The International Association of Penturners

Having a problem finding the tube sizes and kits

Recently I was gluing a few pen blanks, using Devcon 4 ounce bottles of Two Ton Epoxy. The red bottle flowed like it should and clear. Turned the blue bottle upside down and it was like cold molasses. OK, put the bottle in warm water until it completely softened. But it had a grainy texture when squeezed on paper for mixing. I sent an email to customer service at Devon for their...

Hello IAP, I'm Robert, a product development professional specializing in product design, prototyping, and manufacturing. I joined the IAP forum to expand my lapidary hobby into pens. While most people make from Wood here I'm guessing, I hope there's a few niche spots for custom metal fittings turning and alternative material barrel making. I plan to learn and share what I learn...

Having recently become a resident of Idaho (as a political refugee from the People's Republic of Kalifornia) I decided that I should embrace the states slogan - the Gem State. While Boise is known as the City of Trees, the climate does not allow for growing timbers native to Australia, the Mediterranean, Central America, South America and Africa as was the case in SoCal. So with...

I have tried many other methods to glue a pen tubes and this seems to be my favorite. It always works. I hope it helps you.