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So the curse of Garno strikes yet again :vangry: Doing a "Loong Dragon Pen" Picked a nice resin blank Drilled a hole "Dead centre" Cleaned it out nicely Tested the tube fitting, absolutely spot on, like a foot in a sock. Glued said tube into the blank making sure the glue fully covered the...

I have run into a problem before I even start with the Atrax pen. This time I decided to read the instructions before I do anything and have ended up totally confused. The instructions say to drill the larger blank 12.5mm and the short blank 10.5mm, however the shorter tube is 12.5mm and the...

Fresh of the lathe today a set of Aston pens dressed in a metal foil blank

I am in the process of making a "Dawnguard" pen in acrylic. I have turned it without any issues and have polished it up, however when I tried taking the blank off of the mandrel it was met with a little resistance so I gave it a good old tug. When I came to assemble the pen I noticed movement...

Made for an order for one of my special female customers the blank is genuine acetate rod that was discovered in a basement in France

Hi all, I did this before Crimbo but kept forgetting to order the kit to put on it..... The blank was also from Beaufort but I can't remember what it was called, but its from the diamond range:wink:

and i did it without falling over.:vomit:..twig pot from pear, flower from apple and resin blank and my first attempt at a dibber

I’m ex army with combat related injuries after three tours of Afghanistan. My therapists told me to get a hobby, so I did. I’ve been turning pens for a few years now. I get most of my blanks and kits direct from the US. I’m just about ready to submit my first order to a blank supplier in...

Hi all, I tend to do a lot of Levech fountain pens and indeed after this one sold The customer now wants a pencil in a similar jacket, OK I can sort the blank but what kit should I use? Beaufort Mistral? Sirocco (with pencil conversion) I don't want to go slim/streamline (or should I?) are there...

Had a play with these three pens all dressed in the same blank but sprayed the tubes different colours good init

Hi all, Another George Watkins blank, this time on a Mistral... (those that don't know if you tube up a blank with Levech tubes it also works with the Mistral FPs and vice versa)

Hi all, I needed a dentist in a bit of a rush and this guy is fantastic, unfortunately he has hands like bananas! Well I wanted to say thank you (don't really know why after emptying my wallet), but he is South African and big into rugby.... So Scott Walker blank on a Beaufort kit:thumbs:

Well always late to the party, here is my go at a headwind. First thing you will notice is that It is not a fountain pen :goesred: the blank sort of exploded on the lathe, strange as I still had a couple of mm left. Nice bit of purple heart gone to wood heaven :pray::pray::pray: Nice bit of...

Hi All, It seems to be a bit of a one stop shopping spree at the moment, so here are the latest purchases to fund Mr Darts children's education :funny::funny: First up is a Levech with a Divine island blank, these have to be seen to appreciate the depth in these Next is a Sirocco dressed in a...

A slimline dressed in a pinecone blank from Mark’s box.

Due to a blank splitting whilst turning it today I did something that I really should not make a habit of, at least, that is, according to Mrs G. I started thinking .............. Amongst the many things I was thinking about, one thing in particular stuck in my mind. No doubt thousands of pen...

I have spent all day trying to put a finish on a Macassar Ebony pen blank. I Sanded to 600 grit and cleaned with Meth Spirits until the cloth I was applying it with stopped coming back black. I then put sanding sealer on, around 6 or 7 coats, until it looked even. I then tried applying CA, for...

Hi All, Look 3 in a week... I'm on a roll, this is a mean and moody black Levech with a diamond blank from Phil ( a one stop shop of late! :thumbs:)

This is the first pen I have had to make my own tube, I say make but really mean I cut off the tube from a 12" tube. Went back to CA finish with this one, I have managed to make a ripple effect :vangry: I know exactly how it happened. Let me explain. Sanded it down to 6oo grit and no sign of...

Well what a day this has turned out to be. I had a kit for the "New Style Screw Cap RB" pen. I turned it on Sapele and finished it with melamine so I only needed to assemble it. I emptied out all those bags and laid all the parts out. I then assembled the centre band. I looked at the band and...