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This Omega is a gift for a Church friend, hence the fish, which got a wee bit lopsided.

I am thinking of delivering my Beaufort pens in a bit of style aboard a Thames steam launch:thumbs:

I have been trying to buy a bench disc sander and decided on the Record Power DS 300. Most of the mail order companies either don't ship to N Ireland or want £70 for delivery. ( Thank you Brexit for that ) One company seems to do free delivery but the web page looks a bit iffy to me. It's...

Hi all, Just a bit of a giggle, Those that know me know I work in a school..... Yesterday I found 8 old chisels, I thought I could clean them up, a bit of a sharpen.... Job done. Now as its a school I thought I should only offer to sharpen the odd chisels in DT whilst I have my Sorby set...

A bit of fun this one. I wanted to make a summer pen and, as today is our annual day of sunshine here in Wales, I thought it was a good time to make it. The green skin is made from acrylic and I cast the red fleshy part myself. I’m pleased at how well it came out. I does resemble the texture...

Many thanks for letter me join this fabulous forum. This is the first forum i have ever joined so its a big learning curve for me. There my be a bit of head scratching along the way until i get the hang of it!

Ebony pen with a bit of orange pearl and ivory (how could I not?) coloured acrylic . It has a cellulose acetate section and cap threads, which are 13mm Ø. I've mentioned before that I had developed a "splat" logo during lockdown, and this pen has a sterling silver logo coin in the cap end plus...

Hi This is the biggest item I have turned. It is hollowed out to 40mm of the bottom but not sanded. It has been scraped on the inside. I di dn't use a steady either so was bricking it a bit. Cheers Frederick

A Canberra Street tree clouted on felling many years ago by a mate who obtained Black Locust Burl ,only a wee bit,he gave vme these two scraps. Have saved them for along this time,such strong beaut timber. Petrer.:goesred::goesred:

I’ve fallen a bit in love with this wood. It’s really pippy which makes it look beautiful but it’s also very sound with very few holes. I’ve used some tortoiseshell cellulose acetate for the threads and the section. It’s a 13mm cap with a Bock 6 nib. Cheers Ash

I have really liked this colour blank from the moment I got it but couldn't work out what to do with it. So I finally decided to pair it with Thuya burl. Nothing too complicated here. The section is a bit of work but I have shown that before I think. Also getting the logo coin to fit nice and...

Hi everyone, well I finally got my lathe up and running, so thank you to everyone who gave me pointers on where had them in stock. After a couple of trial pens, I turned this one, I wish that I had been a bit braver and turned it a little thinner, but I’ll remember next time. Hand cast alumilite.

5 3/4" x 2 1/2" bit of cracked Oak.

There are several that fall into this category of pens. I used to make and sell the “Executive Clicker Pen” from Timberbits, but it got a bit uneconomical when TNT sharpened up their customs act. This retails at Aus$9.90 which is currently £5.63. It works well and used to be a reasonable seller...

As you can imagine my usual main income teaching turning has been a bit sparse recently. I did sell a record amount of gift vouchers last year and have more people booking courses now that actually want to take up turning as a hobby, so things are probably going to get a bit mental once...

I have not stayed current here as life in the USA has gone bonkers. But this is special to me and I wanted to share it. I have had a nice exchange of messages with Alan Morrison for a bit now and we occasionally exchange materials. I was blessed with some Irish Elm and Irish Bog Oak and...

Hi all another 2 done.... These are gold Delta's with a maple jacket on one and Mauser birch on its companion Just a bit of stocking up prior to the Christmas rush:funny::funny:

To add to my attempts at fountain pens - a junior gentleman in Olive wood. Gorgeous bit of wood!

Those of you that make TM Omegas what size of drill do use use for the cap tube I tend to find the 15/32 is a bit of a slack fit for the tube or am I being to fussy

Hi All i tried making some buddah beads with a set i got on line, long story short, i broke two or three bits while experimenting i tried to cut a notch into a two mm bit i had spare so it will fit into the ball cutting blade. I can't manage to cut the shank, any help...