IAP Library Menu of Tutorials
(Last Update 9-2-2025)
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(Last Update 9-2-2025)
CATEGORIES
Forum Help Category ->
- A Downloadable IAP Library Menu of Tutorials as a PDF file Revised: 7-17-2025
- A Conversation used for Personal Notes
- Active Forums of IAP - Current
- Adding a Prefix Icon to the Thread Titles - Revised: 9-2-2025
- Attachments to & Edit Times of Posts. - Revised: 8-23-2025
- BB Codes usage on IAP - Icon Explanation
- BB Codes - Explained
- Color Codes for Posting
- Create and Submit Tutorials
- Downloading Tutorials
- Group Buy Guidelines
- How to Create a Standard, Bash, or Test Poll with or without Images and Attach it to a Thread
- IAP Site Usage FAQ
- Logos and Usage Guidelines - IAP
- Quickly Zoom a Web Page - Enlarging Fonts
- Smilies supported by Forum
- View PDF files in Browser
- Welcome Quick Start Reference
- Writing a Tutorial
Blanks Category ->
- 12 Tips for Making Deer Antler Pens
- A New Twist in Pen making
- Acrylic Revolution
- Antler on Pens, Using deer antler to make pens
- Bingo Chip Laminate
- Coachwhipped Pen Blank
- Compressed Fiber Blanks
- Corn Cob Pen Blank
- Creating a Copper Wire and Silver Solder Pen
- Decal Pen Blanks
- Decal Pen Blank - Water Slide application
- Denim, How To Glue to a Tube Denim, How To Glue to a Tube
- Feather Blanks and Casting
- Hexagonal Pen Barrel Blank
- Incorporating Decorative Guitar Purfling into a Pen Blank
- Inlace: Love It or Hate It
- Laser Leftovers Blanks
- Leather Cigar Pen
- Optical Illusion Blank
- Postage Stamp Pen Blank
- Red Fir Bark Pen Blanks
- Steampunk Foil Pen Blank
- Steampunk Pen Blanks and Casting
- Steampunk – Wolf Pens Way
- Thread Wrapping Blanks - Part 1
- Thread Wrapping Blanks - Part 2
- Turks Head Knot Blank - New: 4-18-2024
- Working with Tru-Stone
Bushing, Tube & Apps. Category ->
- New Revised Android Bushing and Tube App. Version 2.0 Major Revision: 7-15-2023
Requires Uninstalling the Old Beta Version 1.0, then Repurchase the New V1.0 or 2.0 - Android Bushing and Tube App Instructions coming soon.
- Apple Bushing and Tube App. - Major Revision: 6-25-2023
- Apple Bushing and Tube App Instructions - Revised: 6-25-2023
- Newest 37 Suppliers Combined Chart- Added: 7-2-2023
- Arizona Silhouette - Revised: 7-2-2023
- Beaufort Ink - Revised: 4-3-2024
- Bear Tooth Woods - Revised: 7-2-2023
- Berea Hardwoods - Revised: 7-2-2023
- Classic Nib - Revised: 7-2-2023
- Craft Supplies USA - Revised: 7-2-2023
- Crooked Mill - Revised: 7-2-2023
- Exotic Blanks - Revised: 7-2-2023
- Gary Pye - Revised: 7-2-2023
- Houtdraaiwerken - Revised: 7-4-2023
- Hut Products - Revised: 7-2-2023
- Kallenshaan - Revised: 7-2-2023
Laserlinez(Discontinued) - Revised: 7-9-2023- Lee Valley - Revised: 7-2-2023
Little River Crafts(Discontinued) - Revised: 7-9-2023- McKenzie - New: 4-2-2024
- Packard Woodworks - Revised: 7-2-2023
- Peachtree - Revised: 7-2-2023
- Penn State - Revised: 7-2-2023
- Prokraft - New: 7-2-2023
- R and B - Revised: 7-2-2023
- Rizheng - Added: 10-5-2022
- Rockler - Revised: 7-2-2023
Smittys(Discontinued) - Revised: 7-2-2023- Taylors Mirfield - Revised: 7-2-2023
- Timber Bits - Revised: 7-2-2023
- Timber Turners - Revised: 7-2-2023
- Turners Warehouse - Revised: 7-2-2023
- William Wood Write - Revised: 7-2-2023
- Wood N Whimsies - Revised: 7-2-2023
- Wood Pen Pro - New: 7-2-2023
- Wood Turning Store - Revised: 7-2-2023
- Wood World Of Texas - Revised: 7-2-2023
