Any drawbacks to using acrylic resin stabilized wood ?
This might be a duplicate posting, but my reader isn't picking up my
original post... I purchased some blanks on ebay for pens and the seller allows you to choose whether or not the blanks are stabilized with an acrylic resin. Anyone have any bad experiences with turning blanks that have been stabilized in this manner ? The blanks are mainly burls like Thuya and Amboyna. Should I turn these at a lower speed as if I were turning a pen made entirely from plastic ? -- Brad Curfman http://www.curfman.net |
Any drawbacks to using acrylic resin stabilized wood ?
On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 08:14:37 -0500, Brad Curfman
wrote: This might be a duplicate posting, but my reader isn't picking up my original post... Yes it is. I purchased some blanks on ebay for pens and the seller allows you to choose whether or not the blanks are stabilized with an acrylic resin. That's mighty thoughtful of him! Anyone have any bad experiences with turning blanks that have been stabilized in this manner ? The blanks are mainly burls like Thuya and Amboyna. No bad experiences. The stabilizing prevents movement and cracking and having to fill in with CA. Should I turn these at a lower speed as if I were turning a pen made entirely from plastic ? Personally, I don't turn a plastic pen at any slower speed than wood (around 2600 rpm) and the stabilized blanks turn like something in between the two. No problems at all at that speed. Like anything else, though, sharp tools and a light touch on the sandpaper will prevent burning and checking. -- Chuck *#:^) chaz3913(AT)yahoo(DOT)com Anti-spam sig: please remove "NO SPAM" from e-mail address to reply. September 11, 2001 - Never Forget ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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