Peter, It looks to me as the heat effected the teeth more so than the wheel except for the bottom wheel. I often wondered how heat would effect a bent staff. Patrick
Posts: 1732 | Location: Enumclaw, Washington in the USA | Registered: October 02, 2011
Nice going peter. I like the one on top. You should experiment with some diamond compounds if you haven't already. After your lathe work, you could start with 5 micron, then go to 2. finishing with 1/2 micron will give you a mirror finish that you could then color with heat. Here's where I've gotten mine in the past:
Cool idea Peter. I used the bluing machine built from specs in one of the posts here to make my ratchet wheels blue. I will say that the mirror finish is critical and that the different temps give you the colors (570 degrees F gives you deep blue). I used multiple grits of sand paper from 800, 1500, 2000, then polished with semichrome with a dremel until I got the mirror finish (will have to look up the diamond compound now . There are a few example pics too of some nice blue screws and ratchet and crown wheels if you want some ideas. I will say though that the lathe puts some nice record lines on the wheels for a nice effect! And the Amber color is nice too. I think what I like the most though is the breakup in color with the silver lines! Nice work!
Posts: 407 | Location: Northern Virginia in the USA | Registered: October 08, 2011
. There are a few example pics too of some nice blue screws and ratchet and crown wheels if you want some ideas. I will say though that the lathe puts some nice record lines on the wheels for a nice effect! And the Amber color is nice too. I think what I like the most though is the breakup in color with the silver lines! Nice work!
