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Made another block and gavel from African blackwood and alternative Ivory I used to make a lot of these for retiring management and clergy as retirement gifts and for weddings spokes persons

Finally got in the workshop today and had a play. My first attempt at black lines through acrylic and to be honest I think they came out ok. Can’t wait to turn them and see what they are like ? This is a large block, should be an interesting one Also a couple of plain blanks for Bottle...

I was across in Snainton two weeks ago and picked up a couple of pieces of olive wood. The wife wanted a new chopping block so a bit of sanding and a couple of coats of food safe mineral oil and it’s finished. No fancy woodwork I’m afraid, the beauty is in the wood.

After a request for a slightly deeper block mould, we have just developed these two new moulds which are now available on our website www.PenBlankAndMoulds.co.uk in Addition/Platinum cure silicone. Obviously you can cast thinner slabs by filling to the required level.

Scottish Wych Elm and African Blackwood attached to an English Sycamore base with copper wire, braided in the chuck of a cordless drill. The bowl is 5" diameter, and the block 9" x 2 1/2" x various heights. Finish is Chestnut Acrylic Gloss Lacquer.

I have somewhere for most of my drill bits except for the metric ones, so i spent yesterday sorting out all my drill bits and making a wooden drill block for the metric ones. Nothing special in as far as woodworking goes but it is surprising how long it took to drill it out and sort all the...

I find it much easier to use jigs for sharpening so I made these blocks for some recent tools. The rectangular block is for my 10mm round skew, the large triangular block is for my 1/2" point tool and the smaller one for a 1/4" detail tool. M6 set screws hold the tools in place whilst sharpening.

These are the last two pens of 5 that I got out of the 6''x 2-3/8'' x 7/8'' block that I cast.

Had a visit today from Smoker (Steve) who brought me a goody bag full of stuff to help me on my way with my casting journey. I don't think that I need to bother about making any new moulds for awhile now ....Steve dropped off seven....(see pic) ! But when I do I now have a nice big sheet of HDPE...

After some advice on here on squaring off blanks without using a barrel cutter, I bit the bullet and bought a cheap disc sander. Wow, what a difference. All my non standard blanks squared off in minutes, with nothing more than a V block, transfer punch and a scrap bit of acrylic. The acrylic...

Today I took delivery of my second lot of PE resin this time a 5 kg tub rather than the miserly 1 Kg tin that I ordered the other week. So seeing that I had decent quantity to play with I decided to put away the PVC piping and try my hand at block casting, I also though it time that I progressed...