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Ed from ExoticBlanks
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Our channel is used to give "free lessons" for penturners.
Ed has been turning "plastic" pens since 1995 and selling pens in the Art and Craft venues throughout the Great Lakes states. In 2008, he and Dawn Kizer founded ExoticBlanks.com ExoticBlanks offers all the products you need for penturning: Pen kits from PennState, Berea, Dayacom as well as our own brand products, pen blanks by the thousands. Exotics was also the first penturning reseller to invite pen blank makers to sell on our site. We continue to offer handmade blanks from experienced makers.
Ed has been turning "plastic" pens since 1995 and selling pens in the Art and Craft venues throughout the Great Lakes states. In 2008, he and Dawn Kizer founded ExoticBlanks.com ExoticBlanks offers all the products you need for penturning: Pen kits from PennState, Berea, Dayacom as well as our own brand products, pen blanks by the thousands. Exotics was also the first penturning reseller to invite pen blank makers to sell on our site. We continue to offer handmade blanks from experienced makers.
Bottlestopper from Spectraply
Simple bottle stopper from Spectraply from ExoticBlanks.com
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Відео
A BORING VIDEO-
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How to drill pen blanks with a segmented pattern. NEW pen blanks are cast in 3D pattern molds. Ed shows how to drill so the pen will show off the pattern properly.
M3 pen turning and finishing
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"Metal" pen, turning and polishing the M3 pen material
GluBoost application to wooden pen
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Applying a finish to a wooden pen, on the lathe. This new product, GluBoost, can achieve a brilliant finish in about five minutes!! GluBoost is applied with the lathe off, then polished using micromesh, dry, with the lathe running slowly.
Metallica pen blanks
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A new pen blank that incorporates a mesh pattern, in a translucent resin base.
Pen turning-the Zen pen parts
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Pen turning-the Zen pen Preparing to turn the pen, checking the kit for all the necessary pieces. Common problem is the "missing" pen nib.
Assembling the click mechanism on LeRoi pens
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We assemble the click mechanism, including gluing in place the plastic housing. Once the pen is completed, this is the most durable click I have ever found. We recommend loctite blue adhesive, CA can discolor your plated components.
rotacrylic intro
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Making a pen using rotacrylic by Masterscroller, from ExoticBlanks
Imbedded object pen blanks-avoiding mistakes!!
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Ed shows a new approach to turning hand-made blanks. Eliminate the pen mill and minimize the chances of separation of the resin from the brass tube. Also minimize the chance of "chipping out" the resin, by using the "turn between centers" technique. Demonstrated using new "opal" blanks from JackieU!!
Turning snakeskin blanks, using turn between centers bushings
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Turning snakeskin blanks between centers. Avoiding separation at ends.
Turning the "stars" blank
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Turning a resin blank that is a little "chippy". The noise of the lathe and the tool are not removed in this video so you can hear what it sounds like when you are "just making ribbons" successfully turning plastic.
click drop test
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"Drop test" on the LeRoi click pen, now available at Exoticblanks.com
nameablank2
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Introducing a new pen blank from ExoticBlanks!! Submit your suggestions for a name for the blank if we pick yours, you will receive a $30 gift certificate from ExoticBlanks.com These blanks will come in several colors, and the patterns will be random, so the name should not be too restrictive. (But, if we could come up with a great name, we wouldn't be asking YOU to do it!! Thanks!!)
Assemble junior series from ExoticBlanks.com
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Assemble junior series from ExoticBlanks.com
Perfect Fit pen assembly instructions
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Perfect Fit pen assembly instructions
Perfect fit pen in alt briar--measuring & cutting tenon
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Perfect fit pen in alt briar measuring & cutting tenon
turning hand-made blanks-grouse feather ellipse
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turning hand-made blanks-grouse feather ellipse
"Lava" series of pen blanks from ExoticBlanks
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"Lava" series of pen blanks from ExoticBlanks
Pen trouble--how to fix "kit pens" #1
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Pen trouble how to fix "kit pens" #1
making pen from faux stone from ExoticBlanks.com
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making pen from faux stone from ExoticBlanks.com
fountain pen nib disassembly Exoticblanks and Baron front section and
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fountain pen nib disassembly Exoticblanks and Baron front section and
Lever action assembly and troubleshooting.
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Lever action assembly and troubleshooting.
Thank you very much for showing the assembly of Jr pen …..I was following instructions from the far east supplier and they were useless!! All the best Yiannis
The Jr. Gentleman I is part of this Junior series, hence the Jr at the start, right?
