thewishman
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I love making pens, but sometimes it's just too messy. How on earth can seven Sierra blanks contain 2,000,000 miles of ribbons? Less than seven ounces of a liquid cannot create three cubic feet of shavings, can it?!
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I love making pens, but sometimes it's just too messy. How on earth can seven Sierra blanks contain 2,000,000 miles of ribbons? Less than seven ounces of a liquid cannot create three cubic feet of shavings, can it?!
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stonepecker
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put it around the bottom of your Christmas tree.
(Looks like you had fun)
(Looks like you had fun)
CREID
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yes it can:biggrin:
MTViper
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My wife stopped into the shop a couple of days ago after I'd turned 5 acrylic Tetra pens for our daughter-in-law. Each one was a different color and I hadn't cleaned up the mess yet. She went to the pile and started picking through it and talking about how pretty it was. I vacuumed it all up before she decided she needed to "do something with it". I think it expands if you leave it on the floor overnight.
Charlie_W
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Hmmmm.....How many blanks would one need to turn to produce enough ribbons to create a compressed shavings acrylic blank? Sort of like particleboard. 
mecompco
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I have thought of stuffing some different colored ribbons into a mold and casting them in PR--haven't tried it yet, though.
Its even hanging from the light!!
randyrls
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I put a dust collector hood right behind the blank, but then I have to clean off the debris screen in my DC.
TimS124
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The colored stuff can be used for really cheap (and colorful) easter basket "grass"...