first time turner

[srhardwoods]

okay, first time turner long time idiot......I turned a pen today and decided to do a CA finish, here is the question. how do you separate the pen from the bushings after all that CA has set? Luckily I was able to, however I know it wasn't the right way:BangHead:

This was a chunk of firewood I was about to toss in the wood stove the other night and noticed some nice figure in it, so I kept it from the ashes. trimmed it up on the bandsaw and cut a few sizes for pens and a few more for peppermills

what is your method for doing a CA finish?

 

[FredP]

i wax the bushings. preferably before you turn the pen.:gar-Bi

 

[woodArtz]

Ca is brittle. If I get stuck, I drop the pen section with the bushing down on the lathe bed lightly. Viola, ca cracks at the joint.

 

[srhardwoods]

I will try that next. Thanks

 

[dozer]

I'm with Fred a little paste wax on the bushing should do the trick.

 

[JBurbee]

Nice looking pen!! What species of wood is that? I can't wait to do my first pen!! BTW dozer, thanks for your help the other night!

 

[aplpickr]

I wax the bushings and mandrel rod everytime I make a pen. I do this whether I am using CA or not.

 

[dozer]

Nice looking pen!! What species of wood is that? I can't wait to do my first pen!! BTW dozer, thanks for your help the other night!

no problem it was great to meet you jay.

 

[sawduster]

I use a technique where a small drop of BLO and CA are applied together with a brisk back-and-forth motion to build heat. any glue that sticks to the bushings is typically thin and generally a light tap of the knurled knob at the end of the mandrel will do the trick. If not, I slide the barrel to the end of the mandrel with the bushing extended a little past the end and give it a little push to the side. I then check the barrel end to insure that no CA has extended past the edge of the barrel when I broke it loose. Eventually this will chip away and ruin the finish at the end of the barrel :BangHead:

 

[dozer]

Turning between centers would eliminate this problem all together. That is my next attempt I plan on trying.

 

[srhardwoods]

it was a piece of maple that I end trimmed from a load of logs that came in, tossed it all in the firewood pile and forgot about them.

I'm going to try between centers on the next one to see how that does, thanks for all the ideas