I watched the live and have re-watched this to catch anything I may have missed. This is definitely on my future projects list after I clear a few others off that list.
Awesome Mark! And tomorrow we drop the video series that is basically the same info as the lives but just a little more concise and maybe has some better camera angles 😃
Any chance we could get another version of this series where you use wood (where applicable)? If i start doing this kind of turning that is likely what I would wind up doing, but i know there are some other things you have to worry about when doing wooden custom pens.
We are going to cover clips, rollerball and mandrel next and possibly we might do wood in the future. One of the things to consider is the threads, because the wood struggles to hold a thread (even stabilized wood) so its good to have another material for the threads, weather you do a hybrid or you affix threads made from a different material inside the wood. It's a good idea to do a whole video and/or series on it though cause the wood ones are really cool!
@@TurnersTv That was where my head was going with these and I have already been thinking through some ways to get sleeves or other means of having resin threads in a wood body. That could be a useful future series if you decide to make such a series.
If you go in; without backing off to clean; will you stop getting ribbons? The acrylic justs packs down? Just curious as to what that looks like. I wondered if you used some sort of compressed air to clean out the pen body or cap. Now you've got me looking at all my pen threads, to see which ones have a chamfer. On pens which have a metal cap band, and then the threads begin, is the metal band an adequate substitute for the chamfer ? I have a Dave Dollar Liberty pen that has a substantial chamfer, which could serve as an example for what you're describing .This was fascinating. I'm just a pen hobbyist, here to learn what goes in to making these pens.
Okay, lets see if we can cover your questions :-) Generally speaking (for drilling) the ribbons are good and the powder is bad. You always want to back off so that you continue to get ribbons, and so you are not packing in, or overheating. (not sure if you were talking about drilling or threading) For cutting the threads it's good to back up to cut the ribbon loose from the material so that you can clear it out, and it doesn't get in the way of you continuing. Yes, compressed air is really good to use and we would recommend it, we just didn't have the compressor out by the lathe. We also use an ultrasonic cleaner to clean parts as we make as well. (and they can also be good for cleaning nibs) Not sure what you mean about the metal band, but it sounds like it's working! :-) And yes it definitely is fascinating to see what goes into making a pen, especially from folks who hand make. They are labors of love and works of functional art for sure! If you liked this video replay, you might really like the series that we will be releasing next week on custom pens for beginners, so keep your eye on that. Hope that helps and thanks so much for watching!!
Can't recall if it was this video or another, but Chad had a great little handheld red center finder to check the center on the end of the blanks. Any idea where that was from?
We totally have them at Turners 😄 here is the link (the ones we have in stock are black though, but it’s the same one) www.turnerswarehouse.com/products/center-finder?variant=40522373333075
I watched the live and have re-watched this to catch anything I may have missed. This is definitely on my future projects list after I clear a few others off that list.
Awesome Mark! And tomorrow we drop the video series that is basically the same info as the lives but just a little more concise and maybe has some better camera angles 😃
Very informative and well done, will have to give it a go
Thanks so much and please do let us know how it goes!
Well done. Thanks.
Thanks so much and thanks for watching!
Any chance we could get another version of this series where you use wood (where applicable)? If i start doing this kind of turning that is likely what I would wind up doing, but i know there are some other things you have to worry about when doing wooden custom pens.
We are going to cover clips, rollerball and mandrel next and possibly we might do wood in the future. One of the things to consider is the threads, because the wood struggles to hold a thread (even stabilized wood) so its good to have another material for the threads, weather you do a hybrid or you affix threads made from a different material inside the wood.
It's a good idea to do a whole video and/or series on it though cause the wood ones are really cool!
@@TurnersTv That was where my head was going with these and I have already been thinking through some ways to get sleeves or other means of having resin threads in a wood body. That could be a useful future series if you decide to make such a series.
You might want to add a video of tuning the Nib also
That's a good idea and we will likely get there eventually for sure!
If you go in; without backing off to clean; will you stop getting ribbons? The acrylic justs packs down? Just curious as to what that looks like. I wondered if you used some sort of compressed air to clean out the pen body or cap. Now you've got me looking at all my pen threads, to see which ones have a chamfer. On pens which have a metal cap band, and then the threads begin, is the metal band an adequate substitute for the chamfer ? I have a Dave Dollar Liberty pen that has a substantial chamfer, which could serve as an example for what you're describing .This was fascinating. I'm just a pen hobbyist, here to learn what goes in to making these pens.
Okay, lets see if we can cover your questions :-) Generally speaking (for drilling) the ribbons are good and the powder is bad. You always want to back off so that you continue to get ribbons, and so you are not packing in, or overheating. (not sure if you were talking about drilling or threading)
For cutting the threads it's good to back up to cut the ribbon loose from the material so that you can clear it out, and it doesn't get in the way of you continuing.
Yes, compressed air is really good to use and we would recommend it, we just didn't have the compressor out by the lathe. We also use an ultrasonic cleaner to clean parts as we make as well. (and they can also be good for cleaning nibs)
Not sure what you mean about the metal band, but it sounds like it's working! :-)
And yes it definitely is fascinating to see what goes into making a pen, especially from folks who hand make. They are labors of love and works of functional art for sure!
If you liked this video replay, you might really like the series that we will be releasing next week on custom pens for beginners, so keep your eye on that.
Hope that helps and thanks so much for watching!!
@@TurnersTv yes, thank you for answering all my questions and I'll be looking forward to the upcoming videos.
Can't recall if it was this video or another, but Chad had a great little handheld red center finder to check the center on the end of the blanks. Any idea where that was from?
We totally have them at Turners 😄 here is the link (the ones we have in stock are black though, but it’s the same one)
www.turnerswarehouse.com/products/center-finder?variant=40522373333075
@@TurnersTv nooo how did I miss those when I ordered the other week!? Thanks!
lol blame it on me! I totally forgot to put it in the video description as well lol
"We all wait too long to start things." That's why people need a longer life span.
Love this quote! Thanks for watching!