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6 New Pen Turning Supplies You Haven’t Tried Yet

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1. C-BOND CA Glue – Made in Canada!

We’re very excited to offer a new, Canadian-made CA glue to our loyal customers! C-BOND is a general purpose instant/cyanoacrylate glue used to bond rubber, metal, plastics and wood, and is made in thick, thin, or EXTRA thin viscosities. If you’re looking to glue a pen tube into a pen blank, C-BOND Thick will easily fill any gaps between your tube and the inside of your pen blank for a secure hold. If you’re looking to harden a softer wood you’re having trouble working with, C-BOND Extra Thin will penetrate the wood evenly and make your blank easier to turn as well as provide a durable finish (and our favorite product use for a CA finish). All viscosities come in 120g, 60g and 30g- a size unique to the C-BOND brand.

Canadian- made CA Instant Glue

2. New Stabilized Wood Pen Blanks

We have expanded our Stabilized Box Elder Burl and Stabilized Curly Maple pen blank collections to include 4 more beautiful blank styles. You can now purchase both exotic wood pen blanks in “Mauve”, “Purple Haze”, “Red Wine”, and “Scarlet Fire”! As always, Stabilized Box Elder Burl and Curly Maple are easy to drill and turn, making them excellent for turners at any skill level, so it’s even easier to find the perfect pen turning supplies.

3. Cactus Juice Dye for Stabilizing Pen Blanks

Trying your hand at stabilizing your own pen turning blanks? We now offer Cactus Juice Stabilizing Dye in the colours mentioned above, “Mellow Mauve”, “Purple Haze”, “Red Wine” and “Scarlet Fire”! Cactus Juice dyes are meant to be used with Cactus Juice Stabilizing Resin, and WILL NOT work with casting resin products. These 100% liquid dyes will not settle over time, and will help you achieve really brightly coloured blanks to add to your arsenal. For tips on how to stabilize your own blanks, take a look at our instruction sheet on how to use Cactus Juice stabilizing resin and dyes. If you’re not up for the challenge, we’re got a huge selection of stabilized wood pen blanks you can browse here.

4. C-COAT – Made in Canada Two-Part Epoxy Coating

Made by CEC-CORP, the company that also manufactures C-BOND CA glue, C-COAT is a two-part crystal clear epoxy coating perfect for woodworking projects such as coating bar and tabletops, plaques, photographs, certificates, diplomas, and clocks! C-COAT is a low-viscosity, clear epoxy system designed to create a high-gloss, clear decorative coating for horizontal surfaces. C-COAT is also water-resistant, blush-free, pourable, self-leveling, non-yellowing, UV-resistant, heat and alcohol resistant, Nonyl Phenol and Benzyl Alcohol-Free, and Low odor. You can pick it up in either 8.5oz or 32oz depending on your project size.

5. Silicone Casting Molds

We are very excited to announce that we now offer silicone pen blank casting molds in various shapes and sizes for you to create your own custom pen blanks! Choose from two and four blank molds that will allow you to create 7/8”x5-1/4” pen blanks, as well as a block mold that will allow you to create a 6”x5-1/4”x1” project block that can be cut into individual, custom-sized pen blanks or other turning projects like ring blanks or knife scales for knife wood working. These molds cast Polyester, Urethane and Epoxy Resin. Working with pen blank casting supplies for the first time? We recommend trying JB Royal Thin epoxy casting resin. You won’t regret adding these to your line-up of pen making tools.

6. Black Ash Burl Fusion Pen Blank Bundles

We now offer Black Ash Burl Fusion pen blanks in a variety of mixed-and-matched bundles of 3 pen blanks. These beauties are striking on any pen turning kit. If you haven’t tried our Fusion pen blanks before, they’re made of hand-poured acrylic and exotic wood pieces to bring together a design unique to each pen blank. Bundle 1 includes fusion pen blanks made with Sky Blue, Satin Coffee and Midnight Purple acrylic, perfect for pen makers who are looking for a more rich finished pen turning project. Bundle 2 includes fusion pen blanks made with Saffron, Flash Red and Magic Yellow acrylic, giving you a feel of summer and citrus. Whether you plan to craft a dark purple Churchill pen or a bright yellow Dragon pen, you’re sure to find a colour you love in our new fusion pen blanks bundles.

Looking for more pen turning supplies? We’re constantly adding new pen kits and pen making tools over at Penblanks.ca. Don’t forget to take a look at our newsletter each Sunday morning to claim brand new products like these before they’re gone!

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