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I got the wood from Neil Lawton a few years ago its approx 8 x 4 made for a work mate as a leaving prezzie

Just popping in to say hi from Ireland. Been turning for a good few years, began in '93. Been away from it for a few years and have taken up the chisels again a few months ago. Things have changed a lots in a few years! Turned my 1st pen around '97/'98 but haven't turned many over the years...

Today my wife and i celebrate our 45th wedding anniversary, still hope that we can add a lot of years more. :love_it:

Its my Husband's Bucks BIG 50, hes been saying he feels old and decrepid for the last 10 years so at least his age matches how he feels now lol!!! :funny:

I'm new the wood turning and very much learning as I go on. One thing that really impresses me is how supportive other woodturners are! I'm Keiron, 32 years old, I live in midwales and have a very small workshop in my garage. I say work shop, it consists of a table saw, planer thicknesser...

We thought we'd introduce the team behind Pen Blanks And Moulds. I'm Paul, I've been a self employed gardener since the young age of 20, after 30 years of gardening, about 20 of them including a lot of landscape gardening, (yep if you've done the sums correct I'm coming up to the big 50 this...

OK, I just need to get this off my chest. ETSY I've been making pens as a hobby for about 12 years and for a while giving most of them away. Then etsy comes along. This was a site where you could sell your handcrafted items. Rules were that they had to be hand made by you. In 2008 I set up an...

I bought the wood a few years ago as Black Line Maple

I have a nice piece of genuine Lignum Vitae given to me by an old friend many years ago. Not sure if to cut it for pens or if it is worth more in a larger piece? I have four blanks from the edge I did cut off but now I am not sure. I know it is hard to get in any size at all, so don't want to...

Hello everyone! I have been fantasising quite a while about making some pens. But now I have started to take baby steps towards this goal. I am living in Sweden, about 60 km south of Stockholm in a beautiful archipelago in a house with my wife and daughter (4 years old). I am 38 years old and...

Hello, I've just started turning. So far I've made a some bowls, a couple I'm pleased with. My lathe is 30 years old sadly I lack a Chuck. Getting lots of inspiration and instruction of youtube.

After years of trying, China has finally done it...

Due to the lack of room in the incredible shrinking shed, I have been thinking about making an upright Compressor like this. Redirect Notice They are very popular with the Yanks, but rarer than hen teeth in my area. I have an old 45kg (99.2lbs) gas bottle that I was thinking about using for a...

Hi all, The last week of the year badly began... In the afternoon, my wife was admitted in the hospital and tomorrow she will undergo a surgical operation. Blocked femoral artery which requires the pose of a stent or an atrériel bypass. I hope that she will be returned home for the New Year's...

I've had these blanks along with lots more other blanks in open plan shelving for several years. No other blanks are affected, not sure what wood this is, like I said it was several years ago when I purchased these. The only difference I've noticed is these are the only blanks with a slight coat...

I decided to take the plunge and make a start with my electric chain saw on my log pile. Very happy with the results so far. Just can't stand the time it will take to finish drying. The Yew has been down for over 6 years but left as a log so will still take some time to dry. Hopefully it will...

This timber has so many faces from shimmering like a shot silk tie to twisted tough quilted grain. Many years ago on a trip to Tassie a fellow Woody from Canberra and his wife turned up at the same timberyard we three Peters were visiting, he selected a long very heavy stick, very dry cut a long...

I have been doing this for a few years on my old blades and I have just seen this, it does save a fair bit! Making Custom Bandsaw Blades To Length - YouTube

This weekend here in Canberra. Peter.

This whole morning we spent at the Royal Australian Mint. Our host was the son of my very long term mate who same age as our visiting daughter from the US. He has 40 years experience there he joined them at age 15 as a Fitting and Turning Apprentice now a senior exec. We went through from...