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Hi all, I was asked by a fellow member how I assemble my fountains. Sorry if this is old hat to some, it may be of use to others... Or I could be completely wrong and someone has a better idea!! Well here goes! I turn my blanks separately and store on a rack to aid orientation (this time a...

Afternoon all, Been spending an inordinate amount of time in the workshop developing a style of pen that I'm happy with. This is the current iteration. Be harsh, be critical, be gushing but above all be honest with any critiques please. After all, that's the way to improve. The main body is...

I quite like this pen kit it's substantial in weight and I've put a reasonable size on the body as it suits me! Regards Padster

Anybody know the thread size of kit pens nibs and the thread used on the nib section to attach it to the body of the pen. :scratch_head:

Hi all. I'm pretty sure you all know the Jr Gentleman's pen kit. Well I have tried turning three with only one successful end product and I would like to know if anyone else has had the issues I'm having. Being a fountain pen I don't want to give the pen any fancy lumps, bumps or curves. The...

This is another one being featured in the exhibit of Modern Celtic Art at the end of the month – this one sports Celtic knot-work in copper on nickel with nickel end leaves. The body is green acrylic with a Bock #5 nib.

Hi. My last post to introduce myself! Never one to duck a challenge I responded to my eldest son's a couple of years ago when he suggested that making a pen out of a spark plug would be difficult! The ceramic cannot be machined using "normal" tooling - so I cut the plug body in half and...

Today I show you a little fountain pen (11 cm length), in fact I turned it because I wanted to test several things. I have not been always successful but I hope you will find it interesting. First, the material: it's made of Teflon (PTFE). I wanted to give it a try, I now know it's a pretty...

A Chrome Tempest Click pen. Made with Tibetan Silver Registered Nurse Clip. Main body turned using a Conway Stewart Acrylic Azure.

First try with a closed end kit, Majestic jr Rhodium Gold dressed with birdseye mapple and ebony. Not really satisfied how the cap turned out, the finial seems me a little bit too big. The body of the pen is much longer vs a standard pen body. Comments and critics welcome...

I have a rotur deluxe colleted pen mandrel and the brass collect is stuck in the body so I can't move the shaft and change the length to turn different sizes of pen blank :sob: Any tips on how to free up the collet from the body of the mandrel without breaking it?

This is my second King click pen, from Woodturningz. The blank is a Rhino called Amber Waves. Since the body is so short, I was able to use a cutoff. One unique feature of this kit is there is an optional stylus tip available, so the pen can be either normal or stylus. The kit is growing on me...

Ebonite Mottled Blue kitless pen. Polished finish. (Kitless ~ meaning no parts were used from any kits.Oh!! and not a bit of CA or other type of glue used in any part of making this pen.) Blank ~ Mottled blue Ebonite Nib housing ~ Aluminium (hand made, not sourced) Nib housing to body thread...

The pen is a Post Graduate from PSI. The blank is a SpectraPly called Blue Angel, from Cousineau Wood Products. I'm not at all happy with how this turned out. A lot of the blue "bled" over to the white during sanding. I tried cleaning the lower body with denatured alcohol, but I think that made...

Evening everyone, I am interested in using some of the alternative tortoise shell blanks to make myself a nise fountain pen. The material looks to me to be quite translucent what would be the best colours to reverse paint ? Any body got some pics of what they have turned with this material...

Hi guys, i just started to make my first kitless pen, i made the section ( on my second attempt after a mistake ) and all looks good. So i drilled the body on the lathe then proceeded to thread it using the matching Tap 10 x 0.75 tap and die. the problem i have is that the section seems to small...

To be honest, I'm not too keen on the Euro design with the weightier top and slim body, so I used the kit but made the body the same width as the centre band. I also got to practice a new skill of cutting in a shoulder for the centre band to slip over. Over all, I must admit, I'm quite happy...

A Chrome Bikers Theme pen with Skull and Wheel design Clip. Chopper Motorbike engraving on upper Chrome Body. Made using a Conway Stewart Acrylic blank.