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Second attempt at a bolt action. This time I cut the Indian Rosewood, drilled it, glued in the barrel and then used my new barrel trimmer. So.much easier.

Up another batch of Lever Actions with a variety of barrel materials. Les

Fellow wanted pentel .5mm mechanical pencil parts wraped in anything other than the plastic barrel it was in.

Epsilon in Whisky Barrel Oak

Lucida in Oak from a Whisky Barrel Stave

Hi all. Hope your'e having a good weekend. TM Zeta's......is there a barrel trimmer that fits these tubes correctly? I'm having to use a normal 7mm slimline trimmer with a brass tube on the shaft to get it to fit as close as possible. The TM website shows a universal trimmer but I already...

Hello penturners! Somebody asked me to make a ballpoint pen in snakewood. I have never been lucky with this wood, it always cracks. I think it is because of the tube and the metallic parts that expand with the heat of the hand. So I just made one without any snug-fit metal parts: no tube and no...

Hi guys, Had a commission from a gentleman in Bath, for four Mistrals, one of each and the fountain pen had a Bock 18kt solid gold nib on it. He wanted Thuya wood dressings on each pen, matched as good one could get. Had one split on the top barrel, so I had to get some other replacements from...

This is a PSI 'Tudor Twist Pen'. In pics I've seen of the kit, makers tend to have the body barrel in plain curves. I thought I'd try and make it a bit more interesting. I wanted to offset the heavy cap fitting and the ornate metalwork with some heavy turned detail and weight in the barrel. To...

Series Sierra in Antique Silver with a Polymer Braid barrel. Les

We get some severe weather in the high Pennines, but Noah's Flood followed by a Sirocco is extreme, even by our standards. Let me explain. I've not been on the forum (or making any pens) for the last two months because my wife and I came home one Sunday lunchtime in late May to find that...

This is a Gunmetal Tempest with some kind of Aussie Burr, to me it is reminiscent of Oak. The top barrel has great figuring and the figuring in the bottom barrel was turned away, unfortunately. Peter

Im looking to buy a 10 x 0.75 tap and die set of decent quality but which doesn't break the bank for section to barrel threading - any suggestions where to buy online?

Hi, sorry if this is an obvious problem, I've just started making pens -well haven't made one yet. I've made a blank drilling jig and glued the brass barrels in, but they don't seem to want to get on the mandle, got one jammed half on before it pushed off the wooden blank then it was a difficult...

Hi all here we have another Mik blank cap and some more of the tiger Oak as a barrel the kit is a TM Alpha

Another new kit for me. I chose the magnum size because with it I can carry tooth picks in the barrel. You could put pills or even roll up paper money. You can unscrew either end. Its a 3/8 kit with a 3" blank.

Biscuit Barrel in Idigbo 10 inches high 7 1/2 die oiled inside friction polish outside will have to get bigger light bow

Made another variation of yesterdays design pen but on a single barrel pen both of the pens have a different angle cut for the insert just to show how these pen blanks can be changed to give a different look

News from the workshop with coffee and cream. This FP in brown-white acrylic has a section made of german black ebonite. It holds a gold plated #5 Bock medium steel nib and is fitted with a Schmidt converter. Barrel and cap are tappered with a smooth transition from barrel to cap. The end of...

Hi everybody. Today i finished a new pen and i wanted to get a bit slimmer with my pen design. I think i really like the shape of this one. The wine-red acrylic finials contrast just fine with the ivory-coloured JUMA. It does post, but not very good. I should have done the barrel a bit thinner...