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Went to my very first hands on club meeting last night and I am now pleased to announce I am a fully paid up member. :banana::banana::banana: My early thoughts are that my experience was fantastic, the other members were so helpful. The members of the club were on a different level when it...

Over the past few days I have been spending money getting in the basics for this 'ere pen making malarkey. I have ordered 10 drill bits from UK Drills on eBay (Ordered Thursday Night) and the full range of bushes that were/are available from Beaufort Inks (They were ordered last night). I am...

Well, I lied really, it’ll never be really complete but it’s now down to the clearing up inside so you can’t see inside yet, my secret! Was talking on the phone to Jan this afternoon and we were talking about workshops and I told him that I hadn’t been in quite so prolific pen production mode...

Am sitting here a little disappointed as i was hoping to be making my first pen this weekend. I ordered from Axminster power tools their starter kit complete with pen blanks etc to make my first 4 pens. Unfortunately when it arrived and i unpacked it on Friday night the kit was incomplete...

This year I did a talk at my woodturning club about decorating. Now they want one on pen turning for our hands on night this is where I will talk about pens and make one then members have a go themselves

Had a Smashing time demonstrating how to make this at Huddersfield Woodturners in Holmfirth last night.

Well it has arrived tonight is the night I am giving my first demo to the woodturning club. It will be based on Decorating. Now will it go smooth or end as a complete disaster time will tell. Wish me luck I need it. Everything is boxed and ready to go so have all of my props been through them...

Turned this one to night. Its a Ares I did not notice the blemishes on the blank till I posted the picture.

Hmmm Saw these the other night in local Ikea and thought ....they are cheap... They just have a use in the workshop..

The spalting wiped out the skin features as it turned down. Man that is tough stuff found a couple of normal blanks last night. I never give up on these love em. I thought I was well into my Spalted blanks but no many still to come including some rare as ones. Over time I have bought so many, so...

Well friends I'm back home safe and sound but bloody cream cracked the last few days have been very rewarding for me our pens went down a treat I also made a peanut bowl on which I put Billy Baxter's bar for one of the guys who is a blind veteran who works at the centre and has his own bar in...

Here is my latest shelf wizard I decided to give this one a little pipe. It makes him look quite chilled out. Just got back off a weeks cruise last night. Yesterday it was tee shirt and shorts, today it's thermals and hot water bottle. Hey ho.