Hi Folks, This is an commercial ad so please delete if you wish to do so............ A month or so ago there was some email passed within our Group about a...
Bill, When I clicked on the link it told me the file was inaccessible. Tim ... http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/arizonasilhouette/lst?.dir=/Pen+Blanks. ... ...
Bill, it looks as if you added a period at the end of your link. This should work: http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/arizonasilhouette/lst?.dir=/Pen+Blanks Jim D ...
Bill, Jay Pickens is an absolute fiend. No mere mortal can come up with
such obscenely innovative and gorgeous designs. His designs give me a
tremendous...
For those of you that are interested in seeing more examples of the new material Bill B. is offering you can go to: http://www.jdscrafts.com/Steelwood/ This is...
Hi Pat, Call it a "man thing" if you will, but I must side with Rich on this issue. I was quite disappointed to find out that the platinum pens aren't platinum...
as one of the fortunate few to get to play with this new stuff.....get some, it's well worth it. neat colors, and for the price you can't beat it. For all ...
Well, I guess I'll keep this discussion going. I'm fairly new to pen turning and have purchased kits from several companies. I never really noticed, but some...
Well, maybe Ben is going back and checking whether the rhodium is really a platinum/rhodium alloy? I hope you'll clarify this, Ben! (Your assignment for...
Another intersting and very applicable site with info on 'white gold' and platings used in jewelry is http://www.artisanplating.com/faqs/whitegoldfaqs.html ...
I think there is definite use for plastics in pen! In fact, I will no longer buy any kits that use metal-to-metal threads in screw caps. Now that I have a...
In a message dated 10/1/02 8:26:56 AM US Eastern Standard Time, ... perhaps one of you chemestry majors can explain why the pen kits I recieved from the...
Pat, I agree with Rich. How would you like to buy a nice piece of gold jewelry, with the price of gold jewelry, and find out that it was just "gold colored"?...
Bill, those are interesting looking. I am curious to hear from people how they like them. I am also amazed at how you got some of that to look just like ...
Jim, Not over reacting at all! It is deceptive to advertise one thing, but it's really not. I think the catalog pretty plainly makes it sound like platinum...
White gold jewelry is routinely plated with rhodium to confer on it a
brilliant silver shine and to minimize allergic reactions many wearers
have with the...
Wow!!, looks like I shouldn't have went home last night. Let me try to answer these questions as best I can right now. First off- Pat, thanks for the...
In all seriousness folks, I was just playing "devils advocate" with Rich regarding the platinum issue. I'm sure Rich knew that, (you DID see his little smiley...
... Butch said he got those kits from WoodCraft, so they couldn't be the same plating, cuz only Woodturner's catalog sells the platinum-look kits. So I think...
Thanks for clearing this up, I suspected something along those lines. Surprised me, though, how they could completely misinform you of what they were doing!...
We talked about cocobolo darkening recently, or maybe Panamanian cocobolo turning orange. UV or oxidation, and whether it would still darken under finish. I...
PFF special for November is Nurses sponsored by Jim Lambert and the pens is Berea’s Detachable Necklace pen 5 kits for $17.95 NS#PFFNOV-SP Bushings 4A...
Nitrogen-flushed cabinet! That's a must-have toy I don't have! :-) Anyway, I made my light orange shade cocobolo cigar the day after our discussion. I let...
Hi Pat, It should be "its excellent qualities", not "it's excellent qualities". Pretty bad mistake for such an edumacated lady! LOL ;-) Anyway, I was a little...
Well, my cocobolo is EF Hutton and... :-) The Panamanian cocobolo from Berea is very orange. After it's cut, it's disappointingly plain looking (I have a...
