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Saving the planet. I've just finished converting my old Landrover to electric by swapping the diesel engine for the motor from a tumble dryer. It wouldn't start at first, but then I realised I hadn't shut the door properly. Just going to take it for a spin.

Another spalted walnut but so different from the last. You just never know what will appear once you start turning. What you think its going to look like is not always what you end up with!

Hi all, 6 off 6 hopefully the last of this commission? The blank came from our Jim before he gave up pen turning( which I think he's started again) and this forum. It was called Sassy green and was like turning inlace to start with, but sanded and polished like a beaut... The client wanted an...

I decided to do a late spring clean of the shed yesterday due to having acquired a small amount of wood from the scrap bins at a woodyard I went to with a mate of mine. Whilst putting the wood into places I would never forget I chanced upon some Oak that I had forgot I had :rolling: so I ended...

Good afternoon everyone. Many thanks for letting me join what looks like a great forum. I am totally new to woodturning and have yet to turn anything, I am hoping that I have not bit off more than I can chew by choosing pen making as my chosen hobby. I have been working on sorting out my shed...

So today is going to be my first order of tap and dies but I can't afford to buy all the threading taps and dies required to make a pen so I have a quick question what part of the pen should I start and what tap and die should I buy. I was thinking of buying the barrel and cap set at 14x0.8...

Hi, I started looking how to turn a pen. Apparrently the first thing I need is a lathe. Started building the aformentioned lathe last week, until it is in a useable state I am reading all the tips and tricks here and gathering bits and bobs that may be useful. If I can start a pen early next...

Seeing as the sun is shining and while there is still a bit of colour in the garden I thought I would start this thread. Anyone else?

Hi guys well the new tool Porn magazine is out.... 402 Waffer thin pages of pure tool heaven.... 5 pages of over priced pen kits and 2 of blanks.... Now to start saving if I want a pair of their Bamboo stand pens £112 the pair....

Locally grown Mulbery on this one with Conway Stuart acrylic section. I will probably make a wooden section to finish this one off. Just need to save up for the triple start tap and die for the cap now.

This is just an update on the progress of the tractor and loco now that the truck is complete. I have managed to start assembly of the loco and spent about 2 1/2hours turning all of the wheels for loco and tender 18 in all. As you can see it is starting to look the part. The tractor came to a...

A Sirocco Gold & Gunmetal Pen made using Salvaged Antique pine from an Engineers Toolbox from HMS Caledonia. Interestingly The Caledonia started life as SS Bismarck a German Transatlantic cruise liner launched by Kaiser Wilhem , at the time she was the Biggest ship in the World, however at the...

Made a start on this today Spalted Elm

Well at least the materials have started to arrive, all I need now is some fine weather to start putting it together. This is the new flatpack now where is part A

I am going to have limited workshop time over the next couple of weeks. I now need to pull down one of my wood stores due to damage from the winds. It has done well as it has been up for so long. Lost the roof to start with but luckily not directly over the wood and bowl blanks My wife and I...

The first piece completed in 2020. Felt good to be able to start again in the shed after the festive break. I just needed something simple to start the year. Hollow form from spalted walnut. Quite punky in places but managed to stabilise. Decided to add a lid and final. I think it could be...

Good morning, I have just registered to this forum to pick up tips and ideas. I have finally managed to get a shed big enough with space to have a lathe. I have never used one before but like the thought of being able to. Everyone on YouTube makes it look so easy but i'm sure it isn't! Advice...

Seems a million kids want to clean up the earth. Two million parents wish they would start with their bedroom…

While I am working on the pierced bowl and doing the painting rather than just sitting and watching it do so i thought I would start another project. This is a vase the top and bottom are not yet glued together as different woods can move at different rates even through the process of just...

Hello , everyone . My name is Don and I live in in North London , I have stumbled across the world if wood turning on youtube and it really has got my imagination working overtime . A chap from another forum pointed me in the direction of this forum? I would like to begin turning and have the...