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    Tubeless ballpoint in snakewood

    Hello penturners! Somebody asked me to make a ballpoint pen in snakewood. I have never been lucky with this wood, it always cracks. I think it is because of the tube and the metallic parts that expand with the heat of the hand. So I just made one without any snug-fit metal parts: no tube and no...
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    Producing a pen using a fisher bullet 'space' refill

    Had a strange request, could I turn a pen from snakewood that could take a bullet pen refill, aka fisher space pen. Thinking snakewood was going to be a challenge to get, I see there is some in the UK but it's pretty pricey......no problem the client says. But how do I find a pen kit that...
    • Big Al
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    • Forum: Turning Pens
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    Unknown tough as Pen

    THe timber flashes in bands as you turn it ,cross cut possibly the weirdest timber I have ever turned harder than Snakewood, finally mastered using a 1/4 inch gouge. Peter.
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