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  1. C

    Finding Cheap Beginning Blanks

    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...
    • ChrisD123
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    • blanks cheap blanks pen blanks wood
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: Penturning
  2. T

    Drilling Pen Blanks with a Router Table

    Hi all. I have just started using metric drill bits in a router table to drill pen blanks. = I would recommend this method for WOOD ONLY pen blanks, as the plastic blanks would probably melt from the fast drill. The whole process takes about 15 seconds at 10,000 rpm, the slowest router setting...
  3. AZSalsman

    Wood Stabilization

    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...
    • AZSalsman
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    • hardening pen blanks redwood stabilization
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Finishing
  4. Padre

    Using Alumilite

    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.
  5. R

    Pen Mill Tears Wood on Ends

    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
    • rodehmen
    • Thread
    • bacote wood pen blanks penmill square ends
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Penturning
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