Today I turned the upright to one of two stands for Kevin's project.
Roughing with a carbide gouge.
Shaping.
Fine shaping with a skew.
Sanding at 100 grit.
After each level of sanding, I stop turning to sand the blank lengthwise to remove perpendicular scratches.
I sand at 100, 150, 220, 320, 400 and 600 grit (above), stopping to sand lengthwise each time.
Wet-sanding with Micro Mesh pads. The lowest grit is about 8000 and there are about 10 steps going up to 32000 grit. The water keeps things cool.
The piece is dried and wiped clean.
This friction polish activates by heat.
A second coat of wax and polish dries and is then removed.
The metal setting is inserted into the brass tubes on a pen press.
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