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Hi all, It's been a bit busy of late, but I managed to turn this out, it's on one of those blanks I just love but can't remember where I bought it.... 'NO' definitely not an age thing, its a ' you buy way toooooo much thing!

ok, curiosity has finally got the better of me and it needs to be satisfied.. i see lots of piccies that people put up, generally in facebook groups, of their lathe setups...a lot of them show their tools hanging on a wall behind the lathe, meaning one would have to reach over the big spinny...

Is Yorkshire Grit and Chestnut Cut & Polish the same thing???

I'm not alowed in me workshop had a heart attack scare the other day ended up being carted of to hospital so I have been rearranging me old photos and thought some of may like to see the sort of thing I used to make these took a long time to make and drilling took forever because of heat build...

Both a first followed by another chuffin mis-hap (nothing new there) First off I was drilling a hole in a brittle bit of acrylic and next thing it just broke up, I say broke up but exploded is nearer the mark. 12.5mm hole. This has never happened to me before and I am glad I was wearing a full...

this one started out as a carved wild boar. no idea what the wood is..i got another 5 blanks out of it so we will see how they turn out... hopefully the youtube thing works as ive just set it up and have no clue what im doing :)

I am looking for a music player. When I am in the shed I have music playing all the time. A fringe benefit is that it drowns out the all the indigenous culture. When I had an android phone I downloaded all my music on it. 1000's of songs which was good, I was able to drive to Adelaide and back...

Very nearly did not post this but then thought I don't really mind being laughed at and ridiculed by my peers. You may remember a couple of weeks ago I posted a photo of a shock absorber pen I had made that had split open when I pressed it together...

Not a pen, nor is it acrylic, so I am not sure it really belongs in this forum but anyway... A couple of years ago I made my first ever pen related thing. It was a pencil for use in my workshop. The trouble is I used a sandy coloured fake snake-skin blank, which is an excellent camouflage...

Had a lot of firsts today culminating in my first blank break. I was making a shock absorber pen using callipers as I did not have any bushes for it. All was going well until I put the very last thing together, the bit that the keyring goes on. It fitted great and I was really pleased how it...

.. a dish American Oak, finished with Yorkshire grit, standard & microfine. A it was a 'coaster' blank I tried a hot glue chuck for the first time so I could cut a small recess, 1st thing larger than a pen in 40 years, top & bottom views

How do you all sharpen the cutting part on the pen mill? The thing you use to get the ends of the blanks square.

Hi, Can some one help me out on this. What is one of these MORSE TAPER DRILL DRIFT, I have been looking one ebay for thing to buy for my new lathe when I get it, and I came across this thing and I haven't a clue on it. So please help a lost soul in need. Thanks in advance...

Chinese Copy every thing even trademarks.:vangry::vangry: A cut and paste from another sight. For those who aren't aware there is a "CE" mark that was devised by the EU to indicate conformance with European standards. The Chinese have in recent years been marking all of their stuff with a...

Well, have spent the first day in the workshop hoping to at least get something made. And what do I end up doing crawling around the floor cleaning under every unit in there dropped a screw from an expensive caliper set, not the easiest thing to replace:vangry::vangry::vangry:. Eventually...

I keep forgetting these buttons so if you get a late thank you or like from me you now know why maybe it is an age thing. How many others also forget about them

Hi all I have been playing with the idea of casting a pen blank which has a nebula effect. I believe these are the "in thing" at the moment. I have enjoyed various levels of success but none that I would call stunning. I was wondering if anyone here has any ideas. I believe there are a few...

My sister came down for the weekend from Cirencester to do what we call the Christmas run. Presents swapped and she picked up the stool she asked me to make. Anyway she brought me an extra little some thing another 6 LV bowling balls now that brings me up to 18 of these. I still need to decide...

This one was SO much fun to make! I saw a blank made by Jason Olson ( #writeturnz on Instagram). I loved it. I have no manners. (I actually have lots of them – they are just all bad ones.) “Hey, Jason – can I have one of those blanks?” (Rude. I know.) Next thing I know, a box full of...

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...