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2 Empress F/P

Woody

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After making the rollerball pens I wasn't looking forward to making the F/P so of we go working end bushes a perfect fittings one end on one to small and the other end on the other top end crap first the same bushes were to tight I had to use pliers to get them out the fittings on one were to tight on the other to loose by now I'm ready to bin them but the wood I had chosen for them was to good to bin these two I used Camatillo Rosewood and Thuya burr needless to say I wont be buying them again and dont tell me they are all made in the same place I think they were bits from every corner of the world just thrown together
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Well i read your rant Woody, then looked at the pens ... You done a marvellous job with them, the pictures are very good and shows a very clean and tidy pair of pens .. Well done good sir, turning quality like this while having issues only come with experience ... :thumbs:
 
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Woody said:
Thank you Jim when you doing yours LOL
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When i get my lean-to finished .. Looks like it will be this weekend, i got my little lathe in today, now i am in the process of transferring equipment out of the shed .. I have been in some right positions this week, positions that young lads would find it difficult to get in ... I had problems getting out of them though ... :kiss:
 
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They look good dad, I bet you can't wait for me to start mine init?
Stand by with your censorship board Jim I might get one out on Sunday I think is my next day off.
 
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Woody,

Agree with you about these kits, they're crap and the bling is almost fake in appearance as well. Dont like em and they dont sell!

Did you get the Camatillo from Kirk at Exotic Hardwoods in Chapel en le Frith?
 
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Hellz Bellz Woody !!!! ..If you struggled with yours ,then I don't stand a cat in hells chance.:down::down::down:
 
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Neil said:
Woody,

Agree with you about these kits, they're crap and the bling is almost fake in appearance as well. Dont like em and they dont sell!

Did you get the Camatillo from Kirk at Exotic Hardwoods in Chapel en le Frith?
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I got it just after I was told I could turn again I think I got it on ebay but I'm not really sure when I was told it was buy buy buy
 
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Now you say about the kits & bushes I realise the bushes I had trouble with & had to get machined out were from the same place as your kits & like you I had to remove the bushes with pliers when I'd finished turning the pens.

I also noticed that the plastic bags they came in had Axminster bar code stickers on them & compared with TB they weren't that cheap either, oh well lesson learned.

That said you've still pulled the rabbit out of the hat & produced 2 lovely pens :claps::claps:
 
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Doug said:
Now you say about the kits & bushes I realise the bushes I had trouble with & had to get machined out were from the same place as your kits & like you I had to remove the bushes with pliers when I'd finished turning the pens.

I also noticed that the plastic bags they came in had Axminster bar code stickers on them & compared with TB they weren't that cheap either, oh well lesson learned.

That said you've still pulled the rabbit out of the hat & produced 2 lovely pens :claps::claps:
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Mine were sent direct by Axminster with a different invoice
 
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Excellent pens woody.

Anyone know the difference between the empress and emporer pens?

I still have a few emporer pen kits and was looking at the empress as another alternative.
 
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Interested in Camatillo? See my list of rare wood pen blanks under Buy and sell...!

Neil said:
Woody,

Agree with you about these kits, they're crap and the bling is almost fake in appearance as well. Dont like em and they dont sell!

Did you get the Camatillo from Kirk at Exotic Hardwoods in Chapel en le Frith?
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