NGLJ
Member
Thanks Kevin. I was referring to material for blanks to turn. However, your tip about Delrin is useful. Alumilite seems to be much preferred for making your own blanks.
Alumilite works very nicely for this type of project.Finally a complete pen all from the same material. Since my last posting I have been trying to make a complete pen using Poly Resin. The upshot after using 20 blanks is that I have made several decent desk pens. I hesitate to say that anything is impossible, especially here, but Poly Resin is not user friendly for making bespoke pens for several reasons, which I am sure are well known here! It does polish very nicely. So, I switched to Acrylic, and attached is the completed pen. The 2 sizes that I used are M7 and M10 to create a fairly slim pen. I am not completely happy with the alignment of the cap and body, which is no doubt to some extent due to not using a tailstock die holder. Will need to negotiate with the "home boss". I am going to try some Alumilite next, which I believe is quite user friendly for this purpose.