I just keep sliding faster an faster :eek:
I've boogered up a lot of wood and brass tubes this weekend but I got a few that are passable :mrgreen:
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Dang this stuff is fun ! :banana:
Thanx for lookin' :mrgreen:
I need to buy some pens for my daughter to give her friends in Japan.
I think she needs about a dozen or so, I like the Euro style, must be native American wood, she has a small budget and shipping is killer.
I would trade wood, or pay cash.
PM me with offerings.
I like this pen a...
Here's a few pens and pencils that I have tried my amateur turning skills on - my picture taking skills are not any good either - I am hoping I will get a camera for Christmas
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The question: How often do you change out the bushings on the pen mandrel - I know that I have...
Just finished turning a couple of Euros. They are for a friend who owns a millwork shop as payment for a whole bunch of oak, cherry, maple, sapele, walnut, honduran mahogany scrap... His definition is if he cant sell it, it's scrap.....
Now, the question.......
Does anyone have...
I've only turned a couple of acrylic pens now but the last one has me concerned. It has a very strong chemical-like odor. It has been at least a day since I finished it but it still stinks (so much that I had to leave it out in the shop).
I've noticed this smell from the other pens I turned...
A Cigar made from a piece of Cherry Root Burl I found on a firewood log:
A new 'fancy' Cigar from Woodcraft, Cocobolo:
Another Cocobolo in the plain Cigar kit:
An American Rollerball in a homemade Polyester resin blank:
The 2 Cocobolos are for a commission, the Cherry burl is...
Did my first click pens this weekend. Guy at work wanted them. A polaris and a power pen. I will say I ddin't like them, not one bit. I wouldn't sell them. First thing the mechanism felt cheap, the fit on the power click looked cheap. They are too complicated to assemble and once...
Hi Everyone, I was wondering if anyone turns any pen & pencils out of corian? If so what size do the blanks have to be? Would anyone be interested in trading some pen/pencils for some corian if I have big enough corian pieces? Thanks. Steve
I'm just getting started turning pens and noticed corian and acrylic as some more choices for turning materials. Seems like corian would dull your tools pretty quick:dontknow:. Any of you guys have any advice about these materials:icon_scra???