turning

OK so I got into working with wood a bit by accident, working as a signmaker I bought an old spares or repair CNC knowing that I would be able to rebuild it with my engineering experience. The idea was to produce flat cut letters & sign trays & possibly offer a trade service for those. BUT then...

Turning mostly on the metal lathe. Can't push on the turning tools yet since the carpal tunnel surgery. Roller Brass Alum gt Brass gt Gt alum, gun metal

As I have stated before the lathe I use for my pen turning is an adapted metal working lathe. One of the issues I have is it does not have a conventional tool rest when using gouges. I had a good look at it and have decided to machine a proper tool holder to accommodate the use of a gouge. I...

Now the AWGB Seminar is nearly upon us it brings back a fond memory. Back in 2009 I had been off the lathe for 18 months due to sight loss & several eye operations. I decided to try turning again but I wanted to extend myself so I made a piece incorporating off centre & tilted turning. When Ian...

Evening turners. I made a few coloured pencil blanks today and decided to follow the tutorial on here. The making of the blanks went well but the turning was another matter. I'm wondering if it's because I bought cheapy pencils? I glued them all together really well and stopped every few...

Up to now all my pen turning has been done with carbide tooling in the toolpost on my lathe. Profiling the blanks has proved troublesome as I have no idea how to use a wood gouge. All my attempts at using one has ended up in disaster. I am new to pen turning. I made a few out of interest and...

Hi all My name is Paul and i am from Leicester. I am a reasonable woodworker both machine and hand woodworking, reasonable not an expert. I have been spending money, sorry i mean woodworking for about 12 months now, having spent i fortune on kit, i have now decided to venture into woodturning...

Hi guys. I’m new to this game. My grandad got me into woodworking in my early years but I’ve only just got into turning. I bought my lathe about 6 months ago and quickly found pen turning. I think like most of you I am a little bit addicted. I’m from Bournemouth but travel all over the...

These are not the most practical pens to use due to the weight and I don't go out of my way to help this with the style of turning I have used, however they always get attention and make a statement.

Good Afternoon guys/girls. I'm Stuart. I'm 28. Im from Scotland. I am new to pen turning. Here to get some tips and tricks and show off my pens along with helping others out if I can.

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...

Just thought I'd share a few photos of the finished project. I'll soon be turning again and can't wait to get on with it. Regards Craig

I have only been turning pens for just over a year and looking to try something a bit different from wood or acrylic so was looking at the polymer clay blanks by Toni Ransfield on the Taylors Mirfield website. I see from other posts that several members have made pens from these blanks and was...

Hi Everybody I have at last started to turn some pens. I have fitted a record SE4 chuck and a pair of pen turning jaws to my DML305-M33 lathe which has worked great and I have spent the past few days drilling and squaring the ends of the pen bodies. I am now to the point of turning my first pen...

A Blue Ebonite Chrome plated TM Omega Fountain pen. This stuff sinks when turning

Hi, Thought i'd share a nice/terrible blank i used I purchased this wood from axeminster, it's horrendous to turn and blunted my tool. Festival Maxi Pen Blank - Woodturning Blanks - Woodturning - Shop by Interest | Axminster Tools & Machinery however despite me messing up this pen, both in...

Hi everyone. Fairly new to Pen Turning and General woodworking to be honest. My son got me into turning and I found making pens seems to be my favourite pass time :thumbs: Just now started with Acrylic and making my own designs, will post some photos when I get the chance but had a quick scout...

A few design changes and it’s still about practicing turning ... bowl turning to Kevin :banana:

Hi all, my first post for a long, long time - hope you like the Sirocco - first time turning one and I do think it's a nice kit.:thumbs:

Just turned my first stainless steel Bottle Opener from Prokraft No more sticking tubes in the Blank and a way of using up all those small pieces of wood etc left over from Pen Turning. Glen:love_it: