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Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 2:18 pm
by nuhobby
navycop wrote:I was just noticed they had "pen light" flashlights. Are the blanks the same as for regular pins? Just turned different?
I did a couple of Penn State mini flashlights (the key-ring type) which were neat. These were more along the lines of a bottle-stopper size blank.
Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 3:02 pm
by beeg
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 8:15 am
by navycop
Is there a way to etch (spelling) pens for graduations and anniversaries? I think it would be nice to put "Class of 20__" or "Jack and Jill 25 yr anniversary" on the commemerative pen. It would make it more personal. I know there are Branding iron type things. Can u change the lettering or is it just ordered with one label? I was thinking along the lines of the stuff they use on plagues. They rub some ink on it then wipe it off. The ink gets down in the etching.
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 9:52 am
by JPG
navycop wrote:Is there a way to etch (spelling) pens for graduations and anniversaries? I think it would be nice to put "Class of 20__" or "Jack and Jill 25 yr anniversary" on the commemerative pen. It would make it more personal. I know there are Branding iron type things. Can u change the lettering or is it just ordered with one label? I was thinking along the lines of the stuff they use on plagues. They rub some ink on it then wipe it off. The ink gets down in the etching.
Spell it 'engraving'! Some gift stores have the ability to engrave pens. Perhaps one would be agreeable to do that for a reasonable cost.
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:26 am
by paul269
The only way I found to engrave a pen was at the local trophy shop. I cant afford the engraving tool.
Check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcwVUf9pUGc
and
http://www.customengraving.com/
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 11:07 am
by navycop
I was looking for something along the lines as the electric inital branding iron. Maybe swap out the heads with different logos. I might have to invent something like that and patent it.
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 1:37 pm
by robinson46176
beeg wrote:This site worked better for me, it was knot choppy.
My hatchet is kind of "choppy"... 
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 1:48 pm
by fjimp
If you desire a really fine turning skew/gouge check out the Crown Skew/Gouge at woodcraft. While visiting their store in Richmond VA a couple of weeks ago a store clerk, who does a lot of turning and ahas offered good tips in the past, shared how great it is. Being the tool nut I am I had to have one. In a word WOW that is some tool. It makes short work of turning pens. In fact I have turned six in under two hours today. Check this link:
http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/200362 ... gouge.aspx
Now it's time to clean up the shop.
Jim
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 5:11 pm
by navycop
I read in a thread that regular chisel work for pen turning. I am mostly interested in pen turning right now. If I bought pen chisel, would they work if I decided to do bowls?
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 6:03 pm
by curiousgeorge
navycop wrote:I read in a thread that regular chisel work for pen turning. I am mostly interested in pen turning right now. If I bought pen chisel, would they work if I decided to do bowls?
No. What you call "Pen chisels" are spindle turning gouges and do not work well for bowl turning. What you will need for bowls is called (of all things
) a bowl gouge. You can use a bowl gouge for pen turning, however. You might want to get a good bowl gouge and be set for both instances.