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I am looking for new ideas for next year years craft fairs. If you have any pictures of your stalls let us see them, perhaps it might give us new ideas for setting up.

I am working on a piece of chestnut burr which is stained with chestnut spirit stains and has been sealed and a coat of finish. Tomorrow I will give it a gentle rub down and remove the chucking point

I earlier posted this segmented pen/description here.. I had mentioned that I was not totally happy with it, so here is a second version with some "adjustments." 1. I used a 3-sided design instead of a 4-sided one. This increased the size of the timber between the segmentation. 2. I used a...

Hi all, just a quick Sirroco made with a piece of Oak from the Robert Thompson workshops, famously known as 'The mouse man of Kilburn'. I cut it at an angle to give a bit of character, which I hope it does and finished with a few coats of melamine

I had a couple of spare bits and pieces so thought i would give it a try Lep

I've been looking around and asking various suppliers about a "click" style pen kit that has the cancer awareness pen clip. There are a few slimline and streamline kits, but they are all "twist" types. Thought I'd give the forum a try, as there is a huge knowledge base here. Anyone come across...

Hi all, First of all i will wish a very happy and wonderfull new year to everybody on this forum. I was ask by a friend of mine for a special bowl, i found this piece of wood in my wood stock and give it a try. Here's what cames from the lathe... finished with Lemon oil from Chestnut, width...

:goesred: Sorry messed up. Try again on the PC ?

Hi all. I'm pretty sure you all know the Jr Gentleman's pen kit. Well I have tried turning three with only one successful end product and I would like to know if anyone else has had the issues I'm having. Being a fountain pen I don't want to give the pen any fancy lumps, bumps or curves. The...

Hi I like doing these gives practice on a few techniques and I get something useful at the end which I can give away. These two have gone one off to neighbours the other apparently is off to America? As a little present. Kevin :banana:

Hi. Became a new member yesterday. In my profile I said that I liked to make pens from alternative material. Here is my first, based on an idea posted in IAP by Brendan Wong. Made for a friend who wanted to give a golfer a different pen. Used the mechanism and tube from a slimline otherwise...

Just finished this small pot. I turned it then relief carved the flowers and then added some pyrography texturing to give it some contrast. Thanks for looking George

Hi all, Some months ago i receive 2 warthof defences from a friend, since then they were laying down in my workshop. While checking my stock of wood this weekend i found them back and decide to give it a try. Made this Mistral FP this afternoon, it gives me a lot of work, i spent more time to...

Hi Before I go and play to try.. What happens if you don't use the middle ring of a pen kit and just turn the centre position using calipers to ensure both parts are the same.. I get the feeling that might give me more shape options but I am thinking what am I missing on that idea? Kevin

It was my wife's birthday a couple of days ago and she doesn't trust my present buying skills since I told her that I once bought my ex wife a tartan shopping bag for her birthday. So my new wife just orders stuff off amazon and I pay for it. However, I like to give her a surprise now and again...

Well I thought I would give it a go...

This is my first Zeta, made from black palmaria. Will be doing the next one in maple so that I can give it a quick singe with my pyrography iron.

It was loaded with things so I lay on the floor in the corner to give an Idea of the carved legs. The table expands to accomodate a big family. Peter.

Well this is my first bowl, it can't be seen but the bottom is a bit thicker than i wanted. When it was chucked up it felt it was getting near to i chicken out. It's Elm and was really hard to machine, i had to give my gouge a touch up quite often though i may well be my use of the tool i have...

I thought this might give you a laugh.:funny: Car Stuck in snow - YouTube