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It finally arrived!! This is what over 300 pounds of pens looks like.

I wonder why I go through so many bandsaw blades!!!
 

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How long will it take you to cut all that to size?

Send me a box of kringles and a bundle of rods and I will cut a bunch for you. :biggrin:
 
Hey Tim,

I think I have Saturday pretty well "planned out".

I don't try to cut it all. The slabs get cut to 5 and 6 inches by two feet or so. Then, I keep those in stock and cut to squares as needed--about 30 pens at a time.

The rods I can cut on my radial arm saw--pretty simple.

That WILL be a LOT of pens!!
 
I sure hope your weather up there is nicer than it is down here, but we are supposed to get thunderstorms Sat. Sun. and Monday lots of neat looking stuff Ed.
 
The saws are in my basement shop. So, it is supposed to be high 80's outside--it will be about 70, although the humidity will be high--but lots of cutting will get done.

AND a few pens will be turned from the new Black Pearl (Madreperlato, made in Italy for Exotics) , just to show what they look like.

Also there is a new "Casein look alike" that is a resin. MUCH more reasonably priced than casein. NEW to us, will tell you next week how it turns.

All-in-all, I am giving a demo at the IAP meeting Sunday--so some of you will see the things that do NOT compete with WoodCraft. We will be in Chris' shop, so I will say very little about Exotics products.

So, if you want info or orders delivered, call me today--or PM me and I will give you my cell phone number--won't be in the office Saturday, unless we come in very late.
 
Wow...yea, that's a lot of stuff. All those huge sheets part of your inventory? If so...I say toss the band saw and run a table saw with dust collector and a 1/16" kerf blade. That'll cut faster and cleaner and the thin kerf blade will reduce losses and chip outs. Then...you can just soak and clean the blade after it gets all gummed up and you can re-use it for some more abuse. You can get 1/16" kerf Freud carbide 8" blades..technically meant for circular saw, but works in table saw no problem..you just don't get the extra height out of it...and those blades are found at any ACE Hardware for $10 a piece. They last longer and are cheaper than the average bandsaw blade. Spend some more money...get yourself a stock feeder! That'll cost you about $500 for a small one, but it will feed the sheets through the saw, keeping them tight on the fence and your fingers will not have to go near any blades except to change blades and you can't get any kick back using a stock feeder. Cheaper to get a stock feeder than a saw stop saw...but most people don't think about that nifty machine that was built as a production safety device years and years before saw stop came around. The stock feeder sure saves a lot of sweat too...because you do nothign but feed it.
 
That's good to know Jeff. Thanks for the info.

I used to think I wanted a saw mill or wood resale business but I've changed my mind... Now I just want Ed's basement!
 
Dangit, that's a lot of work for a one arm printer repairman, LOL. Kinda brings a tear to a grown mans eyes if he's a pen maker.
 
Only stopped the blade three times!!

49" length, cut to six inch strip---support was a problem.

But we have the beginnings of pen blanks-probably thirty blanks of each of the sheets---a GOOD 20mm square--nice blanks. Made pens from each--will show them here Monday--show them in Milwaukee tomorrow.

None will be for sale in Milwaukee, because we are guests of Wood Craft and I don't sell in his building. I will answer questions (Chris knows this) and certainly talk about what came in--but I won't take orders or sell anything there.

Looking forward to doing the demo on turning resins--I think it will be kinda cool. We will show Inlace acylester and some new product, we will be calling "Dawn's Duds!!" What we used to consider failures, but seem to meet the accepted definitions of "usable blanks".

You'll see!!
 
What! Dawn has failures? Say it ain't so, Joe, Say it ain't so!

I first thought she was cutting up her clothes (we call 'em duds in Texas) and casting the pieces:biggrin::biggrin:.

Do a good turn daily!
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ed4copies said:
We will show Inlace acylester and some new product, we will be calling "Dawn's Duds!!" What we used to consider failures, but seem to meet the accepted definitions of "usable blanks".
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