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  1. Neil Lawton

    Birthday present

    A rose gold Omega turned for a lady called Rose, in Whitebeam from the garden of the house she grew up in!
  2. Penpal

    South american rosewood burl

    I recently cut,glued up around fifty Slim blanks to use Streamline centre bands. This one ugly duckling was written SAMBURL,well I thought I only know one Sam,no not him. Whacked it on the lathe just now and the pumkin turned into a coach revealing this kaleidescope of patterns all round. I came...
  3. Pierre

    Murphy

    A painter by the name of Murphy, while not a brilliant scholar, was a gifted portrait artist. Over a short number of years, his fame grew and soon people from all over Ireland were coming to the town of Miltown Malbay, in County Clare, to get him to paint their likenesses. One day, a...
  4. Penpal

    Pen Blanks

    Hint for Drying I installed a pull down ladder in the hallway ,installed yellow tongue on the ceiling joists,use a fan 24/7 facing them. Takes but 30 seconds to access them weigh a test bunch every week,record and when stable they go into the blank room. Most all of these are pens somewhere now...
  5. Neil Lawton

    OAP!

    Not a pensioner, but Ornamental Apple turned green and finished in Chestnut food safe oil. 5 1/2" x 1 3/4" The tree was in our front garden when we bought the house in 1991 but it had to come down in January as it was at its natural end.
  6. Gadget-UK

    So much for moving....

    Well got informed last night that the seller (whose house we were buying) has decided to accept a MUCH higher offer and has now rejected our :vangry::vangry: I think the term is “Gazumped” :sob: Took us 2 years to find a place that ticked all the boxes and suitable for the wife (due to illness)...
  7. Neil Lawton

    007?

    In the members today though not a member, Spy! Phil Dart has your cover been blown? Safe house 32x4 now! :funny:
  8. alpha1

    Harry Potter

    I was asked to make a pen for a young lady who is a Harry Potter fan anything to do with the house of Hufflepuff her Dad said. SO. The blank is from Highland boxes Pam Harris. The colours are Hufflepuff house colours. Not very good pictures Im afraid.
  9. Steve68

    A few shorties...

    I asked my Mrs to sexually pleasure me with her keyring but she keeps fobbing me off. A woman asked me for sex today. Unfortunately I had to disappoint her.....we had sex. I attended a positive thinking course. It was sh*t. Apparently there was a documentary on TV last night about the...
  10. J

    Enter the Dragon

    I have been asked to make a House sign for a Gentleman So Using my CNC Router machine I have managed a practice piece using MDF to make this Large Welsh Dragon emblem. 18 inches x 12 inches . Now to make this with name of house on a solid piece of Oak.
  11. Dalboy

    We have seen

    I think many have seen the cartoon about no turning in driveways. See picture Well the workmen do have a sign this one is outside my house as there is a road closed in force just up from me.
  12. sammy

    Just Wondering

    I like turning pens but am always wondering what I can do with them once they are made. I've given a lot away, have my specials in a display box and have others scattered about the house. The only other option seems to be to sell them. So, what do other forum members do with their output, what...
  13. nimrod

    Back to the lathe

    Not done much turning for the past two years due to a house sale which took ages and a problem with bad headaches caused by displaced occipital nerves, both problems having been solved and a move to a house with a 20 x 8 foot garage I thought once the house had been sorted turning here I come...
  14. C

    Affair

    A married man was having an affair with his secretary. One day, their passions overcame them in the office and they took off for her house. Exhausted from the afternoon's activities, they fell asleep and awoke at around 8 p.m. As the man threw on his clothes, he told the woman to take his shoes...
  15. R

    Moving to smaller house

    I will be moving to a much smaller house in the very near future, and I have a large double sunlounger that I will have no room for, was thinking of selling it but its the wrong time of year so just decided I would throw it in the local skip, sitting here going through the forum looking at pen...
  16. Phil Dart

    Who supplies Cothele House?

    Is the maker that supplies pens to Cotehele House anyone here? I've had a lovely email from a purchaser of one of your pens made with a Beaufort Ink Mistral kit. If that's you, please get in touch and I'll pass it on.
  17. clement

    Spend my time in the garden

    Hi all, Do'nt have much time for turning and posting something. Since the weather was very kind since 2 weeks, the last days where very busy with gardening and painting outside the house. Still a lot of work to achieve before i can go back to my workshop :rolling: Have a nice Eastern everybody !
  18. yorkshireman

    Hogwarts dolls house

    The daughter decided that at twenty years of age she wanted a dolls house and daddy had to make it. Still a lot of finishing work to do yet!
  19. Robert

    Sanding Sealer Thinner

    I have some cellulose sanding sealer, but it's become a bit thick and gloopy. Can I thin it, and if so, what's best to use please? Whilst on this subject, I've found that the screw top becomes clogged up on these bottles very quickly, so I'm thinking of transfering the contents to a glass jar...
  20. Penpal

    Today I went to a Knifemaker

    Round journey of a hundred kms. Totally impressed with the timber etc used for handles. The owners daughter is thirteen and she is an instructor, she has been making knives since she was six. Viewed many of hers and others Damascus steel knives she creates from scratch. School holidays just now...
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