I am faced with a challenge (well it is a challenge for me :smile:).
I am tasked with making a few pens out of specific pieces of wood from a family swing sit heirloom that has had to be dismantled...so this has extreme sentimental value and memories.
The wood is REDWOOD is very soft. From...
I have been using PR to cast pen blanks, and I'm really tired of the smell. Does anyone know if you can use the luster pigments with alumilite?
Thanks.
I ordered a number of Bacote wood blanks that came 5/8" wide. I have no problem drilling, but when I use my penmill to square the ends, the soft wood breaks out at the end and ruins the blank. I have resorted to sanding the ends with a disc sander down to the tube. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Rod Ehmen