Thread: Corian Pens

Here are 2 more colour's I just cut up.


Cheers
Dirk.

Will your new chuck come with pin jaws or pen jaws? If it only has the standard 50mm jaws they will not hold the blanks very true so it will be very hard to drill a hole exactly in the centre right through. Because they are only 12mm square you will need to be pretty exact as there isn't much meat left.
If you are only starting out with Slimlines you may be able to get the blank running true enough by fiddling around with it in the jaws, and as the blank for these are fairly short you might have success. If you mess a few blanks up it doesn't matter because they are free. Once you glue the brass tube in then it is starting to cost you money.
Keep the speed down and clear the drill every few millimeters you penetrate so that the shavings don't get jammed in there and build up heat.
Good luck with your venture.

Dirk, You can make pens out of Corian, here is a Slimline I made several years ago. John.

Originally Posted by Treecycle

Will your new chuck come with pin jaws or pen jaws? If it only has the standard 50mm jaws they will not hold the blanks very true so it will be very hard to drill a hole exactly in the centre right through. Because they are only 12mm square you will need to be pretty exact as there isn't much meat left.

I think these are only standard pin jaws?
My drill came today so what better way to test it out.

Didn't have any trouble drilling an 8mm hole from either side and doesn't have a step in it.



As I said earlier, I don't have a mandrel or any pen kits so I turned this between centre's.

Great stuff to work with and polished up pretty good for very little effort.

Handy not having to put any products on it to get a great finish.

John, thats a lovely looking pen. Im excited about doing some now if they come up as good as yours.

Cheers
Dirk.

Ok following. Just have to read it all now

Dave TTC
Turning Wood Into Art

Dirk
Looking great but please don't tell Sally my wife.
She may become your best client otherwise lol.
She loves that kind of stuff.

Sorry Dirk, misread your original post. I thought you were waiting on the lathe chuck not your drill chuck. From your picture you already have the correct jaws for drilling on the lathe.
You did well getting those holes in line in the drill.

I gathered that you misread it. Easy to do when your scrolling through all the great stuff this forum has.

I'm glad you say I have the right jaws.
When I was drilling the hole I was wondering what part of pen jaws would be different and why would it be better as these hold the blanks 100%

I tested the blank in the jaws by rotating it 90 degrees each time and making sure it run 100% true.
I cut the blanks as accurately to 12mm square as I could using digital calipers and on the sliding table saw.
I found out the centre was only slightly out less than 0.5mm so as long as I kept the same side up when I spun the blanket to drill from the opposite side it should be spot on and it was.

Cheers
Dirk.

These are the other type you can get, but not needed by you as yours are more universal.

Dirk, I find that the Pen jaws are better for drilling blanks then the pin jaws. The longer reach of the Pen jaws aids in the accuracy, as long as you do not bottom out the blank.

The drill chuck is very familiar to me, I have one.

Dirk I envy you your supply of corian I have tried to get my hands on some scrap to no avail if you decide to move any blanks I will certainly be interested.

G'Day Dirk,
I had to look up Corian to see what you were actually turning....you are certainly hooked on lathe work....
Cheers, Peter

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corian

These work great fro drill on the lathe.

Les

Since I bought one of those I haven't used anything else.

Available from McJing.