Mark Dreyer
Turning
Turning Alternative Materials And Casting
Description
All Skill Levels - Go beyond the traditional wooden pen to making a pen from almost anything in sight – acrylics, feathers, steam punk, postage stamps, carbon fiber, and antler.

Part 1:
Topics include the entire process from blank selection or creation, drilling, coloring, gluing, turning, finishing, and assembly. Single-tool turning techniques for making the perfect cut on acrylic and not chipping out.

Part 2:
Do-it-yourself casting - the fun and creativity of making your own blanks. From postage stamps, carbon fiber, pictures, worthless wood, to the Steam Punk Mickey Mouse Crushed Penny pen.

Very interactive. Strong PowerPoint with additional visuals and hands on.

Details

Alternative Material Turning

  • Choose A Blank
  • Drilling
  • Using Jigs
  • Gluing
  • Finishing The Ends
  • Assembly

Types Of Materials

  • Acrylic Blanks
  • Acrylester Blanks
  • Deer Antler
  • Coffee Beans
  • Leather
  • Denim
  • Mother Of Pearl
  • Aluminum
  • Polymer Clay
  • Bullets
  • Snake Skins
  • Half Wood / Half Plastic
  • Wood
  • Feathers
  • PVC Pipe

Cutting Sequence (Different From Wood)

  • “Pressure” side to side NOT inward
  • Rough Cuts
  • Round Down
  • Work The Ends

Sand

Tools (40 Degree Swept back)

  • Bevel angle
  • Grind

Demo

Enhancing

  • Painting The Tubes (Demo)
  • Inlays
  • Deer Antler
  • Moose Antler
  • Buffing and use of wax

Steps To Improve Finishing

Casting - Ideas

  • Stamps
  • Stickers
  • Carbon Fiber
  • Snake Skin
  • Watch Parts
  • Alligator Jaw Bone
  • Feathers
  • Abalone
  • Crushed Penny

Clear Casting Techniques

  • Safety Is A Must
  • Sample Blanks
  • Material
    • Silmar 41 vs. Alumilite
  • Using Silmar 41
    • Applying Heat
    • Pressure
  • Molds

Steam Punk Penny Blank

Blanks Preparation

  • Aluminum / Copper Tape
  • Riveting
  • Ebonizing
  • Bending The Penny

Casting

Turning And Finishing

  • Tapered Turning

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