10 Minutes To Better Pen Making - Foolproof Wooden Pens With Carbide Tools - Mark Dreyer
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
- Tired of messing up a beautiful wood blank trying to make it round. Chip outs? Tear out? Blow ups? In my video on turning acrylic using carbide tools we explore three cuts - scoop / peel / finish. For wood you can use the same three cuts, but I have had a few people tell me the scoop cut is a slight challenge. So in this video we replace it with the square cutter and a semi-push cut. We take a blank, and within a few minutes, are ready to apply a finish. This new cut is easy to master and is a must for your techniques.
In this series of videos, I plan to take individual topics and explore them and discuss them 10 minutes at a time. I will use my 25 years as a pen maker to give tips and tricks on the topic. Each topic will only be 10 minutes. We will explore everything from kit and blank selection, to drilling, to turning and turning tools, finishing, and marketing and sales. If there is a topic you would like to see discussed, please leave me a comment. Thanks.
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thank you so much for this video!
This technique knocked down a square blank in no time. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing. I'm a disabled Viet Nam Veteran and I can use all the help I can get.
Thanks for watching ...
I have done the same as you disclosed and have had great success. I noticed the blank was not straight, or at least it looked that way. I know that a bit more sanding may rectify that; however. I use the larger square head easy tool and I seem to get it a bit straighter. On acrylic pen blanks only, I turn the square tool just a very little and use the edge (or corner) of the square edge and I find that due to the reduced surface area of the cutter I am able to get zero chipout and a much smoother start to rounding the pen. Just a suggestion. I thank you so much for sharing.
I hope your subscribers number goes up exponential with the upcoming show. You deserve it. Thanks for another video about carbide tools. I am new to pen turning and have several of the easy wood turning tools. Without videos like this I would be clueless on how to use them properly.
Enjoy the journey as you go thorough pen making. If you have not tried it out go to PenTurners.org and sign up and introduce yourself. You will get a lot of help and please share your experience with others there (as well as here). I spend my "free" time there more than other social media. Thanks for the kind words - and I hope you subscribed.
@@markdreyer2865 I am subscribed and I am also a member of IAP. RJB Woodturner mentioned that site as a great place to go. I love watching both of your channels. "See ya" at the show Saturday.
This will cut an unreal amount of time off my total turning time. An idea so simple but yet so revolutionary. Thanks for another great tip Mark.
Thanks for watching and glad I can help out.
Thanx for more help buddy. Happy new year.
Can you please do a video on turning , sanding, and finishing hybrid (burl and acrylic) blanks? I have trouble (uneven cut) when the cutter transitions from the hard burl to the soft acrylic and I would also like to know what you recommend for finishing a hybrid burl and acrylic pen. I love that you keep the videos to about 10 minutes. I can watch them again in my shop on my tablet whenever I need a refresher while I'm working on a pen. Thanks for all of your help making pen turning fun.
Another Great video Mark!!! Do you ever use a negative rake tool?
Yes I use it all the time on acrylics and hardwoods or end grain - anywhere I don't want it to be aggressive.
Great video! This will help me a lot. In another video, in finishing wood, you said you use micro mesh down to 4000 grit before applying GluBoost. Since micro mesh is used wet, does the wood soak up any water since there is no sealer to prevent this? Or do you seal it before using micro mesh?
I micromesh dry to 4000 - sorry if that did not come across in the video. Micromesh is good wet or dry. After GluBoost I do wet sand. Thanks for watching....
Great information! Thank you for sharing your knowledge, this will really change things. Could you go over how to best sharpen tools and different methods of sharpening?
This one is coming up ...
I use this video often as a reference. My question: It appears that you are introducing the cutter perfectly level but also slightly higher on the blank then dead center, correct? If so, is that true for acrylic as well? Where vertically on the blank do you position the cutter head?
Sorry for the brief delay. I try to be center / center meaning, as you mentioned, perfectly level and as close to center as I can be. Sorry if the video does not show that as exact. Sorry. Yes it is center / center. Does this answer the question? Let me know if it doesn't. Thanks.
@@markdreyer2865 Thanks for the reply. No sorry necessary
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Good show. I would like to see you turn a closed end pen with a very long shaft.
Ken Glaser, Denver
I will but it in the next set....
Great video! Got my first set of carbide tools and I have my first blanks glued up... Just waiting for my face mask before I turn my first pen, I'll be sure to try this method!
How long do you wait for superglue to dry when doing the brass tube in the blank? And is it supposed to be a sloppy fit? I had a lot of slop but checked the hole relative to the drill bit and it "pops" out of the hole, so I know my drill press is doing a good job...
Check out my video on Gluing in my channel. I do not use CA for the tubes and I give the reasons in the video. I only use 5 minute epoxy for tubes. As for slop there should be none. As weird as this sounds - if you have slop check out my video on drilling. We look at all the issues that cause these problems.
@@markdreyer2865 yeah funny enough I did watch the video after my comment, will have to find a good quick epoxy! For 5 minute epoxy how long do you let it cure?
Oddly enough the hole matches the drill bit perfectly so I wonder if it's an issue with the kit. I checked with calipers and the tube is definitely undersized relative to the bit. In any case I turned my first pen and put it together and it seemed to work really well! Now I need to work on technique... I will admit that the first sanding pass did erase a lot of my in+out movement on my final pass with the circular cutter!
Great video, how about a video strictly about turning speeds with different types of blanks.
I like this idea. Most all my pen turning I go fast as I can, but there are situations I don't - so look for that one in the future. Thanks.
If so, then what is it used for and how it is used?
I plan on doing a video on this but here are the CliffsNotes (yes I made it through high school and college on CliffsNotes). The cutters fit in the same tool as the traditional tools (round for round - square for square). There is really not a different cutting technique - tool level and on center. I go slightly slower across. It is a significantly less aggressive cut so slow the cut down. Specifically on acrylics it helps reduce (I get none) - chip out or breaks. On end grain or hard woods it simply forces me to go slower. No change in tools introduction or technique. Please don't fall for the internet hype that you can simply tilt your tool down and get the same cut. The geometry is not the same and you cannot get the same muscle memory with it. I will have a video on it soon, but in the mean time hope this answers the questions. If not - please keep them coming. ExoticBlanks will be offering a free zoom call starting next month - so if you get on the call remind me and I can show you the technique. Keep in touch. Mark
I enjoy making pens but I have not used any carbide tools as of yet.
My first 20 years I strictly used HSS. Now for pens I only use carbide. As you can see in the video I can cut quicker, but more importantly, very consistent and ease of use. Thanks for wacthing.