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  1. flexi

    My little purple packet

    Hi all, Some will know from the title, Those that don't,... I have just ordered two blanks from polymer clay Queen Toni Street in the US, she always uses purple jiffy bags. Her blanks are stunning and ships from the US happily, these were under a week straight to my door mat, fantastic service...
  2. flexi

    Mistral pencil 2

    Hi all, I tried one of these last week and loved it, but no2 was not so easy.... A quick call to Phil put me straight and replacement parts, cracking customer service... He's guided me through my errors (yes, MY mistakes) and I have managed to save a beautiful blank.
  3. Neil Lawton

    Distraction turning

    I've got quite a few bits to do but want none of it at the moment so just turned this. The bark had had it and there was a straight cut on an upward branch so a bit of reshaping and pyro was in order!
  4. Brian Rutter

    Collet or Not ?

    I am a little confused, it's easily done and I am a complete beginner please forgive me. I am looking to get some basic tools and equipment ready for the big day. Looking at a mandrel, there are many adverts selling mandrells with a variety of collets , MT1 MT2 and "straight" for people like...
  5. flexi

    Ply....

    Hi all, anyone might think I have a fetish for Dymondwood.... I managed to get a nice few blanks here, just need to sharpen my tools.. Lol Most of these are bullet hard Dymondwood some are just straight and a couple of Spectraply blanks(a little bigger and a little softer) these should be nice...
  6. flexi

    Spalted Ash

    Hi all, just a quick spalted Ash fountain pen, didn't even get to take this one home..... Sold straight off the lathe
  7. alpha1

    Gouges what to buy.

    I want to purchase some gouges. I have adapted my metal lathe for pen turning I can machine straight wall pen blanks using my existing carbide cutters. Some of the pen kits actually quite a lot are not straight wall but curved blanks. Im looking to buy a 1/8" parting tool, a 1/2" Skew and a...
  8. Dalboy

    Straight from the workshop

    Two pieces straight out of the workshop within the last hour. Both of these are really just experiments The little pot with the slots running up and down was finished with copper paint which did dry very shiny but when I put a finish on it went matt in colour as the finish was a satin finish...
  9. Bill Mooney

    Posts time

    2 friends from Scotland, Angus McDonald & his partner Sheila Sent me a great parcel of Pen kits, clips & blanks to make pens for Blind Veterans UK. This is the second parcel they’ve sent me & I appreciate it very much. Thank you for your generosity. I met Angus when I was demonstrating at...
  10. flexi

    1st one

    Not a difficult choice really:thumbs:sold straight of the lathe...
  11. Woody

    Thank you Bill

    I received a lovely gift from my good friend Bill Mooney today its going straight in me skyrocket as my every day pen thanks young Bill
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