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  1. Geoff Kent

    Pens from split cane.

    Good afternoon all, Its been a while since I posted anything although I have been busy at the lathe. I thought you would like to see two pens I have just made out of split cane from an old knackered fishing rod.What is split cane I hear you ask.To make a rod from split cane is a long and skilful...
  2. TVS

    1930s to 40s blank

    Made for an order for one of my special female customers the blank is genuine acetate rod that was discovered in a basement in France
  3. Lons

    branding stamp attempt no 1

    For many years I've carved a stylized mark of my initials into many of my carvings and turnings and often thought of trying to make a hot branding iron so no golf today as it's persisting down, a couple of hours to spare some brass rod, threaded rod and scrap beech and this is what I came up...
  4. N

    Pin chuck query

    Does anyone have any experience with using a pin chuck to turn closed-end pens? Have seen references to them in a few places so I thought I'd give it a try. I took a spare mandrel and milled a flat 3/32" deep on it to take a bit of 3/32" steel rod. It fits nicely into a 7mm tube but won't...
  5. Neil Lawton

    Stapled

    A Turkey Oak crotch with die back. 8 1/4" x 2". The staples are formed from brazing rod and the finish is Chestnut food safe oil.
  6. Lons

    Drum sander project finished!

    This is a follow on from my thread "Jim' a meanie" as better to post in it's entirity for anyone interested. I may need to use several posts as the thread is photo heavy :thinks: There are lots of different methods of making a drum sander and plenty of youtube videos around. In my case I wanted...
  7. angelo49

    My friends 40 Mercury

    Local photographer approached him at a car show to be in a hot rod calendar. The pic guy brought the ''props''
  8. M

    Threaded Rod

    Folks I have just received a Joyner "off-center" jig with 2MT. I need to make a draw bar using 1/4x20 threaded rod. Does anybody know the metric equivalent that I need to purchase please? I *think* it's M6x1 but want to be sure. Thanks!
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