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Hello! its me, keep popping in to have a look at what you are all doing. Well I haven't been turning many pens lately as lost sense of feelings in my fingers and can't feel the edges of the bushes and added to that can't stand that long either its been a bit of a challenge.. Added to that I...

I tend to make my pens with a smooth barrel, in other words having no step between the section/cap threads and the rest of the pen. It is a personal preference I have for holding the pen further up the barrel and sometimes the step present on many pens is a little bit in the way. This quirk of...

Hello,new to world of pens been retired a while after 40 years of woodwork and now very bored by lockup ,despite efforts to rid myself of all the stuff amassed I still have some nice wood so it seemed a nice thing to make a few pens and pencils for friends and family but not yet dipped in, I...

So today is going to be my first order of tap and dies but I can't afford to buy all the threading taps and dies required to make a pen so I have a quick question what part of the pen should I start and what tap and die should I buy. I was thinking of buying the barrel and cap set at 14x0.8...

Hi Guys I was asked to make this for someone to give as a Xmas present. A lousy picture I need to learn how to use a camera. Those white specs on the nib area polished off.

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...

The postie delivered me a nice box of cartridges with the bullet ends kindly donated by alpha 1 (Dave) so I can make fundraisers for my charity. A BIG THANK YOU Dave.:banana::banana::banana:

NOTE TO PHIL: I posted here as part of the project is a pen but please move if in the wrong place. This is one of those projects "designed", if I use the term loosely, on the back of an envelope and developed as it progressed. My granddaughter is an enthusiastic Harry Potter fan so I decided to...

OK my lathe is working well and complete enough to let me make enough tools to make a pen. So what I now needed was a kit that; a) did not cost anything b) did not require any additional investing in capital items c) did not require specialist tools that I have not have including taps dies...

Pen of the Week 69 High time we had another Pen of the Week - right? Here it is then - POTW69 - and voting for this one will end on Tuesday. It's just a bit of fun, an opportunity to admire all the excellent the work posted here by everyone, all in the same place, and to choose your favourite...

Pen of the Week 67 High time we had another Pen of the Week - right? Here it is then - POTW68 - and voting for this one will end on Monday. It's just a bit of fun, an opportunity to admire all the excellent the work posted here by everyone, all in the same place, and to choose your favourite...

I've been looking around YOUTUBE for some hint's on Pen Finishing polish or really anything that will make a finshed pen shine and make it more attractive to the onlooker, now I am totally and bewildered on the subject. What would anyone suggest to use?. I am open to any comments or suggestions...

Hello all fellow penturners I newish to turning and have my own lathe bought some time ago from Axminister. So when I first turned my first and only pen it was a pen from Axminister I believe it was a Majestic Fountain pen and I turned it it white and gold acrylic, (had to paint the brass tube...

Pen of the Week 67 Here it is then - POTW67 - and voting for this one will end on Monday. It's just a bit of fun, an opportunity to admire all the excellent the work posted here by everyone, all in the same place, and to choose your favourite. (and of course a few bragging rights for the...

Pen of the Week 66 What with Covid, holidays and heatwaves, people have had more on their minds than pen making of late. Time to round up those that have been posted though, and so... Here it is then - POTW66 - and voting for this one will end on Monday. It's just a bit of fun, an opportunity...

Here is the promised photo of my first pen of the year. The new monkey suit we are issued with at work dont have pockets on the shirts so had to make a small necklace pen. Made from a 5.56 case and a .223 case.

If you were asked to make a DR WHO pen what kit would you use.:thinks:

Hi all, I thought I'd just share this with you all, I recently purchased these from a fellow Turner in the US, she has a few more which I could be tempted with!!! These should make great pens

Pen of the Week 65 Here it is then - POTW65 - and voting for this one will end on Monday. Voting is simple - just choose your favourite pen from all those below. They were all posted on the Forum sometime during the last week (any posted since Sunday will be in the next vote). Once you've...

Pen of the Week 64 Here it is then - POTW64 - and voting for this one will end on Monday. Voting is simple - just choose your favourite pen from all those below. They were all posted on the Forum sometime during the last week (any posted since Sunday will be in the next vote). Once you've...