Pens and pencils

[Bill Dunn jr]

Here are some Corian and other pens and pencils I've done. Comments welcome.

Bill

[Don Carter]

Great looking pens and pencils, Bill! I love that Corian. Thanks for showing them.

[Ben Gastfriend]

Corian is definitly one of my favoritie alternate materials to work with, because of the eye-popping results like these.

To what grit do you sand, and what finish do you use, if you use a finish?

[michael gallagher]

Those are nice looking, and I really like how you matched the pen and pencil sets (let someone put that between their teeth and start chewing). I got a bunch of the Creek's corian pen blanks and they are fun to turn and polish up nice with micromesh, and are great for giveaways as well as using around the house and work.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Bill - real nice work! Love the 3-D texture effect you get!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Bill those are some really nice looking pens. Well done.

[John Terefenko]

Nicely done on all of them. Did you have to put two pieces of corian together to make a blank or were you able to get 3/4" stuff??? If you had to piece what glue did you use??? Can you detect a seem.

[Billy Tallant]

Those are some very nice looking pens.

[Jeff Nicol]

Bill, You have done yourselve proud! That is a great bunch of pens and pencils! The colors are wonderful and really catch the eye!

Great job,

Jeff :D

[Keith Outten]

Nicely done on all of them. Did you have to put two pieces of corian together to make a blank or were you able to get 3/4" stuff??? If you had to piece what glue did you use??? Can you detect a seem.

John,

You can make pens from 1/2" thick Corian, the trick is that you must drill the blanks perfectly straight so you have to tune up your drill press and jig.

If you want to glue up to get thicker material you can use CA glue. Make sure your pieces are perfectly flat and clean the surfaces with denatured alcohol, your glue joint will be seamless. This is the same technique some people use to get multiple colors of Corian in their pens and accent details. Not many use the Corian adhesive for adding color fill but it is a great option as well. For instance you can turn a band around your pen then fill the void with Corian adhesive, then turn it again once the adhesive has cured.
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[Bill Dunn jr]

Thanks for the kind comments everyone, I enjoy turning Corian more than cast resin because it is a little more forgiving.

Ben - I sand with the Corian sanding pads I got from Woodcraft and I do not use a finish. I polish after sanding with Corian/solid surface polish from HD.

John - The larger pens are from 3/4" Corian. I have glued up 1/2", as Keith says, to make larger pens with colors I can not get in 3/4", but I have found that with some colors the seam shows no matter what I do.

Bill