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As part of a box of various woods I bought there was a 2x2x12" piece of Idigbo. And I found an old, very old, pack of Milliput, having seen others inlay bowls etc. with this thought I'd have a go at it. Practice piece really. As one can see from the photo the Milliput did not mix properly due to...
Another box from my workshop before I close it down.
Made from mahogany and lined with red felt. This was done with the help from my great granddaughter as a present for her mums birthday
Today (Tuesday) I received a parcel from Flexi (Mark).
This was Box B that I purchased from him towards the end of last week, I have to say I am stunned by the sheer amount if items in it.
The very first package I opened contained an old receipt from where Mark had purchased it from, it was for...
OK, so this may be stretching the boundaries of the May challenge but if I hadn't recovered the blank it would have no doubt hit the bin....:whistling:
Burr Elm with Ali inlay, complete with Beech wood box with Ali inlay....
It's taken me a lot longer than I thought it would to make these pens. It's the first time I've turned Thuya burr and I found while it's a beautiful wood to look at and handle ( when finished) it's quite a waxy material. It sticks to chisels also clogs up sandpaper so so very fast
anyway I...
So I spent three or four days looking for a display/presentation box to hold 4 pens with out any luck beaufort sell a 2 pen case Luxury tan leatherette pen box I thought I had found a nice leather roll but the delivery was twice the price of the roll but I really want a leather box tan or brown...
NOTE TO PHIL: I posted here as part of the project is a pen but please move if in the wrong place.
This is one of those projects "designed", if I use the term loosely, on the back of an envelope and developed as it progressed.
My granddaughter is an enthusiastic Harry Potter fan so I decided to...
A while ago our Eamonn (Silver) sent me a box of beautiful timber pen boxes. His grandson threw in some boxes he was going to sell for pocket money, here we’re about a dozen boxes & some template he ct on his laser for me.
Yesterday I received a box of acrylic pen blanks from our Frederick.
Our...
Hi all, I was asked for a couple of wooden Gold fountain pens...
Well the first to fall from the pile was this piece of Box Elder burl, paired with an Omega
Not sure where the blanks from, but I have a further 3.....well stabalised too:thumbs:
Hi all, you never know what your going to get with wood and this was no different....
A lovely flamed box Elder blank with a bloody worm hole right through!!
Following the Tempest marathon, I got fed up with pens for a while so I went back to the jewellery box making and with so much time on my hands I got a bit carried away. Just need to round over the edges and sand and finish these 2
So while one is gluing then you start to make the next. So...
Recently someone made a Pen from Yellow Box, this a heavily pruned back 8 doors down my street,it has just recovered after rain. Not really a street tree they get real invasive huge roots,fantastic firewood.Promised a pic of a tree.
Peter.:thumbs: