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Renaissance Wax TM

We now carry the best wax that can be used on your turned wood projects. Renaissance Wax has a crystalline structure much finer than totally natural waxes, a property that confers a highly efficient moisture resistance. When thinly applied and rubbed out to full luster, the wax film is and remains glass clear with no discoloration to either the wax or the underlying surface. Renaissance Wax is free from acids (pH neutral) and will not damage even sensitive materials. No matter how often the wax is used there is no loss of clarity so that fine surface detail is never obscured.

We offer two different size containers: the 65ml (2.25 ounces) for $15.00 and the 200ml (7 ounces) for $25.00. To use: using a soft clean cloth pad, simply apply a thin coat to the entire pen (metal & all), wait 15 seconds and then wipe off using a soft clean cloth. Detailed instruction are included with each type container. You DO NOT need to power buff this wax!

Renaissance Wax can also be used on other turned wood projects, knives, tools and a host of other things. This stuff is great!!!

For over forty years, RENAISSANCE WAX polish from England has been the #1 choice of major museums, art galleries and institutions for the preservation of the precious pieces. Professional conservators, retailers, amateur restorers and private individuals throughout the world depend on RENAISSANCE WAX to protect their collections and for home use.

Prior to 1950, the only polishes available were based on beeswax and carnauba wax. Unfortunately, these natural, saponifiable products would cause damage when acids arose spontaneously through oxidation or hydrolysis.

To solve the problem, a consortium of international conservationists directed a scientist from the British Museum to conduct intensive research and find the "perfect wax." When he could not find any that met their exacting standards, he created a new wax in his laboratory. The revolutionary formula he invented is a semi-synthetic micro-crystalline fossil-origin wax entirely free of, damaging acids. It remains chemically neutral and is therefore completely safe, even on vulnerable surfaces.

The British Museum approved manufacture of this wax for its own use and for distribution to the public. That "perfect wax" is now available internationally under the name RENAISSANCE WAX .

CLEANS BEAUTIFULLY
Lift oil, dirt and the murky accretions of other polishes. The surface detail remains crystal clear through unlimited applications of this translucent wax; removes previous wax build-up; reveals fine detail & wood grain; non-staining, non-abrasive.

RESTORES AND ENHANCES
Revitalize and return your objects to pristine condition. RENAISSANCE WAX buffs easily to a hard, transparent finish that will not discolor; Renews fading colors and "tired finishes;" retains matte finish when unpolished; buffs to a high gloss; reduces shine of new picture varnish.

POLISHES AND PROTECTS
Guard your precious pieces against the damaging effects of humidity...heat...dust... environmental destruction...aging...and ordinary wear. RENAISSANCE WAX provides a barrier against fingerprints and the devastation of water, wine, alcohol and other spills. With its high moisture resistance, it forms a durable, lustrous protective coating. prevents tarnish, corrosion and "bloom;" remains completely waterproof; retards weathering on exteriors and objects exposed to climatic abrasion.

A LITTLE GOES A LONG WAY... AND LASTS A LONG TIME
Excellent spread and indefinite shelf life make RENAISSANCE WAX economical and convenient. With its high moisture resistance, it forms a durable, lustrous protective coating. prevents tarnish, corrosion and "bloom;" remains completely waterproof; retards weathering on exteriors and objects exposed to climatic abrasion.

A LITTLE GOES A LONG WAY... AND LASTS A LONG TIME
Excellent spread and indefinite shelf life make RENAISSANCE WAX economical and convenient, even for very large objects and infrequent use. A small dab goes a long way, unlike most waxes that need generous application. Use a minimal amount of RENAISSANCE WAX , rub lightly, and buff if a gloss is desired. The long-lasting preservation reduces the need for frequent maintenance. Airtight container keeps wax in perfect condition; always spreadable, no caking or drying out; indefinite shelf life; no "polish smell;" no added fragrance to endanger material.

SAFE FOR ALL THESE MATERIALS
Wood - Raw & Finished, Leather, Parchment & Paper, Metal - Silver, Silver-plate, Gold, Copper & Copper Alloys (Bronze, Brass, Tin, Zinc, German Silver, Nickel), Lead & Pewter, Iron & Iron Alloys, Tin & Tin Alloys, Damascus; Stone, Marble, Onyx, Limestone, Granite, Brick, Tile, Terrazzo, Obsidian, Alabaster; Gems, Glass, Porcelain, Holloware, Bone, Ivory, Horn, Shell & Mother-of-Pearl, Gutta Percha, Dammars; Gilding & Gold Leaf, Patinas, Enamel, Lacquer, Japanning, Cloute, Pose d'Or, Pique Point, Varnish, Marbleizing, Stains & Artificial Graining; Plastics, Formicas, Paints, Polyvinyl Acetates, Esters of Polymethyacrylic, Polycyclohexanones, Fiberglas Epoxy Resins, and much more!