- Woodblanks and Penkits - Added: 7-2-2023
- Woodcraft - Revised: 7-2-2023
Woodpeckers(Discontinued) - Revised: 7-2-2023- Woodsmith - Revised: 7-2-2023
- Woodturningz - Revised: 7-2-2023
- BLANK EXCEL Forms for your Collection of Pen Kits Bushings and Tubes - Revised: 9-7-2024
- Bushings Homemade
- Beaufort Ink Bushing Dimensions
- Berea Bushing Dimensions
- Penn State Industries Bushing Dimensions
- Penn State Industries Tube Dimensions - Dated: 2015
- Pen Kit Suppliers - World Wide - Revised: 10-9-2024
- Which kind of kits do IAP members prefer to turn? (PDF File) - Added: 11-10-2022
- Which kind of kits do IAP members prefer to turn? (Poll) - Revised: 4-2-2022
- Which Pen Suppliers do you Purchase from? (PDF File) - Revised: 10-9-2024
- Which Pen Suppliers do you Purchase from? (Poll) - Revised: 10-9-2024
Casting Category ->
- Casting Braided Cable
- Casting Braided Pen Blanks - Revised 8-30-2023
- Casting Bubble Free
- Casting Burlap Blanks
- Casting Carbon Fiber
- Casting Feather Blanks
- Casting Introduction
- Casting Pen Blank Ideas
- Casting Poly Resin
- Casting Polyester Resin
- Casting Resin Blanks
- Label Casting
- Making Jewel Beetle Wing & Abalone Shell Blanks
- Polyester Resin Mixing
- Polyester Resin Ribbon
- Preparing Parts for Embedding in Polyester Resin
- Pressure Pot 1
- Pressure Pot 2
- Pressure Pot 3
- Pressure Pot 4
- Silicone Mold Making
- Simple and Easy Mold Making
- Snake Skin Blank Making
- Vacuum System Diagram
- Worthless Wood Blanks
Finishing Category ->
- Blackening Brass Tubes for Pens
- CA My Way
- CA Finish for Pens ... One man's opinion
- CA Glue and Boiled Linseed Oil Finishing
- Ebonizing Wood
- How to Anodize at Home
- Lacquer Dipping
- Minwax Finish
- Painting the inside of pen blanks
- Pen Finish Dipping Method
- Powder Coating Guide
- Powder Coating Small Scale
- Stabilizing Wood with Polyurethane Using Vacuum
Fountain & Kitless Category ->
- A Beaufort Ink Introduction to Custom Pen Making (August 2020) - Revised: 6-6-2022
- A Simple Silver, Opal and PR Pen - Added: 8-27-2023
- Another Way of Making a Pen
- Bulb Filler Fountain Pen
- Closed End Pen
- Closed End (Plugged) Pen on a Regular Mandrel
- Closed End Pen on a Regular Mandrel
- Creating Custom Art Pens
- Double Closed End Concept Pen
- FP - Fountain Pen Nib Replacement
- FP - Fountain Pen Section
- FP - How to fill your fountain pen
- FP - Making Male & Female Threading
- FP - Upgrading a Nib on a Component Fountain Pen - Offsite
- FP 1 - Adjusting Ink Flow on a Nib
- FP 2 - Prepping a New Nib
- FP 3 - Selecting a Fountain Pen
- FP 4 - Your Reservoir: Is it Really Full or Only Partly
- FP 5 - Nib adjustment - Practice, Practice
- FP 6 - Nib Replacement
- Glossary of Fountain Pen Terminology
- Illusion Pen
- Kitless Click Pen
- Kitless Fountain Pen
- Realistic Cigar V1
- Realistic Cigar V2 (Improved)
- Regency Pen Kit
- Tap and Die Selection for Kitless Pen Making
- Turning Between Centers
- Wood Through & Through
- Wooden Rollerball Pen
- Wooden Sierra Pen
- Wooden Slim Pen
Other Projects Category ->
- Bangle Bracelets - Turning Wooden
- Bangle Making - Offsite
- Barrel Hinge Boxes
- Barrel Hinge Boxes 2
- Billiard Ball Clock
- Boxes for Pen Display
- Corian Bracelet
- Corian Pen Holder
- Cutting Board Tutorial
- Finishing PR Bracelets
- Fridge Magnets from Blank Cutoffs
- How to Make a Wooden Spatula
- Military Small Arms/Ammo Pen Box
- Pendant Designing Excel 8-Hole Design Tool v1.0
