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Hi all, I have a quick question or two about Corian, and hopefully it is not too daft! First, I have 'acquired' a small sample of corian, which is far to thin to be of any use. However, if I cut it in half and stuck the two half's together, it would be thick enough (I think) to dress a pen such...

A bowl with a hole!:ciggrin: Olive 9 3/4" x 3 1/4"

Found this lovely turned wood lamp holder today on outdoor CarBoot in minus 2 degrees ha ha Will make a few pens and cufflinks..But what wood is it..I am going with Walnut burl

Last week I received an email from a Lincoln University Student who is doing a degree in "Graphic Design" Ash, asked if he could interview me with regards to my pen making. His project required that he look into the deeds of "A Maker" and having looked via goggle at various makers he found my...

Hi Penturners, I have found this mandrel in my filing cabinets after a lot of searching, I need a little bit more information on whether this is for Closed end Pens or as I Googled ..it seems to look like a bit similar to Duck Call Style mandrels sold in USA... If anyone knows Seller or has...

Is there sucha thing? Yes there is. To follow on the last kitless request and wanting to know how to make one. This is a pen done today of a "simple kitless" yes, basically all it is is a piece of acrylic, drilled out and tapped, then turned down and threaded. Turned using a pin chuck made...

After weeks and weeks of trying to buy some moulds from the USA and not getting anywhere, I decided to make my own! Single pen blank mould: 5 blanks @ 20x20x150mm Double pen blank: 3 blanks @ 20x43x150mm Block mould: 25x150x150mm Slimline & Sierra resin saver style moulds I'm also...

I have just joined this forum, I have only made 4 pens so far, but in a maddening attempt to find products to sell I make all sorts. I recently made a Panache pen with Wild African Olive Wood for a sample to send to a London shop that had showed interest in my work, unfortunately after the...

Rose root bowl (4")

Hi I am looking at the MT1 Big Grabber Closed end Mandrel, and wondering if you can just buy the spares as I already have the Mandrel, I have noticed with other Closed End Mandrels on the market, they open up at the end to grip tube internally very securely..this one just seems to have a bit of...

My first attempts at bowl turning. As I noted on another thread, the oak came from the restoration of our local pub. I have never really got round to trying to turn a bowl before so here are my first attempts. Not sure oak is the wisest timber to try as a first attempt but it seems to have...

Hi all just a few.....well 300ish If anyone needs a few for pens please let me know:face:

Not sure but I thinks it's elm but open to wood i.d Cheers Matt

Finished with food safe finish Cheers Matt

Many of us often cast, stick on, glue on, or somehow attach a label, decal, or some printed matter onto a pen blank. We all post photo's that show some very nice work, but rarely, if ever, do we see the ''other side'', that is the seam / joint where they wrap around and meet. I'd like to see...

Is this Iroko or am I wrong Came from a stair case I Demolished dating back To 1926 when it was built at tower hill london.

Laburnham winged Bowl 8x4

I got this piece of Chestnut from Home of wood and turned it this afternoon it is the largest bowl I have turned since I had my triple bypass Chestnut 20" x 3" and boy did I enjoy it I used me new bowl turning attachment that Vi got me for Christmas I dont think the lathe could cope with...

11" x 3" Holm Oak bowl if you had seen this lump of wood when I first got it out to turn it was full of splits and hols which I had to repair as I was creating it I gave it 3 coats of sanding sealer and a coat of paste wax it has the most wonderful grain which looks even better in the flesh so...

Inspired in part by the work of Richard Kennedy. Not a tree though, just a series of interconnecting Y's drawn freehand and pierced and burnt. Beech 9" x 1" finished in Acrylic gloss lacquer.