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I have christened my new lathe

Robert

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and it worked wonderfully.

If the end product is half as good I'll be happy.

As before, all constructive criticism welcomed. Hopefully the shape is a bit better this time?

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Jim

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Great looking pen Rob, those crushed acrylics are not an easy blank to turn, which makes this pen even better .. :thumbs:
 

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Great looking pen Rob, those crushed acrylics are not an easy blank to turn, which makes this pen even better .. :thumbs:

To be honest I found it relatively easy to turn. What I did have a problem with was drilling. I bought a pack of 5 mixed colours from Axminster, and drilled holes at my nightclass a couple of weeks back. I think 2 of the 5 broke in the drilling :down:
 

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Thats very nice Rob, come clean, its not your first is it? :funny:

No its not, see the wood pens section of this forum.

And I have turned lots of christmas decorations (see newbies posts) and keyrings, at evening classes, which is where I've been practicing on acrylics.

I've also turned lots of wood: bowls and candlesticks mainly. Still trying to master them.

But relatively new to pens. And now I've got my own lathe, the world is my acrylic oyster :thumbs:
 
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