- Pendant Designing Excel 10-Hole Design Tool v1.0
- Pendant Designing Excel Spreadsheet V 4.0
- Pendant Designing Tutorial - Using Excel Design Tool - Richard Joyner Pendant Jig
- Pendant Necklace that you can make
- Pen Stand - Rotating
- Rear Closing Hobby Knife
- Rings for Weddings
- Rings from Coins
- Ring Suppliers
- Ring Supplier Information
- Shave and 2 Bits
- Wood grip for MAGLITE Flashlight
- Wooden Eggs
- Wooden Pen Stand
Pens Category ->
- 50 Caliber Browning Machine Gun
- Aluminum Arrow Pen
- Aluminum Arrow Pen Stand
- Aluminum Cigar Pen
- Arrow Shaft Pens
- Bullet Casing Pens
- Bullet Pocket Pens
- Cartridge Angle-cut Pen
- Cartridge Pen
- Cartridge Pen - Streamlined
- Cartridge Pen with Sierra Transmission
- Cartridge Pens
- Cigar Center Band Modification
- Golf Shaft Pen
- Nibless Slimline Pens
- Non-Retractable Cigar Ballpoint - New: 9-15-2023
- One Piece Cigar Pen
- One Piece Single Barrel Finial Twist Parker Pen
- One Piece Slimline Pen
- One Piece Slimline Pens
- One Piece Slimline Single Tube Pen
- Pendant Designing Excel Spreadsheet V 4.0
- Rifle Shell Pen
- Salute Pen
- Slimline Modifications
- Solid Body Euro Fountain Pen
- Variations on Customizing Pens
Penturning 101 Category ->
- Building On The Basics
- Choosing a Lathe
- Don Wards Pen Tutorials - Offsite
- Exotic Blanks Beginning Videos - Offsite
- Gabe Castro YouTube Videos- Offsite
- Getting Started in Penturning
- If I had known this earlier...
- Kurt Hertzog Articles - Offsite
- Members Preferred Kit Styles and Suppliers - Added: 10-24-2022
- Minimum Basics for Penturning
- Pen Makers Guild Articles - Offsite
- Penn State YouTube Videos - Offsite
- RJBWoodTurner YouTube Videos - Offsite
- Tooling Needed to Make Pens
- Wood N Whimsies YouTube Videos - Offsite
- Why Pen Turning?
- Zac Higgins YouTube Videos- Offsite
Polymer Clay Category ->
- Polymer Clay Solutions - Offsite - Garie Sim's Master 101
- Polymer Clay Tutorials - Offsite - Toni Street
- Polymer Clay Blanks
- Polymer Clay Blanks - End Trimming
- Polymer Clay Cane Making
- Polymer Clay Success - Offsite - The Blue Bottle Tree - Revised: 12-1-2024
- Polymer Clay Swirl Blanks
- Polymer Clay Tutorials - Offsite - PTownSubbie.com
References Category ->
- A List of Acronyms Used on the IAP forum
- Abrasive Comparisons Chart - Micromesh
- Abrasive Comparisons Chart - Released 2015
- Adhesive and Material Compatibility Chart
- Ball Point, Rollerball Refills and Fountain Pen Cartridges
- Beyond the Basic Pen
- Bullet Pen Anatomy
- Center Drill Dimensions
- Consignment Contract - DCBluesman
- Conversions - Fractional, Decimal, letter, wire, and millimeter
- Conversions - Fractional, Decimal, Number & Letter Drill Sizes and Metric
- Conversions - MM Equivalents by Tenths, Fractions, Decimals
- Conversions - (B/W) MM Equivalents by Tenths, Fractions, Decimals, Number & Letter Drill Sizes - Prints as (2) 8.5 x 11 pages
- Conversions - (Colors) MM Equivalents by Tenths, Fractions, Decimals, Number & Letter Drill Sizes - Prints as (2) 8.5 x 11 pages
- Drill and Tap Sizing - Imperial and Metric
- Drill Sizes - Metric, Fractional, Wire, Letter
- Drill Sizes - Number, Letter, Fraction, Metric, Decimal
- ER32 Collet Grip Dimensions
- Hut Kit and Bushing Chart
- Making Your Pens Unique
- Metric and English - Drill and Tap Sizing Chart
- Pen Maker Specific Drill Bits and Alternatives
- Primer on Vending
- Ring Size International Conversion Chart
- Scotch Brite Refs.