This helped me fix my new pen!! Thank you!!
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This only aligns the table. Is it possible to align the chuck? That is where my misalignment problem is.
Hello, I am new to your website and I am so glad I found your company! I have also tried the gluboost on a wooden pen I turned and it is the best thing for a shine. Your video is awesome and it was the same I seen somewhere else. I'm so glad gluboost got on board for all the woodturners out there, trying to get the glass shine for wooden pens. Thank you so much for your videos and helping us who really don't have a mentor.
More confused now than before…
If I have a product that needs to have that push mechanism, do you manufacture the pieces or do you know where I can get that done at?
Excellent method
How does the ink cartridge and pump attach and how do you operate them?Thanks
How durable is the finish? Probably not as good as CA?
I really appreciate your honesty about the difficulty in replacing the nib! Your video was very helpful and inspired me to try again, and I got it! THANKS!!
I noticed you cut with the toe of the skew rather than the heel. Any reason for this? Good video. Now I can save $$$ on bushings.
Genius
That's why I hate Berea - the most work goes into assembling parts that can be assembled at factory! Why PSI can make pen kits that are preassembled, and Berea couldn't (for the sameish price)? It's especially painful when doing production run of few dozen pens:(((
And thanks for showing the correct way and mistakes to avoid, Ed!
terrible narration. Your hand/arm blocks the point you are trying to describe, this defeats the purpose.
hey ed i had to get a new tablet so i had to subscribe again just to let u know my friend. chris
Bom dia ! O amigo poderia me ensinar a trocar uma nib da Lanbitou 3088 ? Não consigo extrai-la do feed. Muito obrigado! ( from Brazil )
This is a beautiful intro
Thankyou
that is an awesome blank ive turned 3 of the green circuit board blanks thanks for sharing appreciate u. chris
When you dont have that type of pen:
Awesome vid!
Just in time, I have a grade eight bolt I'm going to drill the center out tomorrow.
Thanks Ed. Appreciate it
I've also come up with this method after ages of fooling around. However, it turned out that my drill press table can only be adjusted in one axis, the other is, unfortunately, misaligned permanently :(
Great video.
I ordered Gluboost based on Ed's videos and Mark Dryer's videos. It came in over the weekend and I used it for the first time on a cocobolo blank. This stuff is amazing!!! As many have said, this will be my "go to" for all my wood pens. Thanks Ed and Mark for your videos.
I have a slimline 7mm PSI twist pen that a customer returned to me in hopes that I can fix it. His complaint is that it will "twist" into the open position while in his shirt pocket. He repeatedly will twist it closed, however it will twist back open. Any suggestions as to how I can fix this? Thanking you in advance...Jaimee
Why do I get a "screaming noise from one end of my turning????
Well.... OK!
Hi Ed; Excellent video and confirmed the way I had to do the centerband. Centerband was SO tight on mine that I had to use the press to assemble centerband
You mentioned NOT to use CA glue. What glue did you use? 5 minute epoxy?
it looked like blue thread locker.. which does work
I prefer Loctite blue or red. CA can discolor the plated metal pieces.
Simple, yet brilliant
Omg
My retractable pen retracts but won't come back down now. Is there a way I can fix it?
There are dozens of click mechanisms. If you are mechanically inclined, you can try to unscrew the clicker and see what's inside.' Before disassembling, try the refill clog as below. First take out the refill and make sure it will travel through the "nib" (front hole of the pen) by hand--could have junk in the hole (easy fix, hope for this!!)
@@edfromexoticblanks5639 It isn't a click pen. I believe it's stripped.
Why not just stabilise like normal?
I know it has been 4 years but if you put the small end of the spring on the refill and give it a twist clockwise it will expand and slide up on the refill. It was actually designed this way to keep the spring in place during assembly/disassembly so you don't lose it in the carpet. :)
Very nice great tip
Thank you for sharing. You have saved me time hunting for parts to jig that is not really used a lot. Bless you.
Excellent
Please help me i like that pen rotor pen how to reper
I have three of these kits, and I have ordered both set of bushings...the bushings will not fit my mandrel. I have and MT1, where can I find an MT1 Mandrel that will work with these bushing?
I prefer to use the wet micromesh and Zona paper, does GLUBOOST work with the wet sanding?
could you have re-sanded to take the colour out
What size and brand of nib could be swapped in for a baron kit?
Need to give this a try
Thanks Ed!
Useful advice. Thanks James
Thank for the info Ed 👍