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Ex19k
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inlay help..

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I am in need of some advice or great sages of the forum.
I am trying to figure out how to do an inlay of turquoise (sp?) into a pen. I am thinking of using the inlace from Pen Turners Cataloge. Here are the questions.
How deep does it have to be?
Does it turn,sand and polish as advertised?
Will the hardner stain/miscolor the wood or Antler?

A little backround. I am turning Mesquite burl. the ends are going to be deer antler. I wanted to do a type of lace patern of the inlay. The "kit" has yet to be decided. Actually Dad hasn't figured out what pen he wants. Kinda a belated fathers day since he has been wanting a "western pen" Don't know about that but...ok.
Thanks for all the help!!!
lytle
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Sorry for the mess up in this posting. I accidentally removed the post while trying to clean up the site from some offending posts. Very good question and hope others can help. Thank you for your patience. :o

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Ex19k
I am in need of some advice or great sages of the forum.
I am trying to figure out how to do an inlay of turquoise (sp?) into a pen. I am thinking of using the inlace from Pen Turners Cataloge. Here are the questions.
How deep does it have to be?
Does it turn,sand and polish as advertised?
Will the hardner stain/miscolor the wood or Antler?

I haven't used turquoise or Inlace before but I have used the copper, silver(aluminum) and several of my own colored dust fillers with a lot of success.
There are a lot of variables involved with the ones I've used... The bonding agent/adhesive/glue, type of wood, etc.

I've found two methods that work well and they both did turn, sand and polish as advertised.

In both methods I cut all the way down to the tube.

For the metal dust inlay I used 2-part 5 minute epoxy. After several experiments I determined that it was best to THOROUGHLY mix the fill/inlay material with the epoxy and once I'm certain it is mixed THOROUGHLY, I add the hardener and apply it.

For the colored sawdust (I've used graphite, ebony dust, redheart dust, bog oak dust, osage orange dust, padauk dust and purpleheart dust so far...) I use 30 second CA Glue with a small brush. I pour the glue in a bottle cap and I keep all my dust in old 35mm film containers.
1. Brush on the first layer of CA glue and then sprinkle on the dust.
2. Tap the excess off.
3. Add a quick spray of accelerator
4. Now, dip the brush in the glue, then the dust, apply and let dry (w/o accelerator this time).

Repeat step 4 as many times as necessary to fill the inlay.

The second method takes a lot longer but my guess is your Dad is worth the extra time...

[Ex19k]

Thanks alot gunny, Got 2 tips in one. I have never thought about storing dust in 35mm film containers. Time to start gathering some up. I also think that this pen will take a lot longer now that I have to go through all the way to the tubes. But you areright Dad is worth it! It was a toss up from an old glory inlay kit or his western pen. On hind sight I think that the old Glory would have been easier.
Thanks again gunny and happy turning
Lytle

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Admin. if you happen to read this i promise to start posting more so my post will not get deleted! j/k