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Exotic Blanks Pen Turning how-to videos!
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Pen Turning Series - How To Turn a Pen #1 - #8
Part 3 - Gluing tubes in the Blank
Part 4 - Prepping the Pen Blank
Part 5 - Turning the Pen Blank
Part 6 - Squaring the Pen Blank
Part 7 - Sanding and Turning the Pen Blank
Part 8 - Buffing the Pen Blank
Band-It Pen Centerband and other info
Creating a mandrel for turning centerband
Filling the centerband with "Crushed Opal" part 1
Filling the centerband with "Crushed Opal" part 2
How to Turn a Pen Kit
Making an Acrylic Pen - A Beginners Tutorial
Assembly of a "Junior-series" Pen Kit
Assembly of a Baron/Sedona Pen Kit
Assembly of the Thank-you & Diamond Knurl Ballpoint Pen Kits-Body Twist
Making a Closed-End Serpentine Pen
Making an Atrax Fountain Pen Kit - Part 1
Making an Atrax Fountain Pen Kit - Part 2
Alternative Antique Ivory used to make Churchill pen
How To Make a Perfect Fit Pen Kit - Part 1
How To Make a Perfect Fit Pen Kit - Part 2 Cutting a Tenon
How To Make a Perfect Fit Pen Kit - Part 3 Assembly
How To Turn a Longline Slimline Pen Kit
Pen Turning Tips & Tricks
How to Turn "Off-center" Tube-In Pen Blanks
Click mechanism assembly--Click here
Aligning the drill press table
Turning"Faux stone"
Berea Lever Action pen making and troubleshooting
Skew used to make Alternative Ebony Pen
Tips On Turning Spectraply Blanks
Troubleshooting-tips to "fix" a kit pen
Turning an Acrylic Pen - A Beginning Tutorial
Wood-turning cross-grained Spalted Wood pen
Wood - Reinforcing a Wood Blank
Facing the Blank with Sandpaper on the Lathe
Sandpaper facing on the lathe--making the disk
Fountain pen part one-Click here
Fountain pen part two-includes assembly- Click here
"Troubleshoot" pen that is not working right-
Mark Dreyer "10 minutes to better penmaking series"
GluBoost and GluDry-click here
Choosing a kit (component sets)-click here
Acrylic preparation-click here
Drilling-click here
Painting acrylic pen blanks-click here
Pen blank coloring techniques-click here
Gluing in tubes-click here
Milling the ends-click here
Sanding -click here
Turning wood with carbide-click here
Turning Acrylic with carbide tools-click here
Finishing-GluBoost over acrylic-click here
Finishing-Glass like finish on acrylic-click here
Assembly-click here
Creating a steam punk blank-click here
Label prep for casting-click here
Stopping "Out of Round" results-click here
Deer Antler pen prep-click here
John Underhill-Underhill Creations
Casting-setting up tubes for vertical cast
Finials-creating custom finials
Color Casting with John Underhill
How To Turn a Pen With Unique Materials
Cambridge in Antique Alternate Ivory - Click Here
Cebloplast - Click Here
Chiyogami - click here
Making a pen from "Lava" blanks (Alumilite)
"Pirate bone" -- click here
Turning a complex segmented acrylic pen blank
Turning a zebra pattern acrylic with a skew
Turning a Checkered Flag Blank - Click Here
Making a Whalebone Pen #1 - Click Here
Making a Whalebone Pen #2 - Click Here
Circuit board pen blank turning on Sierra
"Acrylic" or plastic pen turning technique
Stars & Stripes Laser kit assy and turning
Turning a shaving brush handle
Rotacrylic pen turning-drill straight!
RhinoPlastic (Polyresin) pen turning
Cholla Pen Series
Drilling a Cholla Blank - Click Here
Turning a Cholla Blank - Click Here
Filling a Cholla Blank - Click Here
Finishing a Cholla Blank - Click Here
Tips and Techniques
Click pen "Drop test" LeRoi click-Click here
Align the drillpress -click here
Replacing the nib on a fountain pen - Click here
Inking a Fountain Pen with a Converter - Click Here
Pen Turning Without Brass Tubes & Making Your Own Bushings - Click Here
Tubeless Penturning #1 - Click Here
Penturning bushings-making your own, turning without brass tubes
Painting Pen Tubes - What Color? - Click Here
Reverse Painting an Acrylic Pen Blank - Click Here
Sanding disc for squaring pen blanks-click Here
Reinforcing brittle blanks with popsicle sticks-click here
Snakeskin blanks-facing and thinCA-Click here
Tools and Materials Series
Applying Wood Turners Finish to a Pen - Click Here
Pen Turning with a Skew - Click Here
Pen Wizard - Click Here
Replacing a Stylus on a Sierra Pen - Click Here
Turning Resin with gouge, scraper, skew--Click Here
EASY WOOD tools
Carbide tools "On the level"--Click Here
Using Exotics' Partners' Blanks
Chiyogami-"D" shaped blanks--Click here
Tornadic Twists - Click here
Neptune Pens - Click here
Omni-Ribbon by Rob - Omni Ribbon
"Pirate Bone" by Neptune - Pirate bone
Rotacrylic pen blanks-drill and turn - Click here
See Rotacrylic blanks here
Rotacrylic drilling 9-2017 here
Serpentine blank, closed end click here
SportSupport - click here
Steampunk by MIK - click here
Finishing Products
CraftCoat Application - Click Here
Applying Wood Turners Finish to a Pen - Click Here
Glu_Boost video: Click here
Glu Boost alt method: click here
ZODIAC Pens
Zodiac pen kit's feature introduced - Click Here
Zodiac circuit board - Click Here
TUNING a fountain pen nib
We at ExoticBlanks do not pretend to be experts, so we have chosen a few for you to watch and learn!!
Tuning a nib (SBREBrown): click here
A Second helping of SBREBrown: click here
Aligning the nib and feed-Goulet Pen: click here
Ink Flow-Goulet pen: click here