This 7mm tube kit is easy-to-turn and assemble. Pen Blanks. 5/8" Pen Blanks.  Inlace Acrylester Pen Blank #05 - Crushed Cranberry Item: PBIA Was: $ Now: $ Inlace Acrylester Pen Blank #06 - Sparkle Gold Item: PBIA Was: $ Now: $ Inlace Acrylester Pen Blank #07 - Bronze Item: PBIA Was: $ Now: $ Inlace Acrylester Pen Blank #08 - Violet Item: PBIA Was: $ Now: $ Inlace Acrylester Pen Blank #09 - Red Russet Item: PBIA Was: $ Now: $ Inlace Acrylester Pen Blank #10 - Crushed Mud Item: PBIA Was: $ Now: $ Inlace Acrylester Pen Blank #11 - Golden Black Item: PBIA Was: $ Now: $ Inlace Acrylester Pen Blank. a fun material to use in a project, take a look at our wide selection of acrylic blanks!Acrylic 3/4" x 3/4" x 5" Thin Blue Line Turning StockFan Favorite Acrylic Pen Blank Carolina Blue & White. In turning some of the inlace acrylester blanks over the past year, I've noticed that it chips out a little easier than other acrylic-type blanks. I've changed to skew-only turning and have no problems anymore, but it's become one of those curiosity creating items for me to learn more about. What is inlace acrylester and why does it seems to chip out more? Is it PR, or another acrylic substance? THanks in advance for the knowledge!. Lkne correct got me. Filters Reset all filters. Thank you Tony! Statesman Pen Kits Jr. This is especially critical if the wall of the blank is going to be thin after it is turned.

The Magical Skew is a carbide "Shear Scraper" that was developed because I could not turn inlace at all, it does work and it works on wood just as well. Earlier this year I introduced the NRS, this is a negative rake tool that uses regular carbide cutters.

You can find them both on the website www. You are more than welcome to visit and sample the tools. Youre getting some really great help above. I just wanted to add, I agree wholeheartedly with this statement So do I. If you learn to turn acrylester, you will be able to turn any "plastic" that is currently being marketed.

So, it is worth the effort. The rest of them are all easier!! You will experience some failures, but try to focus on what you are doing RIGHT, when you have a pass that yields nice ribbons. Then, do it again. In time, it becomes habit and simple--practice is the only way to become proficient. Good luck!! When things are going poorly, change to cutting wood.

Repeated attempts that fail will only give you a bad attitude. MPVic Member. Click to expand I was told by an employee at my local Rockler stire to use a Spindle Gouge and carbide cutters to turn Inlace Acrylester and found out that it works. As has been mentioned above, make light cuts with light and even pressure on your chisel and everything should work out.

I found it helpful to use a wood rasp which has four cutting surfaces and is slightly rounded on one side to round the blank bound before turning.

Also, you will only want to use the portion that looks like a coarse file. The other cutting surface is to rough and might cause chipping. EricRN said:. TonyL said:. One Pen - Three different views as rotated: View attachment View attachment View attachment Anne in Turning Acrylester Pen Blanks Quiz Canton said:.

Thank you Tony! This is very helpful! Alchemist Member. It was a Crush pink lava blank. For drilling my blanks I use the lathe.

I use a shopsmith and am new to wood turning in general. So, I used the slowest rpm to drill it with multiple passes to clean the bit off. I also left plenty of room for the length. I used a normal bit to bore it.

I found that using a well sharpened skew with a homing every now and then really helped a lot. OnceI got it rounded I found it going easier. This was my first acrylic blank. I have made some alumulite blanks that I will get to sooner or later. I will be happy to share how that goes when I cut them down. You must log in or register to reply here. Previous Next.

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Looks like a real pleasure to deal with and the only reason I'm making the attempt is because I have a brother who works for Starbucks. I decided to read the instructions first, this time. They say these blanks are only intended for experienced pen turners, which I suppose is their way of saying the potential for failure the first time around is pretty high. The coffee bean blanks cut clean enough and there is a distinct aroma of coffee beans in the air.

Plenty of room to work with here but use some caution. Pushing through a coffee bean is much easier than pushing through acrylester. These are cut down to size but the ends are not milled. I don't trust those embedded coffee beans so I think fortifying them with some thin CA glue is the right thing to do. Milling goes quickly and when you get close to brass, check carefully because it is hard to see the exposed brass through the acrylester pieces coming off.

Lightly mill the coffee bean blank ends one more time, just enough to get rid of any excess CA glue. Assemble the pieces and mount on the lathe. Note: If you haven't miked the bushings in a while, now would be a good time to do so..

Initial bean blank turning is going well. No coffee beans flying out or anything, Lathe speed is high, around rpm. I found out from my last go-round with acrylester, that if you get the speed high enough and ensure the back of the tool lays against the blank, the plastic softens from the heat and comes off in ribbons, rather than chips.

Failure analysis indicates that I caught the tool on the edge of a bean, thus Turning Acrylester Pen Blanks English tearing out a chunk.

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