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Sources for acrylics
- Thread starter SPSlick
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Fellow
Hi Mick
if you want to see before you buy then contact Vince at The Turners Workshop and arrange to visit. He's at Camperdown close to The John Lewis and Fenwick warehoses, not far from Gosforth Park.
A really helpful and knowledgeable guy and has the best selection of blanks I've seen.
You'll be very interested in seeing his vintage acetate tubes and Conway Stewart blanks, loads of pen kits and other stuff as well.
Axminster on the coast road hold a few but not enough to make a special trip.
if you want to see before you buy then contact Vince at The Turners Workshop and arrange to visit. He's at Camperdown close to The John Lewis and Fenwick warehoses, not far from Gosforth Park.
A really helpful and knowledgeable guy and has the best selection of blanks I've seen.
You'll be very interested in seeing his vintage acetate tubes and Conway Stewart blanks, loads of pen kits and other stuff as well.
Axminster on the coast road hold a few but not enough to make a special trip.
There are differences in acrylics; there is polyurethane and polyester. The polyester is more brittle than the polyurethane and is a little harder to turn but is a lot cheaper and so reflects in the costs of the blanks usually.
I don't turn many Acrylics but those blanks I have had have tended to come from Snainton Search results for: 'acrylic pen blanks'
billyb_imp
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Mick
I would go with Bob on this with Vince at The Turners Workshop a great choice and not just acrylics, well worth a look.
I would go with Bob on this with Vince at The Turners Workshop a great choice and not just acrylics, well worth a look.
Buy a blank, try it, then bin it!
I've worked with many "so called" toxic woods. Come to think of it, I've worked with a lot more toxic people!
Contact Dermatitis only appears with Acrylic, in my case
I've worked with many "so called" toxic woods. Come to think of it, I've worked with a lot more toxic people!
Contact Dermatitis only appears with Acrylic, in my case
Penpal
Grand Master
Turn with great wood mate the satisfaction is high it is so tactile mate.
Peter.
Peter.
If you're going down the Acrylic route then Vincent is your man and on the doorstep
wm460
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Anthraquinone
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I would suggest that you do not buy these unseen - or if you do make sure you can return any that are not up to standard. Also find a seller you can trust. When I started I bought some on Ebay and was very disappointed in that the patten in the blank was not evenly distributed and there were large areas of a single base colour. Or the pattern was on one side of the blank only. I hope you understand what I mean. Now I only buy acrylics in person. On Ebay if the actual blanks being sold are illustrated you should also be OK but a lot of sellers seem to use generic pictures which must save them a lot of time and effort.
AQ
AQ
Walter
Fellow
GPS agencies make (or perhaps import I don't know which) good quality materials. Here is a link to a list of their retail suppliers. It includes Vince (Turners Workshop) as recommended by others.
Where to Buy - GPS Agencies
Where to Buy - GPS Agencies