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Made this one from a 11 1/4” x 7 1/4” off cut and gave it a lacquer finish

Had a bit of a gamble regards wood colour. With the pen being black chrome it was screaming out to me to have a dark theme, instead I went for the last of my yellow cedar burr that a secret santa gave me, and I think it works. Mrs G has well and truly claimed it and wants me to do a matching...

Made thin for an order good fun gave it a spray lacquer finish

I recently gave another load of equipment in machines to a Mens Shed who gave me life membership and the title Sir Peter. My mate Bruce Mascord a master toy maker had this articulated vehicle in the back so for your interest a qick pick mate.

I have to just refer to this as a "critter" so my apologies to anyone who doesn't like Americanisms. :ciggrin: I started off to carve a bear but decided I'd rather do a badger however I got lost in the middle and it turned out more like a rodent so I gave up. My missus likes it but she hasn't a...

A Canberra Street tree clouted on felling many years ago by a mate who obtained Black Locust Burl ,only a wee bit,he gave vme these two scraps. Have saved them for along this time,such strong beaut timber. Petrer.:goesred::goesred:

For me!...... After my escapades of having difficulty of turning pens due to numbness in the hands and not being able to feel the transitions between bushes and blank, so I had a chat with our Bill Mooney. Now he is one to inspire many due to his limited abilities, but he gave me some great...

A short while ago I visited Southampton veterans centre to donate a lathe set up and a member gave me an of-cut of mahogany so today I turned it and put it up for auction

Hi all, I was asked to "do something" for a local cancer charity. Never displayed or ran a stall before in my life. It turned out to be a very enjoyable day especially as my Son and two granddaughters turned up. I sold four pens and gave two away and the small coloured bowl went as well...

Hi Not made a pen for a while so just a simple one to say thanks to someone who gave me some usable wood ?

I had one if those days to day everything went wrong. I had a blank shatter . So I gave that up after wasting two blanks. Decided to have a go at a churchill couldnt get the tubes to fit. The kit says dril sizes are 13.3 I can not find that drill size anywere I dont have a 31/64 either so I...

Yesterday 2 am called the Ambulance,for several hours in ER bedded and given the big going over at the nearby Hospital. Wonderful Nurse named Gemma who gave me Sterling Attention and kindness. Allowed to go home in the afternoon,all is well. Had chest pains Specialists and GP,s gave me the all...

Neighbour gave me this wood today, he said it was mahogany but Im not so sure, first pic wood is wet to show grain Cheers Ray

Was given a log of plum turned wet left to dry for 2 months finished sanding sealer and wax, Stands 18inches high then gave it back to the lady that gave it to me I think she liked it following day I got a bottle of red wine hig:drunked::drunked:

I made this as a small thank you gift for the guy who gave me the Zebrano a few weeks ago. I hope he likes and uses it. As an aside, do you find that people "treasure" their pens and put them away rather than use them?

I met up with Dan, Scott, Geordie, Vic Perrin, Alan Mackey & Andra of this forum at the Coventry bash. Geordie gave me this lovely pen as a fund raiser for Blind Veterans UK. Scott also gave me 10 colourful Zeta blanks as fundraisers & Vic gave me a beautiful pen & pencil set for Evelyn. Thanks...

Been a while since I made a pen, I guess I have forgotten more than I ever learnt. My last trip down south I called in to see my good friends George and Marissa, while we were there he gave me a blank of Irish Bog Oak. So here it is on a Baron roller ball finished with crystal clear satin...

I have just completed a needle pot decorated with pyrography. I wanted to try a couple of different finishes to see how they compared. The finish on the lid of the pot is melamine gloss, sprayed from a rattle can. I didn't enjoy the process even with the windows open. The body is finished with...

One of Phils ballpoints on a spalted apple blank that my old mate Woody gave me a couple of years back that I've just got round to turning. The blank was soft and porous so it was a struggle to get a finish on it but it turned out ok in the end. The wife's got it now and gave me back the...

Turned a few spalted apple pens and gave them a polish finish