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Art Deco Pen, Papaya Blank with Black Painted Tube Bolt Action with Desert Camo

Hi All, First timer, I just put together 2 sweet bolt action pens, but after assembling them the tip of the pen just barely comes out of the pen. As these are like the 4th and 5th pens I have turned I have not had this issue before. Is there a trick to getting these to work correctly? Or did I...

Bolt Action in Navy Cammo

Bolt action with brass, turned rings.

Bolt Action in Brass

Bolt Action in Copper

I have had the old metal lathe up and running a few weeks now so I thought it was time I done a pen or two. Bolt Action in Aluminium

Bolt Action in Desert Cammo

Last one for today as my Knee was starting to Ache ! A Bolt Action dressed in Oak from a Scottish Highlands Whisky Cask that I had from Thomas.

Asked me if he thought I could make him a Remington 7mm Ultra Mag Bolt Action pen using on of his casings and bullet. This is what I came up with. Les

(AKA Grey Marble) barrel on a gun metal 30 cal bolt action. Les

A Deer Hunter Bolt action pen in Pewter. Made using Genuine Damascus Steel , to create the marbled effect the steel was turned then soaked in Ferric Chloride, Neutralised in Sodium Bicarbonate then polished on a mandrel.

As the title two bolt action kits with the other halves from the blanks I made the bullet pens from

I haven't posted anything in a while and can't take much credit for this one apart from the finish which is CA. (Genuine PSI) Gunmetal Bolt Action with Toni Ransfield Skull Polymer Clay Pen Blank

This is a bolt action I made with the others, but this one had a longer tube and the nib was woefully nonsticking out enough, I took it apart and sanded the end of the blank unfortunately it could have done with a bit more coming off, but the guy who wanted it to match his Rollerball finds it...

This is a Chrome Bolt Action Thin Blue Line I call it Thin Blue Line for obvious reasons, but I used a blank I had from Timberbits and I am sure it wasn't called that. Peter

This is a Gun Metal Bolt action with a home grown Pine Cone blank and a CA finish. Peter

This is a Bolt Action Tec Pen with a home grown stainless swarf blank. Peter

What are the most common Nut & Bolt sizes in both metric and imperial? I have been trying to sort out my lifetime collection of Nut & Bolts, about 6 x 4 Lts container full, I keep finding these strange sizes, for me any way, like 9.5 mm, 6.75 mm, etc that will not match up with any of my...

Knocked these out very quickly last weekend following a request by a mate who goes a hunting. First pens for a long time, A mixture of 308 and 303 casings, the 2 on the left have real bullet tips which were a pita to drill out ( I melted the lead out first to make it easier), a couple have tips...