Old Craft Supplies Pencil Kit from Turner's Retreat

[Buckeye]

I bought up all the old stock that TR had up for sale at £1.00 each, but of course they offered me the lot for an even better price including postage. I thought I would turn one today as I have had then for nearly about 18 months and haven't got round to it. The turning was fine although I used some spalted timber that I had to keep flooding with CA, but that isn't the problem.

The problem is I can't quite get it to seat correctly and it looks like the top part doesn't come low enough onto the bottom blank. I know Woody and Jim have had these pencils from TR, but I can't find one on the Forum that has been assembled so that I can see how it should look when seated properly. I also had to trim a lip off the pencil mechanism to get it to seat anywhere near the correct position, but that can't be right. I have also given some of these kits to people on the Forum, but have not seen anyone put up a photo of the finished item. Does anyone have a photo of the finished item so I can see what it should look like.

You can see the kit here and in bulk here

Peter

 

[silver]

Only just seen this Peter,

I may have some old pictures of my dads, will have to dig them out to see what there is. Would have to scan them in as they were all prints.

 

[Scots Bill]

Cannot help you there Peter, sorry

 

[Buckeye]

Only just seen this Peter,

I may have some old pictures of my dads, will have to dig them out to see what there is. Would have to scan them in as they were all prints.

Don't go to the trouble of scanning them Eamonn. I assembled one yesterday without wood on the tubes and it worked perfectly so either I might have over trimmed the ends of the blanks or the one I used was faulty, I suspect I may have over trimmed. I have to try another one now just to see a (properly) finished kit.

Peter