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  1. Phil Dart

    Picture ID - whose lathe is this please?

    This is one of three images posted on 23rd January at about 10.30 pm - part of the great image disappearance event. I've recovered the photos, I just can't find the post they belong to. Does anyone recognise it or know where it belongs?
  2. Phil Dart

    Matching the kit to the blank or the blank to the kit

    There was a recent discussion elsewhere on the forum, where someone mentioned that he needed to find a kit to go with a blank. This is not a criticism of that statement, but it got me thinking. The way I operate is decide on the type of pen and the kit I want to make, then find a blank to...
  3. Dalboy

    First turning of the year

    Well I thought as it is the beginning of another year that it be only right that I turn a pen. This is a chrome Baron (well that's what was on the packet)with a red/black blank. It is also a rare occasion for me to turn a pen will have now need to find something else to do to get over the...
  4. hawkeyefxr

    Youtube bowl turning videos

    I watch a youtube video over Christmas, it started off quite good. The material was about 8in square about 2in thick. The guy show how when the corners came around the chisels could dig in depending on which way the grain ran. He started the lathe and was turning from the centre of the work out...
  5. stiofanpadraigcrafts

    Looking to find a kit in the uk

    Hi guys, i'm looking to find either the brass or silver professor kits in the uk. I can find them in the US or Canada but does anyone know of a uk supplier stocking them?
  6. P

    I May Have To Wait

    It seems from my previous posts that I may hit problems with shavings and dust running this machine in the bedroom, so I may have to wait till summer and do it outside or maybe find a workshop or friends garage where I can do the main roughing out and polish it up and assemble at home..
  7. T

    Tinc

    Hi my names ernie and I have just started making pens and hope to find a few tips on pens on this site :rolling:
  8. hawkeyefxr

    Hope this may help someone

    I was looking for assembly instructions for a kits i just bought. The site i bought the kit from did not have the instructions that i could find. This site may well have been posted before buy hey ho. INSTRUCTION LIBRARY
  9. bluntchisel

    Found this cheeky little sod today...

    Hi, Guys, Went metal detecting today, and once again was amazed at the objects that find their way into fields. When I dug this up I promptly dropped it again, thinking I'd unearthed a relative of Golem! It was actually a casting of a monkey, and covered in mud as it was I thought it to be a...
  10. qquake2k

    Micromesh Grades

    Does anyone know what the 6000, 8000, and 12000 Micromesh grades equate to in sandpaper grit? They're missing from all the charts I can find. I edited the chart to make it easier to read. http://micro-surface.com/images/products/inst_41AviationCClit.pdf
  11. fortress

    Glittering slims.

    I am still experimenting with resin, colour and glitter. These are My latest efforts, now that I get the mix right, I find the Polyester easier to turn, before it was way too hard and brittle. :praying:
  12. rowdyyates115

    Brilliant Birthday Gift

    On the eve of my birthday, the postie drop off a parcel. To my amazement it was a chopping board with the plaque of my most favorite submarine 'OTUS'. To say I was chuffed was an understatement. I couldn't find any tags, message or hints of who had sent it to me. All I can say is 'Thanks'...
  13. Jim

    Painting Inside The Blank

    How do you do it? I use nail polish and ear buds at the moment, but find this to niggly .. Hoping to find a better solution .. :praying:
  14. Gizmo3k

    Vintage Brody Blank Alphas

    These are a couple of Alphas made up with some early Brody blanks which I bought ages ago. It took me this long to find a kit worthy of them! Copper Storm Onyx Citrus I really love the Onyx Citrus one! The only problem I had with these pens was both have cracks in the finished item -...
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