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Contact Tim through his website, he is a very good source and cheap postage from US. Website: http://woodnwhimsies.com/

Nathan

Hi, You could also try Holly Wood, I purchased 5 blanks from the US, haven't turned any of them yet. They are very white, I bought them for the same reason; wedding pen.

Nat

Any pics to do with your castings.

Thanks
Nathan

Neon, do you have any pics that you can post??

Nat

Go to Carroll's Woodcraft Supplies http://www.cws.au.com Great service and fast delivery.

Hi, I had a look on the site provided by DJ but couldnt find the kits. If I can't get something from Carrolls Woodcraft http://www.cws.au.com then I get it from www.woodnwhimsies.com , Tim can get...

Would love to try some of you hairy oak (hope that doesn't sound rude). And would be more than happy to send you a finished pen.

Nathan

Thanks, those pics actually help a fair bit, I like the pink with the blue speck, good idea Cam.

Nathan

Thanks for the greenie Pete. Stinky, they are very smooth when wet sanded, the first one was dry sanded and the second (pink) was wet sanded, it has a high gloss to it aswell. They don't take very...

Sir, I bought it from Spotlight and I've seen it in arts & craft supply shops. As you're in Geelong theres a store called Cavalier Art Supplies in town, see attachment for map. I got the Sculpey...

Ian, are you still looking for more pens? If so is there anything specific your after? And I apologise for not seeing this thread earlier.

Nathan

Thanks Guys.

Steven its the second one I've done, attached is a pic of the first one I made, same design but with Collingwood colors :) I didn't roll it enough after putting the pieces on the...

Cam, next time you make a batch of resin blanks could you post a pic of one, maybe I can see what I need to do from that. I still can't stop the 2 or 3 different colors bleeding together after...

The pens look great Stirlo.

Nathan

Try www.woodnwhimsies.com they dont have what your after on the site but if you email Tim he might be able to help you, I know he can supply anything that's on the Penn State Industries web site and...

I just finished turning this polymer clay pen. I was looking in "Turning Pens and Pencils" by Kip Christensen & Rex Birmingham, and thought I'd give it a go. I need a little more fine tuning on the...

Hi, I own a leda MC1018 mini lathe and it takes a mandrel with a #2 morse taper. In regards to supplies, you can mail order from http://cws-store.yahoostore.com.au/ or do a google search for pen...

Grizz, I also found this site. I made the jigs to the same specs as the one on the site. It is a much better way to fine tune as you can use just a small amount of resin, which keeps the cost of...

Great job, another one hooked. No turning back now. Pun intended.

Nathan

Neil, thats the first time I've ever turned Hairy Oak, and I'll definately be hunting for some more. After turning acrylics and Dymondwood for the last couple of weeks, it's a good change to turn...

This is my latest pen, its a comfort grip, the wood is Hairy Oak. Thanks to Stirlo for the pen blank.

Nathan

P.S. Yes it does have a clip, it's just on the other side.

The fleck is an accident in a way, I was trying to create swirls by mixing a deep blue and lilac pearlescent pigments seperately and then waiting for it to gel and then swirl, as you can see it didnt...

Oops I'll try again

I'll give the glad wrap a go, If it had of shrunk a bit more i think it would have come out easily.

Here's my latest attempt, I am sort of pretty pleased with this one. Its not what I was after...

Well after wasting a fair bit of resin using a mould that is around 4 pen blanks wide, it was starting to get very expensive. So I searched the house and the shed to find a mould that would equal one...

Darren, I've been painting the tubes white when I use an acrylic such as you did, with the mixture I made I thought it was a lot darker than it really was.

I made up another batch tonight, waited...

OK here it is. It turned very similar to the shop bought blanks, definately softer though. Once I'd finished turning and finishing, I turned off the lathe, look at it and almost through it in the bin...

Stirlo, I've PM you.

Nathan

I will turn one today. As I'm on holidays SWMBO has plenty of things for me to do around the house thats's cutting into my shed time.

I guess its trial and error for the first few times. I think...

Well after a lot of help from CameronPotter I've finally made some of my own pen blanks (I think). I have only just taken it out of the cast and cut it onto blank size.
A quick question, as I...

Are the bullet bits expensive or around the same price as the parabolic bits?
I think the main problem I had with brad point bits is that they were fairly cheap quality, so when I went to the...

Well done Stirlo, nice pens and keyrings.
Did you end up having a look at the keyrings pens you were asking about a while ago?

Nathan

Thanks again Cam,
I think I'll give that a go, I've got 3 weeks off work so I've got plenty of time to play/experiment, with pen turning I mean. Also off the track a little bit, in regards to...

I got mine from the US, only coz i read somewhere that it has to be a specific type of corn cob. If possible could you post a pic of one of your corn cob pens?

Thanks
Nathan

Yeah but it felt good hitting it, pen therapy.

The first corn cob I did the same thing (slimline), The second one I used a comfort grip, worked much better. Too expensive to have them look ugly.

Nathan

Also try: www.rrpwhite.com for Dymondwood Also in the US. I have bought items from both these sites and never had any hassles. Also rrpwhite sell dyed spalted pen blanks, and dyed corn cob blanks, if...

I cant believe I never thought of something so simple. The hammer thing was more of a frustration thing, let's put it down as "learning"

Try this link Stirlo, well worth the $10.
http://cws-store.yahoostore.com.au/cgi/index.cgi/shopfront/view_product_details?category_id=1107144896&product_id=1107369707

I killed a few Dymondwood blanks this way, but it was stupid me being impatient and trying to superglue the tubes in while the blank was still fairly warm. It would get halp way in then the it...

Try this page: http://woodnwhimsies.com/dwood_%20info.htm
I use a parabolic drill bit, I'll never go back to anything different now.

Nathan

Stirlo, sorry for the delay in replying to you question, been away for a while. Anyway DW is very different to turn, firstly dont let the blank over heat when drilling or it can and will blow apart,...

Here's a few pics of some of the pens I have made.
Pic 1 left to right:
Curly Jarrah
Black Palm
Black Palm
Western Rosewood
Curly Ash
Macassar Ebony
Goldfields Burl
Flame Sheoak

Hi, try this site, its in the U.S. but they are great for certain parts and also Dymondwood.
http://woodnwhimsies.com/Keychains.htm

Nathan

Thanks to all for the replies. After checing out the manual for the trend and cmt jigs, they both say the dovetail bit needs to be 12.7 X 20mm 8degrees angle. The bit that I was sold with the jig is...

Thanks custos, I think I'll try the bearing bits. Just tried out another router and the same thing happened, although it was slightly better with the new router. When I bought the jig the salesman...

Thank you all for your responses. I'm just about to go buy a new router as it is a cheapie that I have. After reading a few of the responses I'm pretty sure it's the collet on the router. The thing...

Hi all, firstly thankyou for the opportunity to join the forum. I have been viewing the posts for a while now to find information and sometimes for a laugh , I thought I would finally join up.
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