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A Closed End Fountain Pen. Made using Figured Olive Wood. Finished with melamine lacquer

Also finished today, one I started at a demo at Wear Valley Woodturners but didn't get time to finish. A closed end Beaufort Mistral in burr elm. Finished with melamine lacquer. No closed end mandrel or other fancy kit was used. Started off on a standard mandrel with one bush and the other end...

Thought I would use up some bits from my ever increasing pile of offcuts. With the varying degrees of hardness & end grain it was a bit of a bugger to turn! Pat

At lest something went right on the week end. i should have gone to Birstall.:doh: Old mate stent these up, with orders to make him a pen.

This is my first Leveche & also my first fountain pen. I love the kit & am very pleased with the end result. Pat

this is a slow burning project. I need a kit that is as straight as possible- ideally the barrel will have bushings that are the same size each end and the cap the same size each end. I need at least 1mm of wood in thickness when turned. Any suggestions? the alpha might work, but I don't know...

My wife is new to the world of fountain pens, so there has been a steep learning curve over the past months. So much to do – fill, clean and refill, adjust one’s grasp and even change the attack on the paper – there’s a lot to learn. Compounding this, she struggled to fill from a bottle with...

Morning ladies and gents, I had an awful weekend in the workshop this weekend...... I went to the shop Friday evening and cut, drilled and glues a number of blanks up (2 siroccos, a mistral rb, a Chairman fp, and a few 7mm twist pens of various names.) I drill on the lathe using my nova chuck...

Hi All, Felt I had to thank Phil at Beaufort Ink for having the Leveche. I love crafting a pen when everything about it, the components, the wood, the overall look and even the great bushes, all come together. It was such a pleasure making this pen from beginning to end and that feeling of...

I have been struggling for months to come up with a way to make a custom ("kitless") pen that allows for the use of wood. This one is a stabilized maple burl with Alumilite fittings. The body of the pen is sleeved with a brass tube. Then alumilite fittings were turned with a tenon. Boring...

Not done much turning for the past two years due to a house sale which took ages and a problem with bad headaches caused by displaced occipital nerves, both problems having been solved and a move to a house with a 20 x 8 foot garage I thought once the house had been sorted turning here I come...

Hi All, I came across a great article by Mickr on the IAP forum on how to make a closed end pen using a standard pen mandrel. So I decided to give it a try. I loved the process and my favourite part is the making and installing of the plug. I am glad I used a small piece of 7mm pen tube as...

I have downloaded the instructions from the Tutorials section for making Firearms pens. I have laid out the parts and it appears the lower section ie. the bullet and the case will be shorter that the 7mm tube. This means the 7mm tube will be sticking out the end of the bullet case which in turn...

Hi everyone. I'm a newbie to pen turning and gotta say joining this site has helped me no end with ALL the info and advise.

Hi all....a comission for a pen....can it be snappy.....well here you go Alligator jaw bone and resin....i did two (both ends of the blank) i chose to turn the better end second so i had a little practise.....turned very well with carbide tools but it stunk so bad drilling...

Turned & polished a couple of blanks for the "Knight" pens I bought some time ago, when assembling the first one I couldn't get the nib to advance enough to write, thinking I'd done something wrong I disassembled it and the clip & finial end finished up somewhere among the junk at the end of the...

Got my new catalog today. OMG when will it end. Two ridiculous pen kits. Prices are $22.95 or $26.95. I think they are fugly.

I am trying to put together some click bullet pens but just cannot follow the short instructions that are on some sites. Has anyone else had a problem with these. It is driving me batty. Line up the pen parts according to DIAGRAM C. •Insert the clip assembly into the barrel, press in. •Insert...

The hotel for my holidays left everyone this pen as a gift. The nib end is stylus but with a slight twist and a click turns into a normal pen with the nib coming though the stylus. Just have to remember its out before using the stylus. The pen is a comfort pen and lives up to its name. The clip...

Made a Yo Yo for my grandson. The project had its ups and downs but worked out okay in the end. George