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Hi I have managed to get some time to practice a bit more this weekend... Kevin

I had been purchasing pieces and parts from Beaufort Ink in the pursuit of moving away from kits for a while. I still love kit pens - though I am selective about the ones I like to make - but the challenge of cutting some threads and doing a little extra math has been good for me. (I haven't...

Afternoon, So, I ordered stuff from Penn State (not the first time!) - kept the cost to £108 ($140), thus being under the Customs Duty line and yet I'm stung for £27.48 from Royal Mail... for the first time. (VAT??) Three previous orders from Penn State this year (total of 12 in 4 years) - no...

One of my favoured blanks I secured some time back, in various colours they are stunning. Peter.

Hi all another Mik Lawrence blank.....this time a Sirroco

Hi all So I am new to all this wood turning and pen turning in general...although I have had a love of turned items for years and have many examples of others work collected from mainly brocante fairs in France... I now have the change and the time to try it myself and have built and equipped...

Finally took the plunge and attempting my first casting. Bit of a learning curve. Afraid I may have put in a little to much red dye, would it affect the curing time?

Its definitely not a pen. This little fella is for the next time I venture up the hills. Carved from Lime mounted on a Beech handle and hazel shank.

I have somewhere for most of my drill bits except for the metric ones, so i spent yesterday sorting out all my drill bits and making a wooden drill block for the metric ones. Nothing special in as far as woodworking goes but it is surprising how long it took to drill it out and sort all the...

Haven't turned a pen in awhile. Been busy with other things. These serpentines represent colours of a couple NFL teams. Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears. Both are birds eye Maple. Normally I would flood 3-5 coats of thin ca then 5 coats of medium ca and sand/polish. This time I applied...

My humble photograph 52 years ago with our Austin Freeway in the picture copied from our pic album and now 6 feet by four feet in the building for today and tomorrow. as part of the celebration of this building we built by voluntary (ours) labour, paid for in full 2 yrs after construction.We had...

High all just a quick one which is the best generator to run a full workshop? ie table saw and welder table drill and scrollsaw not all at the same time {unplug one to plug another one in} confused lol many thanks

Hi thought it was time I introduced myself properly as I know my husband has mentioned me in a few posts!!! I'm Jackie, Paul aka "Bucks" wife. A few months ago I persuaded Paul to teach me pen turning which I found I really enjoyed, unfortunately I haven't had the time for any pen turning...

First time making a gentlemans kit and only because it was sent by mistake instead of another kit.

I bought this little atomiser some time ago and thought it was about time it had a home. Perfume bottle holder - YouTube

Hi all, Do'nt have much time for turning and posting something. Since the weather was very kind since 2 weeks, the last days where very busy with gardening and painting outside the house. Still a lot of work to achieve before i can go back to my workshop :rolling: Have a nice Eastern everybody !

Today has felt really great have managed to spend an hour in the shed some of which I had to sit. Things certainly improving and I can't wait to spend more time out there

At what point does your turning go from a hobby to a business. If you already have a full time job but turn in your spare time then sell these items are you a business? If so, at what point do you register as a business and register to pay taxes? If you do a few craft shows and use a website or...

Well while I can't do any standing and lathe work all of my bits have arrived that I ordered so I can at least have a play with my Airbrush system so I loaded it up with some proper airbrush black paint and set to two pieces of paper the other one only has lines on both side so binned it this...

As many know I am not able to get into the workshop, well just before not being well I ordered some stuff to add to my armoury of bits. I think I need to move them as they are sitting in front of me and it is torture not being able to go and play, but at the same time gives me something to look...