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Hi all... I have turned a couple of pens and decided to attempt to turn a bowl... a whole different set of potential problems.. but it went quite well I think for a beginner... and my wife is chuffed with it (and as we all know... That's what really matters!) From this to this to this...

A clipless Closed End Apollo Fountain pen made using African Blackwood & Laburnum with Styrene inserts

A gunmetal Closed End Omega Fountain pen made using Highly figured Olivewwod From Jerusalem

I post a few pictures of a piece of wood to identify what it was no joy so here is a bowl 5 x 6 inches turned from one end.

Apart from my lathe work i enjoy making end grain cutting boards , this is one i finished a couple of weeks ago for a customer

I like this one, it worked well and feels good.

This is my closed end competition entry. The pen is made from black Parapan with Chrome fitting from and Omega I did intend to have both end closed, but the cap end was so thin the black ended up looking blue, even after spraying the inside with black paint. So I cut the cap down to the end of...

My effort for the Closed end pen comp

This spalted cherry is so very soft takes some working. Found that CA glue on the end before turning helps to stop it fraying. Nothing fancy but I think it works well enough with the black.

This one turns a few heads. Designed to stand on it's end on the desk, decorated with light banding from head to toe. The nib is a two tone custom ground German made, Jowo nib.

im not sure if this is going to be in the wrong section, and if it is i apologize in advance. After making my closed end olive wood pen yesterday i thought about a pen box for it. I decided today to make one from another pen blank. Either end has been completed using a piece of walnut and the...

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...

This is my latest closed end pen. Olive wood in gunmetal and a Gold Bock nib.

OK, today I turned my first ever pen. More a chance to test the lathe and my tools etc, rather than creating a work of art! I bought 5 Axminster slim line pen kits and 5 cheap wood blanks to start to develop my turning skills. After a shaky start (wasn't sure which way the bushings went on the...

Custom order for a shaving set with safety razor in Yew with acrylic finish. The razor handle was a pig - well I suppose it was always going to be working end grain lol but worth it in the end. This was an off cut from a piece I am saving for a pen. Not the best pictures but give a good idea.

Hello to all. Thought I'd introduce myself and show you a pic of my latest creation. I'm living in Surrey, had my lathe a number of years doing odds and ends, but nothing seriously. Am now retired and trying to learn more about woodturning and get some results from my time in the shed. Have...

I have a record 6 inch bench grinder with a white wheel one end and a thinner coarse wheel on the other end,I am thinking of changing the coarse wheel so I can have one end for bowl gouges and the other for all the others. What wheel would be best, what grit and colour should use?:thinks: Does...

A pain to finish but got there in the end