell pen blanks, but I've > >> not tried making any kind of pens before. > >> Anyhow, this brings up the big question, has anyone out there made > >> anything out of acrylics on the Legacy? > > >> I have not idea if the router bits will cut acrylics well? > >> Any info on this topic will be gratefully accepted. > >> thanks in advance Everyone. > >> Gota go! > > >> C.A.G. > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to > >> legacy-ornamental-mi...@googlegroups.com. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<legacy-ornamental-mills%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > >> For more options, visit this group > >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > > legacy-ornamental-mi...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<legacy-ornamental-mills%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group.> To post to this group, send email to > > legacy-ornamental-mi...@googlegroups.com.> To unsubscribe from this group, > send email to > > legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<legacy-ornamental-mills%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > .> For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. 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