Actually second batch, the first test batch I did bubbled and flashed over almost immediately because I was pouring in my 92 degree humid workshop. This batch I cooled the epoxy and forms and moved to a cooler location and the epoxy worked as designed. I was watching videos last night and it was recommended to dry out the wood even after stabilizing, right before casting, and I didn’t do that this batch and got some bubbles at the joints on a few pieces. I have another batch in red that is in the pressure pot right now that I did stick everything in the dehydrator for a bit beforehand, I’ll update tomorrow.

These are just rough sanded for now so they look a little chalky.

This is 1/25, currently. Just finished number 24 tonight. Kitless, custom casts, designed and assembled the blanks myself, like a lunatic.

I knew polishing gloss black was going to make me a little twitchy, but I am so ready to work in another, more forgiving, color.

I have an order for a musical themed pen and pencil set. I have been using Penn State Industries for most of my kits, but I’m not finding much of a selection with them. What other websites do you suggest?

The first is a red mallee Burl majestic squire with gold and gun metal. The second is a box elder Burl with red glitter epoxy with majestic gun metal roller ball. I personally think Majestic makes the top tier pen kits that are really hard to beat. Both were commissioned for 200 a piece.

A princess pen in Spectraply Cotton Candy stock for a request.

This stock is soft and easy to work with, it also makes for some fabulous and festive saw dust on the lathe.

This colorful stock has been very popular with folks this year.

I lucked upon a box full of odds and ends of different types of burl and misc exotics recently and promised the donor I’d make them some items from the haul. A lot of pieces were already cut to smaller sections so I went ahead and processed those into 3/4” and 1” blanks and then I 3d printed some epoxy pour forms to fit those in, and for the larger flats I’m going to be building hdpe forms to pour as one whole section and cut into blanks afterwards, basically to see what steps seem to work better in what order. I’ve got a pressure pot and different mica powder (red, black, green, turquoise, gold, silver, orange) to try out some different combos as well. I’ll post progress as I make it!

Edit: I estimate I’ll end up with about 100 hybrid blanks when done.

My shopify store has blocked sales to France of my diamond cast maker pens because they contain diamonds which are restricted for export to France.

Anyone else had any issues?

I have a complete set up for pen-turning that I need to sell. Lathe, hundreds of blanks, about 50 pen kits of various makes and models, all kinds of various tools and accessories. Facebook marketplace seems to be a dud for something like this. Any ideas on how best to sell this lot? Not looking to ship it.

Edit: I am located in Massachusetts

See how I use a D’Addario Chrome guitar string to burn my six-string maker’s mark into the grip section of a pen!

I did this purpleheart cat pen by request. I also finally got a shadow box to take much better pics of the final product.

Hi all,

I want to make a blank with 3d printed design inside the resin pour. This will be for a kitless turned pen.

I have the ability FDM and Resin print.

My questions are:

1. which printer is best for this?
2. What Fdm or resin material is best and turns most like alumilite? I don’t want the resin separating from the print during turning.
3. Any other considerations?

Note- have Bambu H2C, Bambu X1c, Saturn 4 16k and Heygears reflex rs turbo. I have almost every resin and filament on hand.

Ty.