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flexi

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Hi all.....i was asked to do a demonstration today on Pen turning for my group of the Institute of Carpenters....please bring a lathe!!
Well i did....i think it went OK with some good feedback....
I went through the various stages with blank and kit selection..drilling and glueing...trimming and turning....bushes...finishes.....obscure things...and even had a play with these two.....to show different finishes the olive one is Melamine and the Ash is CA.....these are two one piece slimline kits, spin offs from my arrow pens and something else i wanted to try20180217_175707.jpg
 

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i am guessing you havent glued the tube to the wood at nib end so its gives it the movement to turn? i like them alot nice work
 

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Congratulations on your successful demo mate,it must have been quite confronting. Is the Institute a Trade group?

Peter.
 

flexi

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Congratulations on your successful demo mate,it must have been quite confronting. Is the Institute a Trade group?

Peter.

Hi Peter,

Yes it is...i have been a member for years, but its only recently started to have meetings and talks
 

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Thanks for sharing my brother in law came from Durham late 40,s early 50,s Ex Army WW2 was a Painter always talked endlessly of a City of, or and ,Guilds qualification as a Painter and Decorator in the UK. I listened in awe at the required skill levels needed to obtain this,it included Coach decorative Scrolling etc. sounded very exotic.

Peter.
 
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