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Evening turners. I made a few coloured pencil blanks today and decided to follow the tutorial on here. The making of the blanks went well but the turning was another matter. I'm wondering if it's because I bought cheapy pencils? I glued them all together really well and stopped every few...

Hi. Those of you who read my "Introduce Yourself" will know that whilst I make pens from kits using acrylics I particularly like making pens from other materials. Now that I am getting back into the hobby after a bit of a layoff I am posting some photos of pens made by me a couple of years ago...

I like to do a bit of drawing so I thought I'd turn a mechanical pencil. It is turned from lime, the centre part which I have coloured and I think the darker wood is African blackwood. The kit is from Prokraft and I left the clip off because I think the shape looks better without it. Thanks for...

I made a Sirocco ballpoint in cross-cut Zebrano last year, and the guy who bought it asked if I could make a matching pencil. Thanks to Phil, I was able to respond in the positive! Finished with melamine, I was quite pleased with the result.

Finally back in shed! Managed to turn this fancy slimline pen, finished with a melamine and microcrystalline wax. Quite happy with my efforts and this and the acrylic pencil is heading south for Sunday! !!

First for me. A slimline click pencil turned from spalted beech, with a single melamine coat to keep it very natural looking. Regards Craig

Well turned this fancy slimline pencil using walnut I think. Finished with thin CA glue, really enjoying the learning and practicing. Am going to try a melamine finish on my next attempt!!! Sorry the pic isn't clearer but will sort that for next post!!

Hi i have been turning for a couple of months so i am very new,i have turned a sketch pencil with great success until pressing all parts together, all went well until pressing the mechanism to the collet, all hell broke loose and the mechanism tube split. i ordered a second kit as i cant find...

I think they are very neat kits. MINI SKETCH Pencil Kit - CHROME | Penkits UK Polymer & Resin Pencil - YouTube

I'm looking for a pencil kit/parts with 0.5mm lead, with brushed/satin finish hardware and slim design. Seems there are not to many around as this is all I've run into so far. Slim Style Pencil Kit - Satin Nickel Anybody know about the quality of this mechanism? It also shows a twist style...

I recently made a pencil from an Axminster gunmetal pencil kit (200354) all went well until a day later I tried to use the eraser and when pulling the cap off the entire cartridge came apart. I filled in a return request online and got a full replacement set the next day, great service from Axi...

Anyone know of a clutch pencil kits, i have found one but at £22.00 it's pretty expensive.

Here is the finished myrtle burr Mistral pencil that I mentioned I was preparing earlier.

One-piece rather than two, makes a much nicer pencil in my opinion. Finished using Phil's Melamine method

Hi everyone, I've been asked to make a pen and pencil kit for my nephew. I don't make many pencils so am looking for your advice on which kit to go for. The only one i make regularly is the sketch pencil but this is too large for the purpose. I find the slimline pencils not great and unreliable...

A Chrome Workshop Pencil with a home grown acrylic blank. Unfortunately I started to assemble it without the spring and had to take it apart and didn't notice I hadn't lined up the two hex nuts. Peter

This is a Chrome Workshop Pencil with Beef Wood. Peter

This is a Chrome workshop Pencil with Myrtle Burr. The fact that the top plunger need to be CA'd into place means I wouldn't sell these as I would be too worried that the plunger could come off so I will at last have my own. Peter

I made these for my sister-in-law who wants them to photograph for her website. Disappointed with the pencil mechanism action :down:

Birthday present for sister-in-law's boyfriend. Apologies for the slightly dodgy image!