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Well always late to the party, here is my go at a headwind.
First thing you will notice is that It is not a fountain pen :goesred: the blank sort of exploded on the lathe, strange as I still had a couple of mm left. Nice bit of purple heart gone to wood heaven :pray::pray::pray:
Nice bit of...
Anyone who has made the Headwind pen can you tell me what size drill bit you used please.
I have it as 11/32 but after I drilled that size I could not get the tube in the blank, the fit is very snug at the start and only manages to go in about an inch before being too tight (Needed pliers to...
Yes, I know. If you've just fallen over with the shock, I quite understand why. Back in the day I was making perhaps 7 or 8 pens a day, but I haven't had time to do one for over two years.
Here it is. It's chrome Beaufort Headwind (no surprise there) in a resin cast carbon fibre blank.
Just turned a couple of our new Smokey Black DiamondGlitz & Inferno Blanks using the new Beaufort Headwind kits, as usual the photos never do them justice.
Finally got around to turning one of the new Beaufort Headwind pen kits.
I decided to make it into a label cast mechanical pencil to use with my incra rules, very pleased with the result.
Hellooooo everyone, its been a while!!:whistling: Hope you are all well.
I thought I'd share my recent leather-bound pens with you as I wanted to try out Phil's new Etesia and Headwind kits as they both allow for chunkier material on the tube which is ideal for me as I can now use thicker...