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Euro Spalted Sycamore, wood cap, gun metal trim.

Deep and lovely timber. The rest is offcut Pinoak. Peter.:thumbs:

A simple pattern. The Yew is stunning as always. Great wood to cut or turn. As I got nearer the 6mm thickness the piece of wood split into a few parts as it was pretty gnarly. Scrollsaw Yew Duck. - YouTube

Hi All, I have a load of Maple burl that I got last year, great looking wood but can be a little boring. I decided to add a little colour and I am very happy with the results. Maple Burl pen. - YouTube

Hi All, Sirocco in Olive wood and Premo clay used for the Celtic Knot. Lost a little bit of clay but it turned out ok with a CA and sawdust fill. The wood had a lot of cracks as I got close to the finished size. It will all hold together with the CA finish.:thumbs: Olive wood pen. - YouTube

Had some of these kits for ages finally got round to making one. Gold Tempest on wood from my Aussie burr box

Worked out what wood is needed for the shed rebuild as well as roofing material now all ordered. so spent some time on other little jobs that I keep meaning to do. Well, the second vice which had a broken handle when I got it and the other I managed to break. Have made two simple handles up out...

Hi all, sorry if this question has been posted before. I am using one of my all wood fountain pens and notice that ink is being absorbed through the wood in the cap. This is an all wood pen so no metal tubing. There’s probably not much I can do with this pen but for future builds the only...

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...

Just finished a pen commission, the remit was that the buyer liked a piece of music called, “Sailing By”, he also liked the sloop style of yacht. I managed to source a copy of the music manuscript that I adapted to wrap around the main barrel before casting it in resin and turning. The cap is...

From time to time I have objects made using historic wood. I need some pens made with the teak from HMS Trincomalee combined with Royal Navy teak decking stored for the Royal Yacht. I have a variety of other products made using historic wood such as keyrings and you can see some of those objects...

Knotted Euro, Bocote and Poplar, wood cap.

First few pens I've turned. Very happy with them and can't wait to do more. Olive wood, gunmetal components.

Hi all, I have a large piece of Elm (i think) which I am trying to turn into a platter. The wood is so dry that my tools, even though they are razor sharp, are just tearing it. What ever cut or scrape i use it is just not working. I have now resorted to wetting the wood in a hope that the...

Last year, on a tour of the French WW1 + 2 battlefields, we visited Delville Wood, where 2500 South Africans (and many others) perished in the Great War. I found a small chunk of French Oak (fallen and picked up, I hasten to add), brought it home and have now sawn a blank and made a pen with...

I have dozens of these kits but haven't made any in a long time. Both are Zebra Wood. The euro less of a CA finish and you can really feel the wood.

I have now got my recently acquired wood lathe in the shed and set up ready to go. (My first wood lathe) I have scoured the internet and woodturning forums and purchased lots and lots of goodies for the lathe. The only thing I have not purchased is wood gouges because I really have no idea what...

I have taken delivery of a new lathe. Well new to me anyway I purchased it of Bill Mooney,s Grandson Lee. Its a small Axminster variable speed wood lathe. It came with a chuck several tool rests and some other bits and pieces. Up to now I have been using a modified metal lathe. Im looking...

I have done this in the past, and decided to do it again this year. I made pens for the girls at work. I chose Executive kits, seven satin, one chrome, and one gold. I used purple heart for eight of them, and Bethlehem olive wood for the ninth. The olive wood pen is for a girl who was recently...

Can anyone give a name to this wood. Glen