- Tube-In Label and Laser Layouts
- Using a Digital Caliper Version 1 - Offsite
- Using a Digital Caliper Version 2 - Offsite
- Wood Lathe Morse Tapers - Added: 10-28-2023
Segmenting Category ->
- Segmented Pen Images Only - No Comments
- Studies in Segmenting - Design Considerations - I
- Studies in Segmenting - Simple Brick Chevron - II
- Studies in Segmenting - Variable Brick Chevron - III
- Studies in Segmenting - Chevron Finials - IV
- Studies in Segmenting - Squares and Triangles - V
- Studies in Segmenting - Spectraply Cross - VI
- Studies in Segmenting - 360 Degree Chevron Wave - VII
- Studies in Segmenting - 360 Degree Chevron Spiral - VIII
- Studies In Segmenting - Arrow Shaft Chevron - IX
- Studies in Segmenting - Squares and Triangles II - X
- 30 Degree Herringbone
- 180 Degree Herringbone
- 360° Herringbone
- 360 Degree Herringbone
- 360 Degree Herringbone Veneered blank - Revised: 1-19-2025
- 45 Degree Inlay (Half Chevron)
- 6-Segment Knot Pen
- Aluminum Segmented Pen
- Celtic Knot
- Cube-Itz Pen Blank
- Curved Metal Segmenting
- Fish Scales Blank
- Ice Cream Cone Blank
- Irregularly Segmented Blank
- Laminated Pen Blank
- Litebrite Blank by Eagle
- Making a Segmented Pen
- Morning After Blank
- Polychromatic Segmented Pen
- Random Segmented Pen Blank
- Scalloped Segmented Pen Blank
- Segmented Illusion Pen
- Segmenting Material Sources
- Segmenting Pen Blanks - Triangles
- Segmenting Small Pieces
- Segmenting Offsets Calculations
- Slanted Brick Pattern Pen Blank
- Spider Segmented Pen Blank
- Staves with a Twist
- Swirling Segments
Techniques Category ->
- Adding Bands to Your Caps
- Adjusting Ink Tip Extension
- Applying Decals to Rifle Cartridges
- Captive Ring Pen Blank
- Challenge Pen
- Clip Finial Options Clip Finial Options
- Corian Freedom Pens
- Custom made Pen Clips
- Custom Cabochon Cap - Revised: 1-19-2025
- Custom Finials
- Dismantling a Jr. Emperor Clip
- Dragon Sceptre to Gent Tube Conversion
- Drilling Pen Blanks on the Lathe
- Fixing Mistakes
- Hidden Clip using a Dremel
- How to add Bands to Your Caps
- How to Skin Snake - Warning Graphic-
- Invisible Clips
- Invisible Clip for the Jr. Emperor
- Light Box Under $50
- Logo Contest Design
- Making Pens with Inlays
- No Bushings Pen Turning
- Pen Photography
- Pen Photography - Concept and Practice
- Photoshop Tip 1 - Saving Images for Web
- Photoshop Tip 2 - Cropping
- Photoshop Tip 3 - Correcting White Balance
- Photoshop Tip 4 - Dynamic Range
- Photoshop Tip 5 - Fill Light
- Photoshop Tip 6 - Fixing Small Defects
- Photoshop Tip 7 - A Better Resize
- Photoshop Tip 8 - Sharpening
- Photoshop Tip 9 - Putting the Pieces Together
- Quick Tip for Seating Transmissions
- Real Bolt Action Pen
- Recessed Clips
- Removing a Tranny
- Replace Cap Ring
- Sanding & Polishing Basics
- Sierra to Executive Blank Conversion
- Table Top Photography - Offsite
- Thin Custom Finials
- Triple Start Threading
- Tube Length - Obtaining Perfect
- Using PowerPoint as a Design Tool for Kitless Pens
- Why are my Pens NOT Round?
