My younger son`s secondary school has a £1 challenge, each 1st year pupil is given a pound & asked to try & accumulate as much money as possible by investing the money in what ever way they can, but preferably involving the school in some way such as baking & selling cakes to pupils & staff.
My first thought of a pound on the nose of a runner at Newmarket was promptly refuted by the childs mother, so my grey matter came up with an idea I'd seen many years ago on a turners craft stall.
Basically striped down Bic pen nib & ink tubes inserted in wooden shells which said child could sell at school.
Not having a long 4mm drill bit I opted to drill from both ends of the blank, hence the need for Padauk end cap. Then turned between centers it was held on the lathe with a live center in the tailstock & a scrap of wood held in pin jaws which had been turned down to a nib that was a tight fit in the 4mm hole.
This is the resulting pen made from Laburnum & finished with CA.
The only paid for item is the Bic pen which was about 10p, the wood was off cuts that I will be glad to use up so hopefully he should be able to succeed in his money making enterprises .
I on the other hand now realise I`ve made another rod for my back
My first thought of a pound on the nose of a runner at Newmarket was promptly refuted by the childs mother, so my grey matter came up with an idea I'd seen many years ago on a turners craft stall.
Basically striped down Bic pen nib & ink tubes inserted in wooden shells which said child could sell at school.
Not having a long 4mm drill bit I opted to drill from both ends of the blank, hence the need for Padauk end cap. Then turned between centers it was held on the lathe with a live center in the tailstock & a scrap of wood held in pin jaws which had been turned down to a nib that was a tight fit in the 4mm hole.
This is the resulting pen made from Laburnum & finished with CA.
The only paid for item is the Bic pen which was about 10p, the wood was off cuts that I will be glad to use up so hopefully he should be able to succeed in his money making enterprises .
I on the other hand now realise I`ve made another rod for my back
