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[ Drilled out the blank to fit the Mt kunlun kit... Took most of the scales with it... Not a happy bunny. Spose I'll have to try my hand at carving now :sob:

although it took 3 failed attempts, about 5 hours and i glued the blank to my thumb.. first 2 are in the shed somewhere.. all cut by hand shame it cracked on assembly but you live and learn sorry about the sound track, will sort it when i get home

Thought I would share an old photo of a few surfboards and sailboards I made years ago. I have seen a few discussions on pen finish in the forum especially resins, CA etc. I have worked with different resins and finishes all of my life and seen many professional mess ups for sure. The boards in...

Hand made smallish.:goesred:

A few more slimline pens to keep my hand in.

There has been a request for some Ivory substitute on the model engineers forum. This is the request can anyone help pointing in the right direction or able to cast some of the size required. "Morning folks, I'd like to replace some wooded hand grips with something that would look like old...

Hi all, A word to the wise, I am a manual worker in my daily job, I am a carpenter at a school. Whilst in a rush to do something today I should have used a vice to hold it, instead I held it in my left hand and when I applied toooo much pressure to the 01phillips screwdriver in my right hand it...

Mistral ballpoint in jet black acrylic, man that stuff is hard to work. So I had a few issues, firstly the acrylic bubbled and tore away at the thinnest part on the nib end, I had to take the nib section barrel to the disc sander and take about 3/8" off, this then meant I had to take the same...

Hand sculpted Indian rosewood fountain pen. Not sure if a Pen Wizzard could do that...

Partly for personal reasons, partly because I have been doing other things and partly because I have only been making run of the mill stock pens for my stall in the TIC at Morpeth I haven't posted here recently, although I have been lurking in the background watching what is going on. I have...

I've watched a few tutorials & they are always pretty helpful but are there any that cover working when you have a disability or problem that stops you working normally? I have problems with one leg that mean I can't stand correctly (probably not the right word but you will get my meaning) I...

Had my first play with my bowlsaver I bought 2nd hand a couple of years ago

The Diamondcast is called Metallurgy, and is one of my favourites, complex colours. You really don't get the best impression in a photograph. But in the hand these things really pop, they really sparkle in a very 3d way. The kit is a TM Kappa

UNIVERSITY GRADUATION HAND TURNED WOODEN PEN GIFT. These pens are hand turned and made from trees either from Dunham Massey Park Estate or from Sherwood Forest and come with proof that they are genuine. The clips in either Gold or Silver show a Mortar Board and a Scroll and the pen comes in a...

Great minds think alike Johnny5! :thumbs: I pinched some of Kelvin's Sierra pen kits to practice on, but I didn't quite get my calculations right on the thickness :thinks: Next time I'll experiment with skiving down to the correct thickness at the ends so it meet the components better, I...

Hi all, some will know I have a likeing for Mik Lawrence blanks from Australia.....well I ordered on Thursday and had these land today... These look so much better in the hand than pictures, now to pull my finger out and turn a few:thumbs::thumbs:

OK so I got into working with wood a bit by accident, working as a signmaker I bought an old spares or repair CNC knowing that I would be able to rebuild it with my engineering experience. The idea was to produce flat cut letters & sign trays & possibly offer a trade service for those. BUT then...

Here is one of Beaufort inks Scirrocco pens. Made using Olive Wood and presented in one of Eamonns hand made Beech Boxes with Welsh National Anthem.

So my wife wanted a Bog Oak pen to add to her collection. I didn't want the usual pens out there so with Mr Flexi's help we decided on an Havana, quite short and stubby, 4 different size bushes with opposite tapers. Look better when posted. Anyhow she got it for her birthday and loves it ...

After 3 months of trials I am happy with my new pens which I have called the Mystic Pen and will be releasing them at my first show in March. My feedbacks so far have been quite positive, hoping my buyers will think the same ,only time will tell. The pictures show the left hand pen in its...