- Why are my Pens NOT Round? (German)
- Window Casing Pens
- Wood Drying Methods
Tips, Tools & Jigs Category ->
- 4 Stage Buffing System
- Bandsaw Blank Segmenting Jig
- Benchtop Bandsaw Upgrades
- Blackhawk Sharpening Jig
- Blank Corner Jig
- Blank Cutoff Sled for Bandsaw
- Blank Cutoff Sled for Bandsaw - Offsite
- Blank Cutoff Sled for Tablesaw
- Blank Jig - Off Center Squaring
- Blank Rounding Jig for the Bandsaw
- Blank Squaring Jig for Disk Sander
- Blank Squaring on Belt/Disc Sander
- Brass Tubing Cutter
- Celtic Knot Jig
- Celtic Knot Slicing Jig Version 2
- Closed End Pen Repair Thingy
- Collet Chuck Usage
- Custom Disc Sander Blank Squaring Jig
- Dead Centers - Making and Using
- Disassembly Tool - Simple 7mm
- Dust Collector - Modifying a Harbor Freight DC
- Fume Free Casting Box
- Gisi Style Jig for Chevrons
- Gluing Corian to Make Thicker Blanks
- Incredible Threading Machine
- Is This Sharp?
- Lathe Bearing Replacing - Jet
- Lathe Belt Replacement - Powermatic PM2014
- Lathe Dust Collection
- Lathe Dust Collection for the Mini Lathe
- Lathe MagSteady
- Lathe Stand - Wood
- Microjig - Bandsaw Small Parts Cutting Sled
- Massive List of Mandrels used for Turning
- Pen Blank Corner Trimming Jig
- Pen Blank Cutting Jig
- Pen Mill - Sanding Sleeves
- Pen Mill Sharpening - Offsite
- Pen Wizard Index Template
- Pen Wizard Start-up Tips
- Photo Booth by John
- Pin Chuck using O-Ring
- Pinned Pen Jig
- PVC Pipe Vertical Casting Mold - New: 9-16-2023
- Ripping Thin Strips - Jig Sucks
- Table Saw Pen Sled
- Tap and Die Selection for Kitless Pen Making
- Tool Handles - Aluminum
- Tool Handles Interchangeable - Wooden
- Twist Drill Grinding Attachment
- Variable Speed Drive added to a Mini Metal Lathe
- Wire Clip Bending Jig
- Woodburner - Making
- Working with Brass and Aluminum on a Woodworking Lathe
Uncategorized - Misc. Category ->
- MEMORIAM Forum - Added: 3-30-2022
- A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The PITH
- Declaration of Independents
- Edgar's Famous Holiday Trail Mix
- Flat Rate Shipping 101
- PayPal Shipping
- Sandpaper "Notepads"
- Search Engine Optimization for Pen Makers
- Turning with a Mission
- Unveiling the Mystique – My Pen Makers Guild Experience
Links-Member Instructional Sites Category ->
- Chad Schimmel Pen Making Ideas and Tips - You Tube
- Exotic Blanks - Ed Brown - Tips and Tutorials - You Tube - Added: 12-29-2023
- Four Oaks DIY Tips and Tutorials - You Tube
- Gabe Castro Segmented Pens and Jigs - You Tube
- Mark Dreyer 10 Minute Videos - You Tube
- Richard Binder Fountain Pen Reference Pages
- RJB WoodTurner Pens, Tips and Tools - You Tube
- Zac Higgins Casting Ideas - YouTube
Links-References Category ->
- Alumilite Casting Resources, Directions, tutorials, and articles for casting with Alumilite.
- Cactus Juice Stabilizing Resources, Directions, tutorials, and articles
- Compound Miter Saw Calculator
- Construction Calculators Online
- FAQ about TurnTex products and techniques
- Glossary of Woodworking Lathe terms
- Hobbit House Wood ID Site
- Law of Cosines Calculator
- North American Woods
- List of Woods WIKI - New: 5-22-2023
- Pen Makers' Guild Articles - New: 8-13-2025
- The Wood Database
- What Tree is It?
- What Tree Is That?
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