USEFUL FOR ALL THESE PRODUCTS
Furniture - Antique & New; Sculpture, Porcelain, Pottery & Ceramics; Cutlery Knives, Swords, Armor; Jewelry, Carvings, Antiquities, Bibelots, Hardware, Wood Interiors, Fine Books, Clocks, Paintings, Oils, Acrylics, Gouaches, Tempera, Alkyds, Pastels, Oil Sticks, Martins Dyes, India Inks, Photographic Prints, Carvings, Engraving, Scrimshaw, Architectural Ornaments, PLUS... Automobiles, Boats and Yachts, Decoys, Golf Clubs, Firearms, Frames, Kitchen Cabinets, Counters, Appliances, and much more!

WHO USES RENAISSANCE WAX / POLISH
UK: British Museum, Victoria & Albert Museum, Royal Armories (Tower of London in London & Leeds, National Army Museum, Imperial War Museum, the Wallace Collection, H.M. the Queen's Royal Armorer (at Marlborough House), the Guards Museum (Wellington Barracks), the Gurkha Museum (Winchester), the Military Museums at Aldershot, Royal Green Jackets Regimental Museum, the Gunsmith at Chatham Historic Dockyard (Kent), the Johnny Armstrong Gallery, and Museum of Border Arms & Armor (Scotland), National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland. Belgium: Musee Royal de l'Armee et d'Histoire Militaire-Brussels. USA: Gunsmith at Colonial Williamsburg, the Smithsonian, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Academy of Art-Honolulu, Texarcana College-Bladesmithing & Metallurgy, Rockfeller Restorations, and many many more institutions around the world

Micro-Mesh TM

Micro-Mesh is a unique cushioned abrasive that will produce a very fine and uniform scratch pattern. The 12,000 grit will leave a scratch pattern that cannot be seen by the human eye. Micro-Mesh abrasives can polish to a highly reflective state or to a matte or satin finish depending where you stop while using the different grits. MM is THE choice of abrasive for sanding and polishing stabilized wood after your paper sanding.

We carry individual sheets (3" x 6") ranging in grit from 1500 through 12000 that sell for $1.99 per sheet. We also have a package of seven different grits ranging from 2400 through 12000 that is priced at $12.99. Micro-Mesh can be used wet or dry and it can be washed and reused.

Micro-Mesh Cushioned Abrasive	ANSI or CAMI USA Grades	FEPA or European Grades
1500	400	-
-	-	P800
-	500	P1000
-	-	P1200
1800	600	-
-	800	P1500
2400	-	-
-	-	P2000
-	1000	-
-	-	P2500
3200	1200	-
3600	1350	-
4000	1500	-
6000	-	-
8000	-	-
12000	-	-

To Order Micro-Mesh 7 sheet set at $12.99 Click Here

To Order Micro-Mesh Single Sheets Click On Desired Grit Size

1500	1800	2400	3200	3600	4000	6000	8000	12000
$1.99	$1.99	$1.99	$1.99	$1.99	$1.99	$1.99	$1.99	$1.99

Micro-GlossTM Liquid Abrasive

Made by the same company that manufactures Micro-Mesh, Micro-Gloss is formulated to remove, not hide, superficial scratches and light surface damage. A general purpose water-based liquid that uses a 1 micron abrasive crystal. An excellent compound for use on acrylics! Comes in an 8oz bottle with dispenser. $8.95. Click Here to order.

Special note: This compound is meant to be used with a buffing wheel. We strongly recommend that you have one dedicated buffing wheel for Micro-Gloss. You do not want any other buffing compound to come in contact with the wheel used for Micro-Gloss. When not using the dedicated Micro-Gloss buffing wheel store in a plastic zip-lock bag to keep it clean.

Extra-Fine Sandpaper

We carry a finer grit of sandpaper than what you might be able to find locally. This sandpaper is manufactured in Germany, is the stearate aluminum oxide variety and is very high quality. It is a light gray in color and it will not stain lighter colored wood (as the automotive wet/dry black papers can).

European Grade	Price per 9" x 11" sheet
P1500 Grit (USA 800 grit)	$0.55

Acrylic & Corian Finishing Kit

Developed by Barry Gross of BG Artforms these pads will provide a high gloss luster to acrylic, Corian, plastic, celluloid and other such materials. Seven different color coded pads/grits are included in the kit and they are designed to be used wet. A complete set of instructions are included with each kit. These pads can also be used on stabilized wood (dry sanding). Long lasting and washable. $13.99 per kit. To order Click Here!

