timber

In my meandering I found the new Artisan pen kit reviewed on the IAP it appears as a longish one piece to be a beaut platform to show timber , it uses a ball clip simple lines, impressive. Peter.

THe work of one man he bends,shapes works horn. Very clever with timber. He has made many hundred Wands they rush out every sales opportunity. Peter. PS Sorry I had made it vertical.

All from the one piece of timber at our Guild Annual Exhibition ONE PIECE. Fantastic workmanship. Peter.

Can anyone please tell me what this timber is? It's from a old school science lab table, I'm thinking it's iroko but would like it confirming as I'm no expert.

Two TM Zetas dressed in the last pieces of Burmese Teak from the deck of HMS Ajax, Battle of the river Plate 1939. These are the last pieces big enough for pens that I have left. Each pen will have a provenance certificate identifying how I came in possession of the timber in the early 1960's. I...

Round journey of a hundred kms. Totally impressed with the timber etc used for handles. The owners daughter is thirteen and she is an instructor, she has been making knives since she was six. Viewed many of hers and others Damascus steel knives she creates from scratch. School holidays just now...

Three of my favourites grown in Australia I guess I could bore you with several hundred more but I just walked past these three scraps. I wiped them with Organoil an Australian finish it nearly removed the colour detail from the Conkerberry, then the Grove timber Olive then relly special brown...

I've only just started turning in last month-looking at youtube vids it talks about using a piece of scrap timber to make a jamb chuck. Where does this 'scrap wood' come from ? :-) There seems to be an assumption that there's timber scattered all over the place. Can you get offcuts from local...

I started off with the intention of hexing, gave that up cause judging is by us and we all know each others different work. I enter to support the forum only. Enjoyed making this pen. I let a bit more light into the pics cause the timber is very deep. This piece came from a board I bought in the...

I had a couple of goes at turning Resin and Timber Offcuts Bowls like Peter posted in his thread, http://www.penturners.co.uk/off-topic-forum/17365-how-many-you-have-bought.html For some reason the resin shrunk away from the timber, why did it do this? How can I stop this happening? The...

A black titanium & Rhodium Majestic Jr Fountain pen. Made using double dyed & stabilised timber of unknown origin.

I was across in gods country last week having a few days in the Dales. Following the demise of John Boddy I called in at Duffield timber which is just outside Ripon for a nosey around. They've got a good set up which is mainly geared towards producing mouldings for the trades people. However the...