blanks

I am looking for some African blackwood and desert ironwood blanks. Is it better/cheaper to buy the larger pieces and cut them your self or just buy the pre-cut blanks? And what is a good source for these two woods? Thanks

Is there a good online source for gator jaw bones for casting? I see a lot of knives. thanks for any help.

Hey!, Brand new to the forums I have been snooping around and decided to make an account. Anyways, i had a question. I was wondering where you guys would recommend finding cheap blanks just to start out, I live in Canada and so I have been getting them from Lee Valley Tools however the price...

Just arrived 3 pieces of Mazzuchelli Italian Cebloplast acetate blanks. 5/8" diameter, 14" long. Not sure which pen(s) I will use them for, but they will have to be something special. This material is no longer produced, and not the easiest stuff to find.

So after bothering a whole lot of people specially Joe The Pen Wizard I finally gutted up to do my first casts. They didn't come out perfect, but at least they cured! I don't know what to do about air bubbles and the ends yet (see the yellow blank), but I'll keep trying. The first yellow is...

I'm kicking around the idea of making my own acrylic (or polyresin, I guess? What's the difference?) and need a place to start. Here are my questions: What's the process? Do I need an oven, or is it a lower-temperature process? What do I use to color the resin/acrylic? What are the...

I am trying to trim the 90 degree corners off of some square acrylic blanks and/or wooden ones. Has anyone made a jig to do this or seen where I could information on such? My idea is to make something adjustable for different size blanks that slides in the miter slot on one of my bandsaws, I...

I've always been wanting to try new types of pen blanks but I wasn't sure how they would turn out. Has anyone used: deer/buffalo horn, corncobs, shredded money, coffee beans, computer chips? If so, what have you thought of the material?

Has anyone ever seen purple heart burl...is there such a thing? If so any pictures or places to purchase? Thanks, Steve

Hi, I guess every body knows it,but me. I had bought a dozen or more seira twist (short) tubes to practice with my pen wizard. So, I had a long click Siera in stock and wanted to use this pretty blank I had turned (Short) blank. So, I just ground off the little extender that comes with the click...

I have been working on these for a while and finally turned some worth Posting. The first few are a mixture of wood and Alumilite. The next to last is a segmented Walnut & Maple Jr. Gent II and the last one is a spalted pecan cigar; the wood for this last pen came from a tree cut down in Fort...