Tenon Cutting Tool

A lot of pen turners, for one reason or another, just hate cutting a tenon that is required for the installation of a centerband on some pen kits. Arizona Silhouette Inc. to the rescue! Here is a handy little tool that makes cutting a tenon a breeze! I demonstrate how easy it is to use in my video. I also have used a tool like this to cut a groove in pen blanks as well into bowls (see below) to add a band of crushed stone as an embellishment.

The cutting portion of the tool is made from 1/8" x 1/8" High Speed Steel (HSS), the ferrule is solid brass and the handle is turned from Delrin. You will find multiple uses for this tool and it will quickly become one of your favorites.

Cost is $16.95. To order the Tenon Cutting Tool Click Here

	Buckeye burl natural edge bowl with chrysocolla stone inlay
This type of tool was used with pens 2, 4 and 5

7mm Disassembly Tool

This tool will allow you to completely disassemble a 7mm slimline kit as well as any kit using the standard 7mm tubes (European, Streamline 7mm, etc.). Very easy to use and comes complete with instructions. A 'must have' in your pen tool inventory.

$15.95
To order the slimline disassembly tool Click Here

Cigar Pen Disassembly Tool

This tool will allow you to completely disassemble a cigar pen kit . Very easy to use and comes complete with instructions. A 'must have' in your pen tool inventory.

$14.50
To order the cigar disassembly tool Click Here

The Baron / Sedona Pen Disassembly Tool

This kit now includes an 19/32" dia. rod (not shown)

This tool will allow you to completely disassemble a Baron rollerball or fountain pen kit . Very easy to use and comes complete with instructions. All parts made of stainless steel.

$18.50
To order the Baron/Sedona disassembly tool Click Here

Chamfering Tool



This handy little tool removes the hard 90 degree edge found inside the pen tubes and is used prior to assembly. Once you are at the point of assembly you take the pointed end of this tool, insert it into each end of each pen tube and twist - the cutting edges will bevel the edges of the tubes. The beveled edge aids in assembly and guides the tip, transmission, end caps as well as the upper barrel onto the lower barrel (transmission) without having to worry about galling or shaving the plating from the parts. I demonstrate how simple this tool is to use in my video.		The outside of the pen tubes can also be chamfered. In the event you experience a 'blown' blank the tube can be salvaged by trimming off the remaining wood and glue. In most cases a small ridge if brass will be found on each end of the tube which is a result of the cutting action caused by your pen mill. Insert the tube into the three-legged end of the chamfering tool, twist and the ridge is gone.

This tool is made of hardened steel and it will last you a lifetime. I personally have one of these tools and it has chamfered well over 10,000 pieces of rifle and pistol brass cases over the past thirty years. Once you try it I know that it will become an absolute necessity in your pen tool inventory. The chamfering toll sells for $16.95. Click Here to order.

Buffing Arbors And Buffing Compounds

Buffing Arbor

6" Muslin Buffing Wheel shown with the #2MT Arbor Assembly 6" Muslin Wheel $8.50 8" Muslin Wheel $9.99 #2MT Arbor with 1/2" threaded shaft $17.99	#1MT Arbor with 1/2" threaded shaft $16.99
Buffing wheels sold separately. Made in the USA! The mandrel body is made from one solid piece of steel; 1/2-13 thread. Buffing arbor assembly installed in a lathe. The tailstock (with live center) should be moved up to support the buffing assembly.

Buffing arbor assembly utilizing the #2MT to #2MT Extension.

The extension allows for more room between the headstock and tailstock. The tailstock
(with live center) should be moved up to support the buffing assembly.

This extension also works great when truing up the foot of pre-turned bowls!

#2MT to #2MT Extension $15.95

#1MT (male) to #2MT (female) Extension $15.95

Allows the #2MT buffing arbor to be used in a lathe having a #1MT

Buffing Compounds

Polishing stabilized stabilized pen blanks to a high gloss, even after the use of extremely fine abrasives, is possible by first using Tripoli and then using the White Diamond buffing compounds. These compounds contain extremely fine abrasive that are designed to remove any light scratches produced by paper and/or cloth abrasives. The Tripoli bar is priced at $4.50 and the White Diamond is priced at $4.50. Each bar will polish thousand's of pens as very little of this material is needed on your buffing wheels.

You will need two separate buffing wheels for the process to work successfully as you do not want to use the same wheel for both compounds.

