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You only as old as you feel...ok, so thats a load of it, but still, for 83 you do get out more than most.

Wish I had spent more time here than I have….I will miss Amos very much, and his family has my deepest condolences.

Anyone hear anything new? Amos can't seem to catch a break, wishing the best for him.

Stryrene sheets, available in black and white, from .25mm and up
https://evergreenscalemodels.com/collections/plain-opaque-black-styrene-sheets
email them to see if there is a distributer in...

Ever think of a UniMat?

A dedicated chuck is just that, dedicated to one function....like the pen drilling chucks with the semi permanent pen drilling jaws.....a scroll chuck uses a key to open or close the jaws, most four...

Make cone shaped Durlin bushings, and use them when applying the CA...not promoting the place that sells these( I work there part time) but here is a link to give you an idea..."cutting board "...

Wow...
That's a little more complicated than I though....although it might be a idea to produce them in groups to control the cost and time.
Now to see if there is a market here locally for...

Go with the Woodfast....sold here in the US under the Rikon name.
I sell wood working machines at WoodCraft USA, and for the money, the Rikon/Woodfast is the best bet all the way around.
Its...

Ok...
Now see what you did!
My wife saw this and thinks I can just whip one up for her...well I guess its off to Texas Art Supply.

Been gone for awhile, (railroading does that to you sometimes) andjust got a chance to log on and catch up, and was surprised to see this thread.
Amos, glad to hear you are doing better,had me...

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Try these, or make your own up out of scrap hardwood...you have a "press" already, its called your lathe and tail stock!
I...

Only you could come up with this, and make it work so well.

They make white pre-painted tube for those kits...think it might look pretty good behind the carbon fiber.
Great looking pen already!

https://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=87801
https://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=92079
A couple of links that might help you out.
Have fun.

Glad you liked my pen…in this one, the black edge is black dyed veneer…with acrylics I use black .010 black styrene sheeting, available at most model hobby shops, the train and RC airplane modelers...

Most folks are right handed, and they hold pens with the clip up and to their right, so I would place it in such a manner that the decal shows with the clip on the right.
My two cents, and of...

No, but the train did end up where I work, it is a loaded Union Pacific grain train, and the engineer had it in emergency braking long before the impact. The truck driver was on the far side walking...

Ian,
I railroad for a living, (freight train conductor) and have been very busy with long haul trains, almost zero time in the shop.
Have a vacation planned for the first part of November, and a...

Little info to maybe clear, or muddy the water.
WoodFast is the trade name Rikon uses there in Oz, Canada and the UK for their mini lathes.
I sell lathes for WoodCraft, along with a lot of other...

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Forgot the Herringbone photo...duh.

Posting photos for John, (newqlder) of his first Celtic knot as he had difficulty getting them on the forum proper.
His words cut and pasted from a email he sent me along with the photos.
I have...

Way too cool!

Like it quite a bit in fact, very unique look and style.

There are nickel plated tubes on the market, they don’t show through the translucent blanks as much, but they do show some.
The bright flash from the camera may have highlighted the tube in the...

Greg,
The mark on mine is from an accidental contact with the carbide cutting tool in the metal lathe…look before you feed if you get my meaning!
As in one of these replies, a run out dial...

Greg,
Go buy one or the other of these, on the left a 60 degree wood counter sink, the right a 60 degree pilot hole/counter sink for metal.
The wood one is available from almost every wood working...

Wow!
I mean WOW...
Sweet all the way around, blank, kit and finish all go great together like it was designed for each other.
Amos, I use a Grizzly G4000 engine lathe almost exclusively, with...

If you mean .05mm total “slop”, instead of .05mm all the way around, that’s pretty good.
Keep in mind you don’t want a snug fit between the tube and blank, there has to be a small amount of space...

Very very nice!

If you need more info or details, you can email me direct at
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Any question, no matter how odd you might this it is will be answered as best I can....

I think you have to…make a bunch more of those, maybe a Sierra or two just cause its that good looking!

It depends on how porous the wood is…with the box elder, 4 dips and done, no sanding needed, with the tamarind it took 8 before the wood sealed up and the low spots filled in, I had to sand it back...

I think both lacquers end up looking pretty much the same when the process is done, the nitro just about took my head off the time I tried it.
I wonder if you could rig up a double boiler type of...

Ok, now your just showing off...!:rolleyes:
Do more of it....

Watco acrylic lacqure cut 1 part to one part with lacquer thinner.
The auto part store in my neighborhood sells new empty quart paint cans, so I fill the can half way with lacquer, half way with...

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Cross cut box elder around a Navigator Roller...

Very clever idea, with the added twist of the story it make the pen very unique.

Seriously wicked look and design…I like it a lot!

That is one classy piece of work, simply amazing.

Yes, the colors work great together, and the blue acccent from the paper sets it all off quite well.
Excellent work all the way, from the kit choice to the wood selection and the fit & finish.

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Water Chestnut, cross cut, lacquer dipped.
The reds in this piece are almost ruby and the chatoyance is beyond the cameras...

Greg,
Tripoli and white diamond polish are metal finishing compounds used to polish metal.
Adapted to use in pen turning you apply the EEE grade polish, (that’s its true grit in polish...

Thats why I like you Aussies...you act like Texans, just on another continent.
Always ready to help, you say what you mean, and mean what you say.

Nice treatment, I like the "no center band" look of this one, esp. with the shape you used, looks quite well done all the way around.

I really like how you got the dark blue to line up when the cap is on, great looking pen all the way around.

Yup, you can!:D

It uses a somewhat smaller lead refill than a lot of others, but you can "write" really fast with it!:rolleyes:

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Here is one of my early model Colt AR-15, an non-modified original, sold as the civilian model a few years after it was...

AR-15...I have a few in different modifications.
The AK is "bulker" in the receiver area too.