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Yes, most of it was in the workshop. The day started with a phone call to Record power yet again. I got a replacement motor Saturday after months of waiting to find they have changed the shaft diameter from 5/8" to 16mm it may only be a few thousands of an inch different but it was the...

Hi. I'm just getting into wood turning and following lots of internet searches I'm going to start with pen turning. There seems to be lots of different options so I guess I will be asking for help when I get started. Starting simple and hoping to work up to something amazing. :thumbs:

They say inside every boy is a man waiting to get out well one of our Grandsons is about to start his journey from boyhood to manhood well so he thinks lol he has started shaving so I made him this Mac 3 razor I would have done it in camo but Grandma says blue for boys

Just started to prepare the last lot of logs that I received but due to other things needing to be made I could not do them before now. Should get some nice pieces out of these pieces. They are 3 -4" thick and the one 2 1/2" thick remember the slabs are 18" so gives an idea of the width of them...

Using my Dremel today at a slow speed started to get very very hot rubber side next to motor coil started bubble up :goesred: stopped it, let it cool down took out brushes they looked fine replaced brushes and ran it at a slow speed with no load on it still got hot, took apart and cleaned all...

Home at last, went to Alice to pick up my new toy on Saturday, came home yesterday the slowest drive that I have ever had between here and Alice. Taken near the Barrow Ck pub. Can you see Peter any where in the photo? This morning I started to dismantle her to get her off the trailer a...

Had half day out today (hospital) so got back and started a few more boxes. All ready for routing now. Oak, walnut and bamboo singles. Plus an oak and mahogany doubles

Got this piece over a year ago from Geordie, unlike him it was hard as nails. The voids were not visible before I started playing with it but pleased they were there in the end. Filled with Ali.

With Christmas looming I thought I had better turn to making presents, these where meant to be done for last year but got put into a box and forgotten about. So out they came and have now started to make some jigs to get a little routing done on them. Yes you guessed it they are soldier nut...

The snowmen are gathering! :goesred:

Firstly let me apologise in advance if this has been asked a thousand times before, but I've reached the point where I think I need to take the plunge and try kitless. Ive been successfully selling my pens to collectors for the past few months and Im starting to get asked for fully bespoke pens...

Hi All, Stumbled upon this forum yesterday and thought I would register. It looks a great resource and source of advice and encouragement. I have been turning for a couple of years now when time has permitted and have recently caught the pen turning bug. Most have been standard slimline pens so...

Here's another present made - this time for my daughter's birthday - her first ever fountain pen. I found this piece of pink ivory quite prone to chipping little flecks out - no matter how much I sharpened the skew. So I started sanding a bit earlier than I normally would so as not to bugger...

I watch a youtube video over Christmas, it started off quite good. The material was about 8in square about 2in thick. The guy show how when the corners came around the chisels could dig in depending on which way the grain ran. He started the lathe and was turning from the centre of the work out...

Hi all, After reading on the IAP forum this morning i've found a link to this forum and decided to join him. I live in Belgium, i'm 68 and started woodturning a couple of years before retirement. Wood as allways being part of my life, but i discovered woodturning at a crafts fair in 2006. I...

Good morning (at least morning in Michigan USA) to all. I have been turning pens since approximately 2002 when I was introduced to them. :banana: I do not sell them (although I did when I started) I either keep them or give them away to family and friends. :winking: I am no expert as I make...

Well a bowl with holes at least yet another competition piece made from Tulip wood. I started this at 4pm one day and completed it at 6pm the next.

Finished the roof beams and started fitting the roof boards

Started on the new gazebo

I have just started making my first light-box so I will soon be able to post decent pictures on this forum. I have tried without one but the resulting pictures just don't do the pens justice. Once the box is ready I will be showing off my closed end slims and some which I have made my own centre...