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Balsa pens

September 13, 2015 by Lin Kerr 1 Comment

This is a fantastic home-made pen that can do lettering from a 5mm stroke width to 5cm stroke width. Buy some balsa that is 5mm in thickness. It is usually in a plank  approx. 45cm long and 7.5cm wide with a thickness of about 5mm.  In my photos the balsa has already been cut narrower, but ideally, do the mat (diagonal) cut while it is still 75mm wide. You can probably use a craft knife but a matt cutter does a lovely clean cut. Do two cuts 12cm apart, so that you have wide 'pen' 12cm long … [Read more...]

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