I wasn’t happy with the body tube colour so i sanded it back and did it again. All up i did the head twice and the body three times. Little bit irritating but i like the results now.
I’m thinking of making a retaining ring for the lens. I made an error during machining and couldn’t make it work with an o-ring on the glass. The head/bezel is what clamps the led star to the pill so any minor change in the height of the leds , or star , or optic , or glass lens might affect how well the whole assembly gets clamped.
The lacquer really makes it pop doesn’t it….just gorgeous! I like the look of the body after you sanded some more, turned out great. What’s that material called again?
Also…clever use of fittings for the head and such. The head/pill looks really sharp!
The head and body are titanium damascus, also known as mokuti and timascus™.
It’s just sanded and buffed a little to bring up the shine of the titanium, no lacquer used. I didn’t end up using the fittings either, they were a tad short for what I needed so it was all made from bar stock. Cheers
Mokuti is what I was trying to remember.