turning materials
Black Walnut is used in many of the same applications as other highly colored domestic and imported hardwoods. It is commonly used in the manufacture of high end …
As is often the case with domestic woods, where you buy the wood being sold as Soft Maple can heavily influence what species you are actually getting and using. …
I certainly found the wood to be hard and dense, and therefore slow to cut but with the use of Easy Wood Tools I didn’t encounter great difficulty provided …
It has been quite the odyssey, making 36 pens all at one time. Making pens is something of a vocation I think. Pen making isn’t something that …
When assembling the Slimline kit in particular, most all of the pieces are simple press fits, you press the part in as far as it will go and you …
With plastics, I go a good deal further to ensure a high gloss finish and an excellent hand feel. I use a 9 grade micro-polish system as well. …
Some very experienced, and persnickety, pen turners will discard the bushings because of the fact that they can become worn down, or because some pen turners don’t trust the …