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Thank you for accepting me in this forum, please let me introduce briefly myself, my wife and I work making characters with different kinds of wood we are happy with it but also we were thinking in start a business (woodturning) so it was also a good excuse for buying a mini lathe, we just...

Had a strange request for a little boy who loves garbage trucks so Monday I started this little project and completed about 1/2hour ago. It also doubles up as a money box. Many know that I enjoy making things like this. At least I can now get back to the Rob Roy loco.

Evening all I have an issue that crops up occasionally and I would welcome some advice. Sometimes whenI am making my pens, on this occasion the beautiful Beaufort Scirocco, the pen end does not go all the way in and sometimes it sticks out at the bottom. I know that thus is obviously because I...

whether to admit to making this or not :) still, here it is, someone may like it

Evening all I have been making two part slimline pens but having seen some of the things you guys are turning out I want to start making thicker pens if you know what I mean. Also, instead of turning a pen in two parts with a ring in the middle I want to have just a single piece to fashion into...

Hello everyone I am David and I am from Swansea in the Peoples Democratic Republic of South Wales. Very new to Pen making and one day would love to have. ago at making my own blanks. Cannot stop reading the posts and the forum and so far have been highly impressed by the advice, support and...

Well folks this is it, This is my 1000th post on these forums. It has to be said I have enjoyed making every single one of them. I have picked up many a thing and learnt loads from you folk whilst making these. I remember my very first day here and how daunting it all was. The pics that are...

Good evening, as you can guess my name is Gordon. Only recently started trying my hand at making pens, had a lathe for about a year now and been gaining some rough experience making bowls, and some other bits and pieces.

I purchased this little beauty way back in January of this year 2022. It is the PSI Woodworking CSPENCHK2 PSI Woodworking CSCPENCHK2 Large Dedicated Pen Blank Drilling Lathe Chuck Capacity : Amazon.co.uk: DIY & Tools It is a great bit of kit for use in drilling a hole dead centre through a...

Started making another bullet bowl this morning 9” x 2” sycamore and 42 7.62 cut down cases just waiting for the resin to cure now

Love 'em or loathe 'em jigs play such an important role in our pen making lives. They have one thing to do and that is to make a particular chosen task easier to do. Jigs are becoming more and more commercialised these days and companies pit their jigs against each other to win the lions share...

Hi pen people When I first started making pens I used to think it was important to try to "hide my workings", especially when using transparent or semi-transparent materials. I didn't like the fact, for example, that you may see the dark underside of the feed through the thin wall of a pen cap...

Had a little play today Not sure it could be a platter, Bish or bowl what ever I really enjoyed making it tHe wood is Olive ash just got to finish spraying it

here are a couple of picts of two pen sets made for someone for christmas what do you think :thinks: not been pen making for long any feedback please many thanks

Thanks to Neil and Gary for taking my stock of pen kits - I found a couple of extras and couldn’t resist making them up as a swan song ? First one is an alpha with bog oak and elm and the other is a mistral with self cast of paua shell and black resin. I made about 20 of the Paua shell blanks...

Hi guys had to re register as forum didn’t recognise me e Mail address As Eamonn said I am slowing down with me pens want to get back to making and turning other things been making pens every day for a good few years now as fundraisers for our veterans and want to spend me last few years making...

A weed pot - NO! not that type of weed. 1st attempt at making one :banana:

Since starting out making pens I have never really made any money. I have made quite a few pens now and people are aware I am a pen maker. I was recently asked by a business man to make him 10 pens to hand out to his special customers. So I did while discussing delivery with him another Guy...

I have been toying with the idea of making an upright air commpressor. I have a old air commpressor that has a buggered capacitor that they threw out at work, and of course this hoarder took it home. The trouble and strife keeps whinging about it sitting in the carport, dont know why it doesnt...

I tried the other kit I had of a shock absorber pen, whilst turning it near the finish my hand twitched. The good news is that I found a 3rd kit to go at. I will give it a try once I get better at making the pens using callipers.