blanks

Hi All, I haven't turned anything in a while and well.. Still haven't... These are Les's braided blanks from Canada...

On the net late one night and a kind man from NZ answered and I asked him to make me two of his creation blanks. So glad I did. :thumbs::thumbs::thumbs:

Went down me workshop to make another remembrance pen but when I made the last batch of segmented blanks I had a very bad reaction to the CA glue it effected my breathing big time and my eyes so I rushed the blanks and most of them in close inspection today were only fit for the bin so I wont be...

Hi, are thuya wood pen blanks a thing anymore? i have looked at my usual goto places but can not seem to find any. Any tips appreciated.

Hi folks Does anyone in the UK sell Try-stone pen blanks?

Finally got these 3 new blanks that we cast a couple of months ago added to our website, Abyss DiamondGlitz, Patriotic & Italia. www.penblanksandmoulds.co.uk/artisan-resin-acrylic-pen-blanks

Is there a difference between resin and acrylic? Is one more brittle than the other? (I suspect that is the case) Do we treat them the same whilst drilling and turning them? Finally is it easy/possible to see the difference between acrylic and resin blanks just by looking at them? (Apart from...

A handful of pen blanks made yesterday afternoon. The big block on the left was testing out a new mould. It will be cut into 4 pen blanks when fully cured. Stripey one is 3D printed and filled with a bizarre mix of colours as requested by a friend. The two on the right are the same green and...

Another one of my own blanks

I had over 100 blanks delivered this afternoon and couldn’t resist had to turn some of them

I purchased this little beauty way back in January of this year 2022. It is the PSI Woodworking CSPENCHK2 PSI Woodworking CSCPENCHK2 Large Dedicated Pen Blank Drilling Lathe Chuck Capacity : Amazon.co.uk: DIY & Tools It is a great bit of kit for use in drilling a hole dead centre through a...

How far ahead do you prepare and tube up your blanks? Do you do them as you are going along or have you prepared all of your blanks days or weeks before you turn them?

I am sure I am not the first and am equally sure I wont be the last that this happens to. I have a number of Streamline kits and a few Slimline kits to turn, I have 10 blanks prepared that just need turning. I sorted all of the kits out and had 3 Slimline and 10 Streamline, I turned the...

During my recent sabbatical I drilled out 13 blanks ready for slimline and streamline pens. I used the lathe to drill them and noticed a variation with the holes both in sizes and alignments, the differences only really became apparent when gluing in the tubes. I have ended up using gorilla glue...

This is my weekend's contribution to my pen collection. I have another 10 blanks prepared and just need turning, doing them for practise.

Hi all, Some will know from the title, Those that don't,... I have just ordered two blanks from polymer clay Queen Toni Street in the US, she always uses purple jiffy bags. Her blanks are stunning and ships from the US happily, these were under a week straight to my door mat, fantastic service...

With this design you have to make two blanks at a time

First two pens from Phil's fund raising blanks in Ukraine colours which were sold before I got the blanks. I painted the inside of the lower one with yellow paint which made the colours stand out a wee bit better. I think that chrome was a better option.

Hi all, My last two Levech with the double dyed blanks.... One is orange and black, the other a light blue..

TM Omega Fountain Pen turned from one of our ‘Planet Earth’ DiamondGlitz Pen Blanks. DiamondGlitz Blanks, available exclusively from Pen Blanks and Moulds, contains a special blend of colour & glitz, including real conflict free gem quality diamond particles, which have been ethically sourced...