turning materials
Before doing anything else, I put on a pair of non-latex gloves to protect my hands from the glue. I don’t think the glue is harmful to the …
From the very first instruction on pen making that I received from my father, right through to the most recently consulted directions sent with a pen kit, I have …
Drilling the center of the cut to size pen blanks is often, for me, the single most frustrating and difficult part of the entire pen making process. Every …
Obviously, in order to cut the blanks to size, some type of cutting instrument, tool, or machine is required. I suppose a pen maker could use a handsaw, …
Any drilling action will result in friction which creates heat. While Corian is designed to be resistant to heat in its use as a countertop material, that doesn’t …
Imbuia earns high marks for its coloration. The heartwood color of Imbuia can vary substantially. Typically, one will find medium to dark brown colors and sometimes the …
When wood workers speak nostalgically of “genuine” or “real” Mahogany, they are usually referring to Cuban, or West Indies, Mahogany, botanically known as Swietenia mahogany. The genus Swietenia …