blanks

Hi all, as you all know I like to be different, well here you go..... This is a Dragon pen made with blanks cast by a talented lady in the states Jennifer Decker Earley aka Storm wind blanks. This is polymer clay made to look like scales with a shimmer applied then cast in resin. I have a pink...

So yesterday I when to Axminister for a doggy pen and some blanks. and a bought a extra kit pen. On trying to find the bushes for the pens I read and realized that most bushings could be used on different pens and also some pens require 16 mm blanks and some require 20 mm blanks. I would like...

Hi all my latest combined purchase with a fellow Turner, These are Kenneth Wines 25 species 25 pieces jigsaw blanks for jnr Gent and associated kits. Their not cheap especially after import duty. Along with some Toni Street polymer clay blanks, how she does these is pure amazing(loving the frog)

I was asked to make a pen for someone who has difficulty holding a Round bodied pe. No suitable Acrylic blanks were available so made my own Octagonal Celluloid acrylic from Conway Stewart.

What can I do with this? Apart from pen blanks that is. Some type of eucalypti It is 280 X 190 X 60 mm at the widest points.

Not really a fan of corian. However had a piece 25mm sq cut it into 4 pen blanks, hate waste. Haven't seen many corian with a celtic so went for it. Acrylic centre band integral to the top section. The knot is black tulip veneer double thickness with a slight sanding to be correct for the kerf.

Quick pictures, needed to get them off in the post. Black Chrome, from Beaufort, custom blanks from Pen Blanks and Moulds.

Would like to give a thank you to Paul. Good advice, good service and the custom blanks turned well. Dave

Hi all, two from today..... I found a box with 2 pairs of these blanks I bought from the States.....licenced Mossy oak real tree blanks.....2bolt action and 2 jnr Gents. The Gent I paired with a gold Sigma I actually quite like it, I was thinking black like the PSI bolt:thinks: but I am happy...

Hi from wet, cold miserable Cornwall. I've just started turning pens after many years of woodturning and other woodworking, and I'm looking for advice on turning stuff a little out of the ordinary ............. before I screw up too many blanks.

Do any of you sand the square edges off your pen blanks before you turn them on the lathe ?

Hi all, same customer I just wanted to give them a choice, pens seldom look like the unturned blanks....so choice is always good:thumbs:

About a week ago I cleaned out part of one of my many sheds and sent 400 miles away 50 kg of cut timber blanks to a good mate. Included in the two huge boxes were these two pen blanks. On facebook I picked up on a plea for back loading from this company and spent a day packing the...

I have 8 Stuart Conway acrylic blanks that came with the lathe I recently bought. I am not a fan of acrylics and would like to swap them for wood pen blanks or even slimline pen kits, am willing to cover all the postage and packaging , any interest? Jan

I don’t believe it........... I took a leave of absence from these pages for a couple of years whilst I undertook a wife replacement programme, and on resuming correspondence on this and other similar pages have become increasingly dismayed at the alarming amount of complete and utter Bollocks...

there I am, happily sawing away at a big lump of ebony, to make some blanks, when BANG and my band saw stops doing its thing. Nutz i thought, blades busted....nope.....they tyre had split and peeled off the upper wheel. So now i'm stood waiting for axminster (who it has to be said are great for...

Hi guys The quality of pen blanks differ so much between different suppliers. I have had a really bad week in the shed so many disasters to day I sat down and went through all my blanks and binned quite a few. What blanks turn Ok and finish Ok. Acrylic type blanks were should I be buying them in...

Another pen I’ve recently turned from one of our Unicorn Seahorse label cast blanks

Am sitting here a little disappointed as i was hoping to be making my first pen this weekend. I ordered from Axminster power tools their starter kit complete with pen blanks etc to make my first 4 pens. Unfortunately when it arrived and i unpacked it on Friday night the kit was incomplete...

Hope they are acceptable.:winking: Tried to get them to stand upright but it seems that they simply refuse to.:funny: Edit: Moderator