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I had a mate who imported from his village in Africa ladles and various timbers,this one from a large ladle stem. Difficult to turn because palm timber is made up of roots. Like this contrast with the sap.:thumbs::thumbs:

Surprise a piece of wood for a change:whistling::whistling::whistling: I needed to turn a bowl which I was going to turn into a keep sake of a birth but once I started to turn it the grain was not suited for that purpose which was to pyrograph a name and date of birth on(Yes I also burn pieces...

First time I have used this kit and will most definitely be using it again. The resin was an absolute joy to turn.

Our Mark Tassel donated some 338 cases for me to make up as fountain pen and rollerball pens to donate to some small veteran groups to help them raise some much needed funds. I also made a 50 cal ballpoint pen had to turn my own projectile from a copper rod no easy task on a wood lathe I have...

Hi all, One happy bunny..... My gunsmith friend asked if I was still working in the same place... Yes?? Then I have this turn up.... Wow!! That's some very nice walnut oh and some. 375 cases....

Hi all, I have an Amboyna fountain and a Cholla Fountain.... The Cholla was from Dave at Penkitz and Bitz and was very nice to turn with no air bubbles. I did also paint the hole just to be on the safe side..

Just finishing, with one last turn and Bang. Hadnt happened for years..... so I'm putting it down to a crack and not me! I had to turn the cap off and lucky enough I had just enough Desert Ironwood to do the cap with cap ends of Acacia. Majestic Jnr. kit.

bit better, but didnt line the segments up properly, not easy, this, is it lol PS, can i submit myself for moron of the month, i used the wrong bushes on the other one :goesred::rolling::rolling:, thats why it didnt turn right...i shall take myself off to the naughty step and give myself a darn...

I used to love these kits from Craft supplies at Millers dale you had to turn 5 pieces to complete the pen Eamonn (Silver) will remember these

is coming soon.. ive not seen anyone else do it..but that dont mean they havent.. cast it yesterday so will be able to turn it in a couple days.. it may turn out crap, but it also maybe c a f...we will see. getting a tad excited tbh watch this space :winking:

I had over 100 blanks delivered this afternoon and couldn’t resist had to turn some of them

I thought it was about time I turned something so dug this wood out from the pile a little disappointed as it took me two hours to turn need to turn more. Finished with sander sealer and woodwax22 size is 6" X 1 3/4".

How far ahead do you prepare and tube up your blanks? Do you do them as you are going along or have you prepared all of your blanks days or weeks before you turn them?

Not easy to turn but very enjoyable none the less :ciggrin:

Hi all, Back to more 'C' gifts... :winking: The first is spalted Tamarind, the second double dyed Maple. Both were stabalised and really easy to turn and finish. I have a third left to get engraved so going well:pray::pray:

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 :)

Not really casting I know but have any of you seen pens made out of Fordite?! Do a Google, some of the material looks really good. No idea what it’s like to turn of course.

I was looking for something else and I found two of these kits, I had bought them when I first started to turn. Blimey I was shocked with what I found:duh: The original plan was to make one for dad and one for me. Well Dad doesn't need his any more guess, I will find a use for both of them...

Got fed up with the CA sticking to the tube inserter so made this. Dead easy job that only I can turn into something difficult. I tried to turn the PE HDPE without putting it on a mandrel and without a live centre, Ended up like a dogs dinner. I ended up trying to rectify doing things wrong...

Well what a day this has turned out to be. I had a kit for the "New Style Screw Cap RB" pen. I turned it on Sapele and finished it with melamine so I only needed to assemble it. I emptied out all those bags and laid all the parts out. I then assembled the centre band. I looked at the band and...