egnald
Member
Hello all:
Even though I'm not exactly new to penturning, I've found myself passing along a lot of information that I originally learned by watching Ed's videos on the Exotic Blanks site. Recently I went back and reviewed a few of them which is what made me realize that is where I learned a few of the little things that have really improved my turning and my turning knowledge. Here are a few that I would like to recommend:
From about a year ago, "Assemble Junior Series" - a very nice video that explains how to assemble the Junior series pens to provide the best grain alignment. (Usually the instruction sheets do not list the steps in this order and it is the order that is the most important). Things that I have found very useful are comments about "beware of crud" around the center band at about 3:00 minutes in and about alignment due to "Triple start threads" at about 6:20.
Also from about a year ago, "Cigar Pen Design Improvement" - a great video and custom bushing set that Ed has designed which in my opinion greatly improves the fit and feel of the Cigar style pens. I got rid of all of my older style Cigar bushings and have replaced them with Ed's bushings.
Of course Ed has put out many other YouTube videos as well. You can find them on the "Exotics' Short Vids" YouTube channel. Ed also produced many videos like turning with Faux Stone, turning using M3 (metallic blanks), and using a painted dowel to help decide what color to paint the inside of plastic pen blanks that can all be found on the "Ed from ExoticBlanks" YouTube channel.
Best Regards,
Dave
Even though I'm not exactly new to penturning, I've found myself passing along a lot of information that I originally learned by watching Ed's videos on the Exotic Blanks site. Recently I went back and reviewed a few of them which is what made me realize that is where I learned a few of the little things that have really improved my turning and my turning knowledge. Here are a few that I would like to recommend:
From about a year ago, "Assemble Junior Series" - a very nice video that explains how to assemble the Junior series pens to provide the best grain alignment. (Usually the instruction sheets do not list the steps in this order and it is the order that is the most important). Things that I have found very useful are comments about "beware of crud" around the center band at about 3:00 minutes in and about alignment due to "Triple start threads" at about 6:20.
Also from about a year ago, "Cigar Pen Design Improvement" - a great video and custom bushing set that Ed has designed which in my opinion greatly improves the fit and feel of the Cigar style pens. I got rid of all of my older style Cigar bushings and have replaced them with Ed's bushings.
Of course Ed has put out many other YouTube videos as well. You can find them on the "Exotics' Short Vids" YouTube channel. Ed also produced many videos like turning with Faux Stone, turning using M3 (metallic blanks), and using a painted dowel to help decide what color to paint the inside of plastic pen blanks that can all be found on the "Ed from ExoticBlanks" YouTube channel.
Best Regards,
Dave
