Diane could you please contact me,, I am wondering what is the deal with the free B.O.W. half blanks??? Thank you Randy Clapper Happy To Turn Corners! I would...
... Only fly in that ointment is that the company has a $100 minimum order and the adapters are $58. And because because of the product line you cant just add...
Have you tried making the nut on the mandrel tighter? If you don't have enough thread to make the nut tighter, you can always make a spacer block and place it...
The postman delivered my order of Bethlehem Olive pen blanks, pen and pencil cases and two turning blocks. The service was superb. The wood is varied and...
... That's true. But a lot of folks carry reservations about the overall quality of PSI products. Randy [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Let me add my kudos for Bethlehem Olive Wood. The week before last I had ordered blanks direct from Israel thru BOW. When Weds came around the wood still had...
Send them to Ken Nelson at Kallanshaan and save yourself about 15K... Seriously, I understand the decent machines are 10-15 grand and the probability of ever...
Thanks for everyone's help. It turns out i was using my mandrel wrong in the first place. I originally had a bushing followed by a blank, another bushing,...
I echo what Dale says. I just sent Ken a pen to engrave. He had it back to me within a couple of days and did a fantastic job for $5.00. Now if I planned on...
I am positive you will get some responses with this question/concern. If you can get a air compressor, that would be very beneficial. I will blow off that dust...
A couple of options... Try thick CA. Get it on as even as possible, then LIGHTLY turn off the bumps. then sand, again, LIGHTLY! Heat is your enemy here. Or,...
On open grain woods I sand to 400 and save some sanding dust. I then make a slurry of sanding dust and medium (or thick) CA glue and sand that into the blank....
Mix the Wenge sawdust with some think CA glue to create a slurry. Rub that into all the cracks. Sand off and polish. That should do the trick (or at least...
I believe you need to fill those gaps before you polish. The streaks are certainly the White Diamond and Ren Wax. I did this once with friction polish. Got...
... You need to use a sanding sealer. That is exactly what the stuff is designed for. If the wood is very "rough," you might need more than one coat; but...
Odd you should mention this right now. This week I had the same problem with a piece of african blackwood. I tried Myland's Cellulose Sanding Sealer - once...
Everybody here seems to praise this company. I have dealt with them twice and both times I have had a problem. The first time was waiting over a month to...
... I certainly have no wish to try and change your mind about which vendors you use and which you don't; but there is no doubt that yours is a minority ...
What is a compression nut? Ralph ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection...
The brass wheel at the end of the mandrel. Dale For fine handcrafted gifts go to www.spiritwoodturning.com<http://www.spiritwoodturning.com/>! ... From: Ralph...
The compression nut, is used to adjust the length of the mandrel most of the time it is not used the normal setup would be bushing, blank, bushing, blank,...
Hi, Bob, et al. Last year I did the same thing with Blackwood and got one good pen: haven't tried the wood again. Wenge the same thing. Reason being: I've had...
I use a Beall collet chuck, so I've never seen one of these. Thought he was asking about the wheel. Learn something new every day! Dale For fine handcrafted...
In a message dated 11/3/2007 12:02:43 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, dalesherman53@... writes: I use a Beall collet chuck, so I've never seen one of these....
A woodcrafter mandrill comes with the compression nut Wayne Spokane, WA ... From: Sawdust32@... To: penturners@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, November 02,...
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