When I do, I always use sandpaper for final shaping, starting with grit. IA is probably the worst acrylic to turn--hard and chippy. Forums Penturning Penturning JavaScript is disabled. Add to Cart. Really nice! These are Acrylester pen blanks called Molten Metal This looks simple and straight forward, right? Previous Next.

David Hoffman, Summerville, SC has been very, very busy turning deer antler pens, calls and keychains. Love it with the Hocus Pocus blank! A 4pk of these pens is on sale now with our New Year's sale!

Priced well, they are one of our most popular pen blanks and turn beautifully. The bowls are made from Bloodwood top and Leopardwood bottom.

New Overdrive Acrylic Acetate pen blank is made up of yellow, green rolling throughout the black with silver highlights. It is a great looking blank and the ease of turning Acrylic Acetate is hard to beat! Our Owl RB has arrived. The price was right. One thing I found out quickly is that the end of the blank breaks out when drilling through.

If you were tight on material, this would be a problem. There is plenty of material here so this is not a concern. If it was a concern, a closer examination of the instructions says not to drill all the way through and use a band saw to cut Turning Acrylester Pen Blanks Map off the end. This is different from what I am accustomed to seeing. Plastic coming off the pen mill obscures the end view of the blank. This is what I mean about not being able to see what you are doing.

Neat picture too. Plastic it seems to me, would probably be turned about the same speed as wood, or maybe a little slower. I am opting for rpm. These are Acrylester pen blanks called Molten Metal This looks simple and straight forward, right? Hard plastic chips flying all over the place make safety glasses a must.

It seems to turn easy enough. Just as everything was going well, I broke out the end. Lets see if we can't try this again. One advantage with acrylic pen blanks using this kind of design is you don't have to worry about not having a matched pen. It looks all the same. Several minutes later I am about down to where I started. Must have been some defective plastic Looking good!

Just need to turn the end down flush This has me a little upset. Time to go in the house an cogitate on this a bit. After thinking about this for a while, I came to the conclusion that speed is the problem so I opted for rpm.

Let's see how that works. Chips flying all over the place and the size of those chips seem to be larger and worse but lets go a little further. The chipping out continues to worsen. Time for a pause that refreshes. The chipping thing is giving me pause. Add to Cart. Add to Wish List.

Store Pick Up Choose your store Choose a store Choose Another Store. Price Alert. Product Description Inlace Acrylester is a polyester-based material that exhibits a shimmering pearlescent quality when viewed in the light.

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