3d printing

I love herringbone pens, specially the 360 ones, but not necessarily the process of making them, so I designed a method to make them using a 3D printed core (what I call a skeleton) in which I add the wood segments. Aside of making the process much simpler (without considering the design of the...

There has been some discussion about using water slide decals, and varying degrees of success with them. This was my first try and it worked perfectly. Expect more of these in the future. This one is Bamboo and Black Walnut, PSI Designer kit. The process was pretty straight forward. I printed...

Hello Everyone, I am starting to learn about 3d modeling and have come up with a jig to solve a shop problem. I am now using Magic Juice from Stadium Pen Blanks. I love the product by the way. It has really improved my finishing of plastics. My garage shop is not heated and I have been shaking...

I wanted to see if I could hold a square pen blank in an ER32 collet on my lathe. So, starting with this: I coverted the center hole into a square and 3d printed this design: And got this result before removing printing supports: And after cleaning it up a little: Hoping I get a...

3d printed some soft jaws for the mini metal lathe. They fit great. Will post again with an update on how well they hold up.