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Made this today just a bit of fun can only do short sessions in me workshop nowadays so keep it simple lol

Short pencils x 2 These are the standard slimline pencil that has been shortened to suit a specific customer that has a leather small diary. 115mm long with .5mm leads.

This little lot just went in the pressure pot a short while ago.

Just started to prepare the last lot of logs that I received but due to other things needing to be made I could not do them before now. Should get some nice pieces out of these pieces. They are 3 -4" thick and the one 2 1/2" thick remember the slabs are 18" so gives an idea of the width of them...

A segmented xcut oak slimline. I glued 6 crop ends of oak in short grain together to make the blank.

Very short video. I hope it turns well. Tinsel blank - YouTube

I haven't posted any of my pens for a while, but I bought some Tiger Rengas blanks from Dave Hilton ( lignaterrae ) and he asked to see what it looked like when finished. So, I made this one...it's only very short, as I used a 5 inch blank, but is a very striking wood. Finished with Morrells...

The other day I had a fall, thinking nothing of it and just part of what has happened the other week with my leg I thought I was on the road to recovery and soon be heading back into the shed. Well that came to an end today my poor foot is now black and blue and painful, so off to the hospital...

It's not been a good few days. If it could go wrong it has - two blanks blown out on me and for some unfathomable reason I cut a beautiful spalted blank too short - I measured it once, cut it twice (that's right isn't it?) and it was still too short! I have stayed away from the lathe today in...

I have been ask by some newbies about pen turning and all the fancy equipment so I mae this short video on pen turning without a mandrel please remember this is aimed at newbies enjoy pen making without a mandrel - YouTube

Just to let you know that I had a reply from a gentleman called Mike who is a member of the site. He has kindly invited me to his house on Sunday to show me how it's done. He only lives a short distance from me. By the look of his work he knows his onions as we say in the UK. Really looking...

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