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Our Penpal sent me a bunch of wonderful blanks from down there. Here is what I did with a little but great piece of Conkerberry, framed with desert iron wood, based on a slimline. I never saw any wood with so strange orange hues! Maybe I should have use something darker for the fittings, like...

I usually only turn wood but wanted to do something with Mother with it so tried this.

I absolutely love the result of Ebony, tough wood to work with though as it is very brittle.

PICK A MIX PENS 12 different pens from Left to Right starting from A to L How it will work, if you like the pens as indicated from photos you would just say the letter of it. If you like a certain pen but would like a different wood you would say eg Type A and wood E. All these pens will be...

The daughter in law had a pine table that her family have owned for years. She was rather upset having to throw it out due to space retrictions etc. She was really very upset as she remembers using it from day 1. She offered it to me for burning and I just could not do that so I made her a vase...

After just over a year of pen making using acrylics, I stuck to my 2021 resolution and finally made one from wood. Well... almost... This is stabilised Maple Burl that was dyed purple during the stabilisation process. (Sorry to the purists on here, but baby steps and all that). I know it is...

After reading a bit about different timbers fluorescing under UV light and it being able to help with identification the Wood Fairy bought me a UV torch. It might take you a while but can you spot the Robinia? ;-)

Hi all, guess what I got for Christmas! A nice new wood lathe. I think my wife would like me to follow a new hobby. I am completely new to pen making, but I already have a Peatol modelmaker's lathe , so I am aware of methods of the actual making, but have no idea what I have to buy and what I...

Now I was going to buy Yorkshire Grit but I first thought I would read some reviews and this is the first one I read. I'm new to wood turning so this may very well be me misusing the product , however I have been using the standard Yorkshire grit and like it a lot , this paste works well and is...

Hi All, Been turning pens since a got a small wood lathe in October and really enjoying it. Had a general wood working interest for a number of years so was pretty much kitted out before I got the lathe. Working for the NHS I have found it relaxing to come home and transform a square of wood...

So as I said yesterday " I'm going to turn my first bowl) well I've turned it in end grain slab of wood I was given about 8 years ago a big lump of sable or what ever it is but it was a red wood. in the first two images I turned the bowl and stopped because of catches scared my self to death, I...

I'm thinking of turning my first bowl tomorrow on a blank that is cut as a square lump of wood so it will be end grain bowl. Maybe not the ideal wood to start my adventure in bowl turning but I have 6 or 7 lumps of this wood so I have a lot to practice pieces to run through. I would like to...

So today I had to go looking for a chuck part that was attached to a piece of wood but I came across a pencil kit from the last Daventry wood working show, a guess would be 2014. I have the web site and part number but they are not giving me any results when I do a web search. I was just...

Hi all, This was a piece of Oak that I picked up from my local firewood supplier. It has good figure but it was really punky in places. It was classified as not even fit to burn so I bagged it for a pint. It measures 14in diameter (the maximum my lathe will take) by 3 inches. The wood...

Long story short. Had a new kitchen fitted the guy who did it makes quality guitars commissioned £1000 upwards. I said what about a personalised pen with the same wood to go with it ?. Took the the bait . Now got 3 similar to make.???

This is Karelian birch, dyed of course. Couldn't decide on the section so made both ... Which do you prefer, Wood or Sempletica resin

Ok so here is my latest pen, again a gift for family and I think it's maple but not sure so I have supplied a image of the wood I used. Pen was turned in short/end grain just to see if I could ( why not ) making my own rules. The pen is from Beaufort ink first of many I think, good quality kit...

I'm looking at colouring some maple wood blank would you think airbrushing acrylic ink would be suitable for this purpose I only ask as I have lots of airbrushing ink ?? I tried to use Hampshire wax but put the sanding sealer on before the wax and it didn't work silly me I should have done my...

I stopped in Yandles last week as I was driving past and picked up a couple pieces of Wenge. I tried turning it but the finish I ended up with was terrible. I re-sanded it and tried everything... but I could not get it looking good at all. Is this a difficult wood to turn and finish ?

Different source and tree . Peter.