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Hi i have been trying a few turned pens and they are improving, i have a couple of sets of bushes , but i don't know what they are is there a simple way of looking them up. Thanks Tony

I ordered a couple of the new blanks from Pen Blanks and Moulds. The ones with a picture glued to the tube and cast in resin. I turned one down to night to see how they come out. It came out very well. Yes there is a join were the picture is folded over the tube but on this one you would have to...

Hi all Had some Elm left so made a Sierra out of it. Figure is not outstanding but I think it turned (no pun intended) out reasonably well. [ ATTACH]37951[/ATTACH] Cheers Frederick

Hi all, This is the result of over three days work and four attempts, but I think it turned out OK in the end. Parts assembled well and without any problems.:banana: I quite like this one.

I have a very busy few days in front of me to finish preparing materials for Bill Mooney and myself to spend a week teaching partially blind veterans to do woodturning on our agenda for the week we are hoping to teach them to turn pens, Mushrooms and this morning I desided another easy one for...

Bolt action with brass, turned rings.

Gold Fountain Leveche. This is a DiamondCast blank that is purple and clear - I left the brass tubes showng - the gold color coming through the turned blank seemed to work nicely with the gold hardware.

First Ring turned from Carmarthenshire Storm damaged Yew.

Hi guys, just a Scottish Spurtle made today. Turned from English Cherry wood, sourced locally. Loved this wood, very fine grained wood easily turned and sanded down to a very fine finish. Just had a little walnut oil applied to the surface, to bring out the grain. May turn more later, as I have...

I’ve finally got round to turning a couple of items for myself from two of my own Artisan blanks. Of all the pens I’ve turned I have never actually turned one for myself until today lol.

Hi everyone, James from Durham here. Just started turning this year and quite interested in pens. Made 3 so far, (all slims) one under instruction, and two on my own. The one under instruction turned out better than the other two, but hopefully with some practice they'll be...

Just finished this. The Red and blue outside part is probably some type of Polyurethane whilst the white part is Polyester judging by the smell when I turned it. It’s made from a Ten Pin Bowling ball. The outside was sanded to 1000 grit then polished, the inside is just sanded to 120 grit to...

A TM Zeta dressed in a combined forces blank. Scott Walker kindly donated six of these blanks. The other pic shows the blanks turned ready for pens when I order them off Dan.

Turned this one to day. Its a Pensar the blanks were some bits out of the scrap bin.

Turned this one to night. Its a Ares I did not notice the blemishes on the blank till I posted the picture.

This pen turning business can be a bit frustrating and also very rewarding when it goes right. I continue to have problems with wooden blanks the one I was working on today shattered on the last turning on the mandrel before switching to sanding. I swore a lot composed myself went and had a cup...

And very nicely turned. I just happened to see this on Pinterest so did a search. 'cool Mint Water' - Transparent Acrylic Cigar - Pen Turning and Making - The Fountain Pen Network

Been a bit busy of late so was glad to get back in the shed, school hols only just begun and son also turned one due to boredom!! A TM Omega Rollerball with unsure of the wood ! Finished with Melamine. I have claimed this one as my own! A TM Epsilon with a Rainbow blank again finished with...

This week's Pen of the Week is chosen by Gadget-UK and goes to the Closed End Mistral by Walter Colin said "I just love the simplicity of it and the fact he turned it the 'Old Fashioned Way'. A lovely pen well deserving the pen of the week" Here's the link to Walter's original post...

Had fun in the shed this weekend for a change I only turned wooden blanks. Tried this one without a centre band came out ok but don't think I will be trying this again. A TM Delta in Purple Heart finished with melamine. Streamline again finished with melamine. Fancy slimline...