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  1. silver

    Epsillon's

    C&C always Welcome. Pen - Epsillon Finish - Melamine Lacquer Material - St Peter's Church Oak Pen - Epsillon Finish - Melamine Lacquer Material - Beecgwood
  2. silver

    A feast of Tempests

    As usual C&C always welcome. Pen - Tempest GM Finish - Melamine Lacquer Material - Holy Olivewood Pen - Tempest Finish - Melamine Lacquer Material - Paduk Pen - Tempest Finish - Melamine Lacquer Material - Yew Pen - Tempest Finish - Melamine Lacquer Material - Almond Pen - Tempest...
  3. mkenny28

    Spindle Turning

    I've been asked to supply a few things for a wedding fayre, so gonna try a few cake slices, bottle openers/stoppers as well as a few sets of pens. What would be an ideal size of blank to use for the utensils? Length will obviously depend on what the tool is but what about thickness. Don't wanna...
  4. 21William

    Fordite

    Not really casting I know but have any of you seen pens made out of Fordite?! Do a Google, some of the material looks really good. No idea what it’s like to turn of course.
  5. ValleyBoy

    Old but pretty

    Some vintage cellulose. This stuff is old and comes already drilled which isn’t so helpful, especially when wanting to make a section from it. It also comes in fairly narrow diameters so I went for a cap in a different colour, rather than making a more streamline or narrower pen all from the...
  6. I

    Number Ten.

    If I am totally honest we had a couple of practice jobs between number 9 and this one but it was worth it as I think this has come out really well. my best work yet. It's Beaufort Black Ebony Alternative and I have gone with the same material for the section, previously I have been using the...
  7. T

    Acrylic Tool use

    Just wondering what every ones preferred tool is for turning Acrylic type material
  8. T

    Rhodium Zeta

    Rhodium Zeta not sure of the material the ribbons coming off fall apart when you try and pick them up
  9. P

    Now, here's a thing...

    I didn't really think that this difference would be so dramatic. These two pens are made from exactly the same material, which is Conway Stewart Opal. On the same kit, obviously different platings. The first one has had the blank back painted white and the second black! Opal is a particularly...
  10. KevinMc

    Texture with a difference

    Hi I am trying out some new ideas with creating texture ! Old T-Shirt material with a fabric hardener .... Kevin :banana:
  11. alan morrison

    guitar pickguards

    Anyone any experience using 3 ply guitar pick guard material when segmenting blanks? Also where is the best place to get credit card-like material?
  12. GSteer

    Violet Slimline

    A quick finish up yesterday. This was originally destined as a present for a friend who put us up last summer but during sanding I noticed the material had a hairline crack about 3mm from the end into the blank, so I presented her with a Zeta in cobalt amethyst acrylic instead. I could have...
  13. Anthraquinone

    Accoya off centre bowl

    I was given a small piece of Accoy and turned this from it. Clear oil finish. It is more symetrical than the first picture make it look. I quite like it and am now trying to find where I can get some more of this material. That is not proving easy AQ
  14. Penpal

    Box FULL in the Mail

    Kynock 475 and 577. 338 and ? Heaps to run with. Sore shoulder material. Peter.
  15. Woody

    Today's effort

    Fresh of the lathe today a sedona, a rocket bullet, a Zeta and three omegas all dressed in corian type material
  16. Woody

    Took delivery

    I had this lot delivered today from a friend for Pens for heroes 56 1" square pen blanks and a stack of 4" sq disk of corian type material and a big lump about 12" sq x 1" thick which I'm tempted to turn a dish from
  17. Woody

    And a few more

    Corian is a wonderful material for segmenting in just a few hours I made these 4 blanks and turned them I particularly like the first and the last one they look and feels very macho
  18. S

    Alternative Tortoise shell blank

    Evening everyone, I am interested in using some of the alternative tortoise shell blanks to make myself a nise fountain pen. The material looks to me to be quite translucent what would be the best colours to reverse paint ? Any body got some pics of what they have turned with this material...
  19. TK woodman

    Streamline segmented with denim jeans

    thought i'd have a go at segmenting with material so here's one done with my old jeans
  20. Dalboy

    Mould material

    What mould material do you guys use and where do you get it from. Also does it have a usable life in as much how many casts can you do before having to replace it.
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