turning

Hello everybody, just a quick question, does Polyester resin get more brittle the longer you leave it before turning? Thank you one and all.

Hi All, Marco to my friends. Born and bred in Scotland, working life in London, retirement in France. After a life in IT, finally came to realise what my dad (an excellent cabinet maker and all round craftsman) saw in wood (no pun intended), and took up woodturning. Thoroughly enjoying it...

Had another great Turning training day.. and learnt some basics around turning .. Here's the efforts...not perfect but the first ones for me....

Hello all forum members, My name is Andy and I hail from the Angus town of Arbroath. Have been a turner / machinist in the oil and gas industry most of my working life so thought turning wood on a small lathe would be a doddle. That thought very quickly got shelved !!. Being a complete novice to...

Before turning whilst wearing a t-shirt make sure it does not have a breast pocket.

Hi all So I am new to all this wood turning and pen turning in general...although I have had a love of turned items for years and have many examples of others work collected from mainly brocante fairs in France... I now have the change and the time to try it myself and have built and equipped...

Hi guys and gals. I'm new here and a novice at pen turning although I'm a qualified antique restorer with an HND in antique restoration. Have only ever turned a couple of small finials when I was at college many years back. Brought myself an Axminister Precision Pro Lathe and their hobby...

Well even with the chip extractor running when I am turning I seem to spend 3 times as long clearing up after a turning session only to go out to the shed the following day to start all over again. Oh well that is the life of a hobby turner:rolling:

Its been slow here today hasn't it???:thinks: What have we all been up to? - not turning pens, that's for sure! Me? I've been paying bills:sob::sob::sob:

Sorry not been on much due to illness in the family now I have a chest inflection :sob: so will not be turning much very soon. When I get better I will post what I have been doing.

Hi All Ive just joined as this forum was recommended by a friend. Im new to woodwork and especially turning but would like to try turning pens. I have purchased a pen mandril aswell as a couple of pen kits from Axminster aswell as a jacob style chuck so I think im ready to start. I was...

Hi All, Had a couple of chips on this turning so I turned to the Milliput to help out. Rollester Pen Kit - YouTube

Here's one that gives me a lot of work. 4 attempts before ending the cap, very hard to cut. Wood exploded three times while turning the blank down. But i'm really satisfied how it came out.

Hi to you all on here, I've just stumbled across this forum and just spent the past couple of hours in fascination thumbing through some of the threads on here. Wow! I've done bits of turning (as a hobby) on and off (mostly off) since the mid 80's. A couple of years back I began to take an...

Hi thought it was time I introduced myself properly as I know my husband has mentioned me in a few posts!!! I'm Jackie, Paul aka "Bucks" wife. A few months ago I persuaded Paul to teach me pen turning which I found I really enjoyed, unfortunately I haven't had the time for any pen turning...

Has anyone used this wood for pens and is it good for turning

Hello. Just joined the forum after lurking for a short time. Ive not done any sort of turning since highschool back in the 70s. Always liked wood turning so went out and got a 1416vs from axminster and some crown cryogenic woodworking tools. :thumbs: Just sent for a rotur universal pen turning...

For Slimline turning, very effective. Pen State Industries. Peter.

Hi All, Stumbled upon this forum yesterday and thought I would register. It looks a great resource and source of advice and encouragement. I have been turning for a couple of years now when time has permitted and have recently caught the pen turning bug. Most have been standard slimline pens so...

In olive wood. Unfortunately the markings on one of them disappeared when turning.