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A friend turned up yesterday, and we spent some time messing about in the workshop.
He seemed a bit too good at this pen turning lark, and I'm beginning to suspect Walter may have done this sort of thing before!

Anyway, bit of an experimental thing.
The wood is Cotoneaster, "Knurled" with the Sorby spiraling tool.
The clip tube shape was governed by the pith inclusion in the blank, which needed to be removed, but I do actually quite like it now.
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I did the blanks, turned one tube true, then went to make the Tea.
By the time I'd got back, he'd nearly finished it!
So It's sort of a collaboration.
Happy day anyway!
Thanks Walter.

<blockquote data-quote="Neil Lawton" data-source="post: 63382" data-attributes="member: 365">A friend turned up yesterday, and we spent some time messing about in the workshop.He seemed a bit too good at this pen turning lark, and I&#039;m beginning to suspect Walter may have done this sort of thing before!<img src="http://www.penturners.co.uk/images/smilies/18/thinker.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thinks:" title="Thinker&nbsp; &nbsp; :thinks:" data-shortname=":thinks:" /><img src="http://www.penturners.co.uk/images/smilies/18/funny.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":funny:" title="Funny&nbsp; &nbsp; :funny:" data-shortname=":funny:" />Anyway, bit of an experimental thing.The wood is Cotoneaster, &quot;Knurled&quot; with the Sorby spiraling tool.The clip tube shape was governed by the pith inclusion in the blank, which needed to be removed, but I do actually quite like it now.[ATTACH]6200[/ATTACH][ATTACH]6201[/ATTACH]I did the blanks, turned one tube true, then went to make the Tea.By the time I&#039;d got back, he&#039;d nearly finished it!So It&#039;s sort of a collaboration.Happy day anyway!Thanks Walter.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Neil Lawton, post: 63382, member: 365"] A friend turned up yesterday, and we spent some time messing about in the workshop. He seemed a bit too good at this pen turning lark, and I'm beginning to suspect Walter may have done this sort of thing before!:thinks::funny: Anyway, bit of an experimental thing. The wood is Cotoneaster, "Knurled" with the Sorby spiraling tool. The clip tube shape was governed by the pith inclusion in the blank, which needed to be removed, but I do actually quite like it now. [ATTACH]6200._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]6201._xfImport[/ATTACH] I did the blanks, turned one tube true, then went to make the Tea. By the time I'd got back, he'd nearly finished it! So It's sort of a collaboration. Happy day anyway! Thanks Walter. [/QUOTE]

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