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Introduction

Creating your own masterpiece pen!

Since 2003 when the first Pen Turner’s Workbook was published, tens of thousands of pen turners have used my books as a reference guide to learn to turn pens. Some of you have created them for fun, others to earn extra income. No matter what your reasoning, you have turned to the Pen Turner’s Workbook and I want to personally thank you.

My objective for this book—the completely revised and expanded third edition of the Pen Turner’s Workbook—as well as for all my books is to approach the subject from the mind of the individual asking the question, “How do they do that?” This book will guide you step by step through your journey to creating the fine writing instrument you want to make, whether you want to work with a mother nature inspired piece of wood, an alternative material, or an acrylic blank you cast yourself. This instructional book is the definitive state-of-the-art guide you will need on your quest to learn the skills necessary to make a better pen for yourself and your customer.

This guide will discuss the fundamental skills you need to turn pens as well as the techniques used to create segmented pens and laser cut pens. You’ll also learn about working with biologicals, such as antler and snakeskin. All along the way, I’ll give you many tips and tricks to make your life easier when creating your masterpieces.

I will assist and guide the individual who has not decided which lathe to purchase and which turning tools are best suited for your particular skill set, and what are some of the other various pieces of shop equipment such as safety equipment and dust collection used in making pens. Tool techniques will be demonstrated to help you build skill quickly and avoid the dreaded dig-in with a skew chisel.

Selecting wood for larger pen styles will be discussed as well as a debate on what is the best pen plating to use in conjunction with any particular pen blank. We will look into wood dyes for coloring your wooden pen blank and alternate ways of preparing the same wooden pen blank to obtain three very distinct outcomes. An expanded “what do I do now” or the “oops” section will show you how to correct some of the common mistakes that everyone makes—myself included.

The book opens with a gallery section with some other very talented pen makers’ favorite masterpieces they have created. And the book closes with a gallery section to provide you with some ideas on how to market and display your work to maximize your efforts.

As I have stated in the past, life is too short to carry an ugly pen, so please join me in the workshop, and let’s get busy creating that one-of-a-kind fine writing instrument you will be proud to use and display!

You’ll learn how to make terrific pens like these by following the instructions in this book.