To Order Tripoli Buffing Compound Click Here

To Order White Diamond Buffing Compound Click Here

If you sand out to 12,000 Micro-Mesh you will only need the White Diamond compound.

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Arizona Association of Woodturners
Desert Woodturning Roundup 2011

February 18, 19, & 20, 2011 to be held at the

Mesa, AZ Convention Center

You will not be disappointed attending this symposium! Make plans now.

My personal opinion...

I am a forty-two year resident of Yuma, Arizona. My home town is located on the Arizona/California/Mexico border along side the Colorado River.

Our country has been invaded by foreign nationals for over the past 25 years and I am no longer willing to keep my head down and not say anything for fear of offending someone. If my personal beliefs effect my business - I'm willing to live with that. If I have offended someone - I'm willing to live with that too.

I have lived in this great country for 63 years and I am not going to back down from any threat directed at the United States - foreign or domestic. As Davy Crockett may have said: "Bring em' on!" (although I think the words may have been stated it in much stronger language). If you would like to see for yourself what Arizona and this country is up against take a look at these two websites: mexica-movement.org and mexica-movement . Take a look at the pictures shown below.

If you would like to help out Arizona please consider donating to our state's legal defense fund by clicking on the link below. This is not just an Arizona problem - illegal immigration affects all of us. Should you believe as I do and want to help out then put your money where your mouth is. 70% of us living in Arizona approve of SB1070 and we certainly appreciate your support. Someday we might be able to financially support your state in accomplishing the same legislation Arizona passed.

$5.00, $10.00 and $20.00 donations are most welcome. Thank you for your consideration.

Update July 29, 2010 We are not giving up!

Click here to contribute to the Arizona state legal defense fund
(This link will take you to the official State of Arizona legal defense fund website)

The following is an a example of what is taking place in Arizona. Have you seen these pictures on any the main stream media outlets?
This demonstration took place on July 31, 2010 in Phoenix, Arizona.

Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you:
Jesus Christ and the American G.I.
One died for your soul and the other for your freedom.
By Danielle "A proud Army wife"

A friend sent me the following:

What is a Veteran? A "Veteran" -- whether active duty, discharged, retired, or reserve -- is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America" for an amount of up to and including his or her life.

Semper Fi! (1965-1974)

Until they all come home...

Freedom Alliance
Supporting the continued education of children whose parents were killed in the line of Duty.

Lt. Colonel Oliver North, Founder and Honorary Chairman

The Mission of Freedom Alliance is to advance the American heritage of freedom by honoring and encouraging military service, defending the sovereignty of the United States and promoting a strong national defense.

Freedom Alliance , a 501(c)3 educational and charitable foundation, was founded in 1990 by Lt.Col Oliver L. North, who now serves as the organization's honorary chairman. We will work to "keep America strong, keep America prosperous, and keep America free," said North upon the founding of Freedom Alliance. And so we have.

It was 113 here yesterday....

A friend and customer called the other day and in the course of our conversation he mentioned that he had a dog that was fourteen years old and was showing signs of age. I asked him if he had ever read "The Dog's Prayer" and he had not heard of it. As a courtesy to him and to others that have not read it I am posting it here. Kleenex will be needed.....

A Dog's Prayer

Treat me kindly, my beloved master, for no heart in all the world is more grateful for kindness than the loving heart of me.

Do not break my spirit with a stick, for though I should lick your hand between the blows, your patience and understanding will more quickly teach me the things you would have me do.

Speak to me often, for your voice is the world's sweetest music, as you must know by the fierce wagging of my tail when your footstep falls upon my waiting ear.

When it is cold and wet, please take me inside... for I am now a domesticated animal, no longer used to bitter elements... and I ask no greater glory than the privilege of sitting at your feet beside the hearth... though had you no home, I would rather follow you through ice and snow than rest upon the softest pillow in the warmest home in all the land... for you are my god... and I am your devoted worshiper.

Keep my pan filled with fresh water, for although I should not reproach you were it dry, I cannot tell you when I suffer thirst. Feed me clean food, that I may stay well, to romp and play and do your bidding, to walk by your side, and stand ready, willing and able to protect you with my life, should your life be in danger.

And, beloved master, should the Great Master see fit to deprive me of my health or sight, do not turn me away from you. Rather hold me gently in your arms as skilled hands grant me the merciful boon of eternal rest...and I will leave you knowing with the last breath I drew, my fate was ever safest in your hands.

--Beth Norman Harris

Arizona Association of Woodturners Desert Woodturning Roundup 2011

A Dog's Prayer

Arizona Association of Woodturners
Desert Woodturning Roundup 2011