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  1. NZAPP1

    Looking for large turning blank

    I am looking for large turning blank at least 14 x14 x 8 to 10 thick. I have a request for a set of nesting bowls. Looks like I may need to buy a bowl saver if I can not find someone locally with one :swoon:. I am looking for maple or black walnut but anything in that size may be ok. It needs to...
  2. DonEve

    Pen blank drilling tip!

    Hi Guys/Gals, Some of you "newbies" may have the problem I've experienced. I have a pen blank vise I use to secure the blank while drilling. My vise has a metal bottom so using wood as a cushion against dulling the drill bit and splintering the pen blank is a must. Finding a piece of wood the...
  3. S

    Acrylic pen blank???

    Yesterday I decided to try turning an acrylic pen blank for the first time. It turned easy, kind of messy with all the plastic strings flying everywhere. Finished the blank (actually two pens) with "One Step" plastic polish to a nice finish. After taking the blanks off the lathe and giving...
  4. Splinter

    Trimming Pen Blank ??

    How do you pen turners trim the ends of pen blanks that use the large tubes like the JR Gent II and other large pens? I have the barrel trimmer kit that has several different sizes but none that will fit a tube where the blank has been drilled with a 12.5mm bit. Is there a method other than with...
  5. Shop Dog Blank Side 2

    Shop Dog Blank Side 2

    Shop Dog carving blank.
    • Will Goodwin
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    • blank carving
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    • Album: Carving
  6. Eaglesc

    WIP blank

    I have two more pens to be delivered hopefully by tomorrow nite. At this point I have this one "gauzed" for drilling. This is what is looked like when I finished it at 10:30 last nite. "Dyna blue" acriluster Black veneers and aluminum.
  7. JanesJeff

    Bowl Blank Coring

    I am interested in "coring" bowl blanks to save wood and make nested bowls. Anybody used any of the tools available? Packard says the ONEWAY Easy Core System in the best???? Thanks
  8. MikeL

    My most recent pen w/ burl blank

    I have been drooling over everyone's gorgeous burl pens on the site, so I stopped by NCWood Friday and picked up some new blanks. Here is a simple slimline I made today. Thanks for looking!
    • MikeL
    • Thread
    • blank burl pen recent w or
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Woodturning
  9. jimwill48

    Red Palm Blank Disaster

    :-( Tried my hand at turning Red Palm last night. The project was supposed to be a Mont Blanc pen. Had my doubts about this wood when I cut the blank to size and it started to peel off long splinters (I use a Compound Miter Saw to cut to length. Went ahead and glued it up the tubes. I then...
  10. NZAPP1

    The last special sauce blank and others

    My special sauce blank was very punky lots of soft spots so this is what I came up with to save the blank. This is one from the curly walnut that Jeff had. And this is a my first Euro style pen it is tiger wood
  11. DaveO

    A "Secret Sauce" blank takes it's turn

    From the mad chemistry lab of Jeff.. to the lathe o' experimentation went one of the blanks ala "Secret Sauce". This thing had the most wild spalting I've ever seen in something that was solid. And it had bug holes in it bigger than my shop. I filled the bug holes with a dark purple plastic...
    • DaveO
    • Thread
    • blank secret sauce takes turn
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Woodturning
  12. NZAPP1

    How to chuck a large bowl blank?

    I am wondering on larger heavy blanks do you use a internal or external spigot? :eusa_thin I am getting ready to turn a large blank and do not wont it coming off the chuck. So what has the best holding power?
  13. JRD

    Pen Blank Holes

    Ok, I'm working on two pens for MIL and FIL for Christmas. I have only a very small amount of the wood I want to use, (it came from a farm they used to own in Maryland), so I have to get the holes right the first time. These pieces of wood are more than long enough, but will be very close to...
    • JRD
    • Thread
    • blank holes pen
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Woodturning
  14. The WoodButcher

    Will this make a good pen blank????

    :lol:
  15. G

    My bowl blank

    I thought about adding this to the current green turning thread but decided to start a new one. Please move it if necessary. Below are a couple of pictures of a maple blank I turned green on Monday. I was going to try the paper bag plan with it just to see how it works. It is about a 5"...
  16. ChrisMathes

    Tip for making a Checkerboard Pen Blank

    When creating a checkerboard blank for a segmented pen, it is important to drill the hole for the brass tubes exactly in the middle. I use a brad-tip bit to drill the hole, so, before gluing four pieces of wood together to make the checkerboard blank, I use a block plane to shave off a very...
  17. DaveO

    Pen blank size

    What size pen blanks do y'all use? The main reason I ask is that I have many pieces of curly maple that I miscut, or left as off-cuts, and that are really too small for me to use as scrap. If they are large enough to be used to make some pens I would be willing to give then up to anyone who...

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