Pen turning projects

15 Tips and Tricks for Turning Pens - How to Make a Wooden PenAfter turning several wooden pens, I wanted to create a list to help new turners become efficie...

Tiger Tail Pen + New Bonus: I like turning pens on a lathe and thought - hmm wonder what laminating plywood layers to create a pen blank would look like. To my surprise, the pen turned (no-pun intended) out great with nice chatoyancy from the polished birch plywood layers. Su…

A question I’m often asked is where do I buy my pen kits. And I’m always on the lookout for suppliers I don’t know about. In response to both those needs, I decided to build a list of pen kit suppliers. Wow – this has been a wonderful education and exercise for me. I didn’t...

George Vondriska teaches you some of pen turning techniques used by the expert woodworkers for material selection, sanding tips and more.

Turning pens on your lathe is a lot of fun. Pens make great gifts, and can also bring cash into your shop. Check out this pen how-to to get started.

I recently found out that popsicle sticks and craft sticks are usually made out of birch wood. And I wondered if they could be glued together to make custom pens. So in this video, you find out just how easy it is to turn popsicle sticks into custom pens. #popsiclesticks #woodworking #wooden

Ideas just keep popping into my head. Not sure what to make of this but it was fun to experiment with. After getting my jig dialed in it really only took...

If you enjoy woodturning, you surely spend some time preparing turning blanks. Watch this video to discover a simple and efficient method for making blanks.

High quality pen turning blanks specifically designed for wood turners. All blanks are made with kiln dried exotic handpicked hardwoods.

I made this tutorial back in 2010 and I put it on Penturner's Paradise. That site has since shut down. A few people have asked me to put it here so... here...