{"id":403,"date":"2025-11-23T15:02:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T15:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.woodworking.monster\/?p=403"},"modified":"2025-11-23T15:02:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T15:02:32","slug":"woodturning-handmade-oak-padauk-sucupira-and-lacewood-pens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodworking.monster\/?p=403","title":{"rendered":"Woodturning | Handmade Oak, Padauk, Sucupira, and Lacewood Pens!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Woodturning | Handmade Oak, Padauk, Sucupira, and Lacewood Pens!!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yQtDrm_mjIk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>These pens are not yet available for purchase, but if you&#8217;d like to check out our other products, our website is here! https:\/\/formanwoodworking.com\/<br \/>\n_____________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Hello, friends! Earlier this year, I was trying to build up some pen inventory to bring to a local craft fair\/show, and so I decided to take on this behemoth of a project and make 48 handmade pens all at the same time! Long story short, I did not succeed \ud83d\ude00 Other, more important projects began to take priority part way through this process, and so as of this posting, I still have many pen blanks that need to be finished. Regardless, I thought it was well past time I shared this project with you all! In this video, I made fountain pens out of 4 separate wood species (red oak, padauk, sucupira, and lacewood), with red oak being the only wood species of the 4 that I&#8217;ve worked with before.<\/p>\n<p>A note on each of the four: 1) As many of you probably know by now, I absolutely love red oak. Yes, yes, some find it &quot;old-fashioned,&quot; but I myself just can&#8217;t get enough of it! I love the colour, I love the grain patterns, and just about everything else about it, so turning these was a treat! 2) I will NEVER EVER turn sucupira again! Good lord, this wood ruined almost a handful of tools in my shop. I have no idea how its hardness compares to other wood species, but this was by far the hardest wood I&#8217;ve ever personally worked with; I could hardly get through a single pen without having to resharpen my blade!  Beautiful wood, don&#8217;t get me wrong, but just not worth it for the beating it inflicts on tools. 3) I was not expecting padauk to be as soft as it was! Again, this was my first time working with this popular turner&#8217;s wood, and as much as I love the striking color, I actually found it a challenge to work with, just given how frail it felt on the lathe. I might very well be doing something wrong, or perhaps I&#8217;m just not keeping my blade sharp enough, but either way, I think I need more practice with this one! 4) This project has made lacewood a fast favorite wood species for me. Not only are the grain patterns eye-catching and super unique, but the wood turns as nicely as any other wood I&#8217;ve tried to date. I don&#8217;t currently have any extra in the shop for larger projects like bowls, but the next time I visit the exotic wood store, I&#8217;m definitely picking up some more of this!<\/p>\n<p>Anyways, all pens were dry sanded up to 600 grit, finished with 12-15 coats of thin CA glue, wet sanded up to 12000 grit, and then finished with a plastic polishing paste. What wood was your favourite??<\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________ <\/p>\n<p>Check out our Instagram! https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/formanwoodworking\/?hl=en <\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________ <\/p>\n<p>Key equipment\/products I used: <\/p>\n<p>Rikon 70-220 VSR Midi Lathe: https:\/\/www.leevalley.com\/en-ca\/shop\/tools\/power-tools\/lathes\/101468-rikon-70-220vsr-midi-lathe?item=03J7320<br \/>\nPen Mandrel: https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/gp\/product\/B004H6GIPY\/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1<br \/>\nWoodstock 1\/2 inch bowl gouge: https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/gp\/product\/B005W139CS\/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1<br \/>\nBallpoint pen kits: https:\/\/www.penblanks.ca\/Budget-Streamline-Flat-Top-ballpoint-pen-kit-chrome\/<br \/>\nPen Blank Chuck: https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/gp\/product\/B07CKTCX4W\/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&amp;th=1<br \/>\nPen Press: https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/gp\/product\/B005QU98G6\/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_image_o01_s01?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1<br \/>\nStarbond Thin Cyanoacrylate (Pen finish): https:\/\/www.penblanks.ca\/Starbond-CA-glue-thin-2-oz\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These pens are not yet available for purchase, but if you&#8217;d like to check out&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":404,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-woodturning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworking.monster\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworking.monster\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworking.monster\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworking.monster\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworking.monster\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworking.monster\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworking.monster\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworking.monster\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworking.monster\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworking.monster\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}