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Well todays effort turned out to be mostly a rollerball kind of day. Four slims from a wine barrel. Left to right for the rollerballs are Ash, Mulberry, spalted lacewood burr, brown oak, English bog oak, olive wood, Elm and Yew. A Conway Stewart blank for a custom fountain pen for me, Size 6...

Spent a time in the blank room,still not thawed out from winter. Turned 87 ist week of this month. Kind regards Peter.:thumbs:

Collected some 40 years ago a special timber,in this one more precious because the sapwood blends so well. Kind regards Peter.:goesred::goesred::goesred:

I got a parcel from Paul he, in it were 2 pens & a letter opener as fundraisers for Blind Veterans UK. THANK YOU SO MUCH for your kind donation, it is very much appreciated. I’m going to Llandudno so I’ll take them with me.

It's been a while since I've needed to dredge up my 5 of a kind techniques. Customer order. Reclaimed whisky cask. Finished in melamine.

Hi all. I'm currently trying to make a wedding pen for my best friend. I sprayed the brass tubes with white enamel paint and decorated them. I cast them both in polyester resin and was quite happy with the casting. They came out clear and bubble free. One of the blanks was perfect however the...

Some interesting timbers from over here. Thousands of others in the blank room where I have been tidying this morning. Choice patterns and grain in these. Minus 4 this morning. Kind regards Peter.

Hi, My drill press has very little depth and I'm struggling to get dead centre holes when drilling both sides. Do you have any suggestions? I saw you can drill on the lathe but not sure where to start as I don't have a chuck, what kind would I need?

As many know I am a member on many woodworking forums one being the Woodwork Forum in Australia well they just run a competition and I managed to win but only due to the first person selected did not claim the prize in an allotted amount of time so it was re-drawn and I was the very lucky man. I...

Had a wonderful conversation when I rang Davey early this morning our time. What a generous minded man to have supporting the forum. Thanks Davey for your kind thoughts and deeds. Kind regards Peter.

Hi There, I was wondering if there are any kind members in the Manchester area give or take 10 miles who would be so kind as to show me how they turn pens. I've watched dozens of videos on You Tube but you can't beat seeing it in the flesh as they say. Any help would be greatly appreciated...

Hi as a newbie to pen turning, I would like to visit a few shows, where hand turned items are on show & for sale too. Would some kind soul(s) e me a list for the next few months of events please. Thank you.