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What chisel do you use for making Acrylic Pens. :thinks::thinks:

Hi All, I'm both new to this forum and Pen turning. I've been lathing exactly 1 year, pen making for 6 months and kitless pen making for 1 month (so apologies for missed etiquette) First kitless pen below :thumbs: Question: The general view seems to be that it is not easy/ possible to...

Some of the things I make as well as now making pens.

Hi all, I probably should have done this before starting my own thread, but here goes. I am new to woodturning, but not to woodwork. I have been a musical instrument maker professionally since 1986, having made my first instrument in 1981 when I was at school. I make keyboard instruments...

Partly for personal reasons, partly because I have been doing other things and partly because I have only been making run of the mill stock pens for my stall in the TIC at Morpeth I haven't posted here recently, although I have been lurking in the background watching what is going on. I have...

Multi-Axis Woodturning: Creating a Vessel Woodworking Class | Bluprint I like the look of this but wondering exactly how it’s done, or rather is it fully hollow? I’m guessing the hollowing is just concentric with the opening and part of the side wall is very thick. What do you think? It is of...

New to this hobby, What is the best ca glue to use for pen making ?

This is my first try of making a modified Slimline Pen and I must say I think it may be the beginning of many.:drool:

Hi everyone , I’m new to pen making so all advice will be gratefully recieved ,I’ve always had an interest in traditional shaving like Straight razors and made my own scales for the old cutthroat razors ,Also enjoyed making wooden handles for shaving brushes ,Searching a tool site I stumbled...

Attempt at making some wooden rings using Maple Burl and Blackwood. A long ways to to go. Don't have any of the proper mandrels etc. for ring making. Finished with 10 coats of Thin CA. Les

Have been busy making a batch of Siroccos, I thought I would share them.

Hi all, What a great way to spend a Saturday. These are the first hybred blanks I have made. Looking forward to making more; plenty of ideas in my head. Cheers Frederick

Hi , I am Steve Bone , originally from Oswestry in Shropshire , having worked as a tool maker for 47 years , I have now retired to France . I have taken up wood turning , having experimented a bit I am currently making pens which I am finding to be very enjoyable . Thank you

Hi All i like the idea of making a kitless pen do i need a special tap and die set. Tony

For sometime I have been thinking of making some changes for 2019 Craft Fairs. As well as making my normal pens and people saying they like pens with a story. I thought I would go down the line of of doing just that, pens with a story, pens made out of rare or very rare woods. After a month of...

So I have continued with the cross cut blanks & can report that so far I have not had a single chipped blank so hopefully the problem has been solved, difficult to say what was causing the problem as I have made a number of changes & any one of them or a combination of them could have been the...

Due to an old spine injury playing up again I haven't been doing too much in the shed lately. But I did manage to spin this Zeta today. It's PR and I'm fairly chuffed as it's my first attempt at making my own blank.

Hi, I didn't realise I had actually joined this forum so appologies for not introducing myself back then, looking at the joined date it must have been when I was looking into making & selling pens to make some money lol, that was before I had done a lot of research & realised that there were...

For those of you who are saying " a Spurtle what the fk is that" it is a peculiar Scottish stirring stick, used for making porridge, my wife makes great porridge no lumps nothing just lovely smooth porridge, and she tells me if she stirred it with anything other than a " Spurtle" it Would have...

Hi all This is my first post but have been making pens for some time, for this pen I made my own blank from pencils and epoxy resin. No doubt if you have tried making pens with a pencil type blank you will know they are a challenge to turn in the lathe.