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6th May 2024, 10:00 PM
Thread: Rick Taylor Wood Turning Set
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I will take these please
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14th April 2024, 12:04 PM
Thread: We Will Remember
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Yeah, she was in the Army I was told. I'm happy...
Yeah, she was in the Army I was told. I'm happy with the pens. The fountain pen and rollerbal I measured the components and turned to size using TBC method.
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14th April 2024, 09:36 AM
Thread: We Will Remember
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We Will Remember
It's been a while. These pens are made from the remaining timber from the ANZAC Memorial Pool in Bundaberg. It was to be heritage listed but the former mayor and CEO and all but 3 councilors voted...
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7th November 2022, 09:16 AM
Thread: Work In Progress
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Work In Progress
This is a work in progress that will be finished once I get back to the lathe. It is The Apollo and the bottom barrel is made from Ceylon Ebony and the finish I am using is Organoil Hard Burnishing...
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12th October 2022, 12:49 AM
Thread: Pen brass tube glue
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Well I will go against the super glue set. As I...
Well I will go against the super glue set. As I thought I would see," I use CA and never have had a failure yet". Yet. Your luck will eventually will run out and failures happen. First thing you...
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Nurse Pen
A new nurse pen. Uses a 27/64" tube the same as the Sierra pen. The barrel is a bit bigger than the .474" that the original sierra is. Timber used is blue dyed curly Maple.508610508611508612
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7th March 2022, 10:40 PM
Thread: Gear Shift
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Gear Shift
A 6 slot gear shift pen from Steve's Woodcraft dressed out in a red, black and white resin.508607508608508609
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7th March 2022, 06:28 PM
Thread: Tactical Outdoor Pen
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Tactical Outdoor Pen
My first 2 piece outdoor tactical pen. I decided on Solomon Island Blackwood, also known as Queen Ebony. I decided to leave it its natural colour instead of oxidising it with iron acetate. Oxidising...
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6th March 2022, 07:53 PM
Thread: Fordite Hybrid
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Brad the Anvil and Dura Click both use an 8mm...
Brad the Anvil and Dura Click both use an 8mm tube. The Anvil is a bit thinner and shorter than the Dura Click and it has a slight taper from the Click end to the nib.
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6th March 2022, 07:40 PM
Thread: Fordite Hybrid
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[emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787] thanks mate ...
[emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787] thanks mate
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6th March 2022, 03:11 PM
Thread: Fordite Hybrid
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Fordite Hybrid
Antique bronze Dura click. Components are from Steve's Woodcraft.
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6th March 2022, 03:09 PM
Thread: Model T Hybrid
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Model T Hybrid
A gun metal anvil EDC click pen. Components are from Steve's Woodcraft.
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6th March 2022, 03:07 PM
Thread: Bethlehem Olive Wood
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If people are buying Bethlehem Olivewood, Mike E...
If people are buying Bethlehem Olivewood, Mike E Saad is the only one I deal with in Israel.
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6th March 2022, 03:01 PM
Thread: Gold Spanner Click
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Gold Spanner Click
A gold spanner pen. Components are from Steve's Woodcraft.
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4th July 2021, 10:36 PM
Thread: Plane Complete, Ready for Judging
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Sticky: Well done Sis Sent from my SM-G973F using...
Well done Sis
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14th February 2021, 10:03 PM
Thread: Anyone tried this (new-to-me) CA adhesive?
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I have been using gorilla glue's non-foaming...
I have been using gorilla glue's non-foaming clear polyurethane glue for my glue ups for a while now. Used their foaming version before the non-foaming version was introduced.
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14th February 2021, 10:00 PM
Thread: Shop Pencil
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Hot that much of it that I could use them as fire...
Hot that much of it that I could use them as fire starters for the fire pit Crocy [emoji44]
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Eight out of twenty green and gold Spectraply Sierras with stylus going to Pens For The Troops. The Spectraply blanks were kindly donated by Stephen Just. 489529
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13th February 2021, 12:55 AM
Thread: Shop Pencil
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Shop Pencil
A chrome workshop pencil for a lovely lady in our wood working guild. She gives me offcuts of Silky Oak for pens for the guild so I thought this was an appropriate way to say thank you. 489528
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12th February 2021, 08:16 AM
Thread: Ukrainian Bog Oak
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Pete I use Mercury flexible CA thin and medium as...
Pete I use Mercury flexible CA thin and medium as a finish. 2 thin, 3 medium, 2 thin in that order. With the bog oak I wet sand to 1200 grit then I use Zona paper to polish. I have a 60 x loupe that...
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12th February 2021, 12:46 AM
Thread: Ukrainian Bog Oak
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Ukrainian Bog Oak
This was my very first Atrax pen I made. Also the first time I had turned Ukrainian Bog Oak as well. Really like that the Atrax is a non posting pen. Makes the finished pen have the traditional...
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9th February 2021, 01:05 PM
Thread: Coca-Cola Syrup Barrel
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The barrel was from 1920 long after they removed...
The barrel was from 1920 long after they removed cocaine from the mix. I think that stopped around 1903.
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9th February 2021, 09:54 AM
Thread: Challenge 2020-2021 Chief Tiff
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Ian wow. The grain in that piece really stands...
Ian wow. The grain in that piece really stands out. Love the finish you have achieved on it. The 2 pieces I've turned has cut so nicely. Still reckon Queen Ebony would have been fun to work with.
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9th February 2021, 07:19 AM
Thread: Coca-Cola Syrup Barrel
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Coca-Cola Syrup Barrel
A Gunmetal Atrax from Steve's Woodcraft. The cap is a Mik Lawrence design and the barrel is from a syrup barrel that they transported the syrup in to make Coca-Cola. CA finish wet sanded to 1200 and...
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8th February 2021, 10:45 PM
Thread: A label cast Sierra
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A label cast Sierra
A Rob Gajic label cast. What make it even more special it is one of my daughter's drawings. The original drawing was done with copic markers and prismatic pencils. Gretel is doing a visual arts...
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8th February 2021, 04:00 PM
Thread: Nouveau Sceptre Ball Point
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Nouveau Sceptre Ball Point
A gold and gun metal Broadwell Nouveau Sceptre Ball Point dress out with a piece of Ukrainian Bog Oak, aged between 1000 to 6000 years old.489307489308489309
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6th June 2020, 10:58 AM
Thread: Blackbutt Cigars
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Blackbutt Cigars
I am a member of Bundaberg Wood Working Guild and out treasurer works for Jeff Lennox, builder in town. When Jeff hands the keys over to the new owners he get the guild make serving trays and I get...
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31st May 2020, 07:38 PM
Thread: A couple of Sierras
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A couple of Sierras
Green and blue dyed maple dressed with gold and gun metal Sierra components. 474569474570474571474572474573474574
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26th May 2020, 11:42 PM
Thread: Gold and Gunmetal Sierra.
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Hi Paul, All I use is a piece of A4 copy...
Hi Paul,
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26th May 2020, 02:43 PM
Thread: Gold and Gunmetal Sierra.
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Gold and Gunmetal Sierra.
A Rob Gajic label cast dressed out with gold and gun metal sierra components. Finished with Eddie Stone's diamond polishing paste. One of a few products I have been testing. This was done before my...
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23rd June 2019, 08:12 PM
Thread: Mark XIV Spitfire propeller
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Mark XIV Spitfire propeller
Work in progress. A label cast for 75th anniversary of D Day with the ends from a Mark XIV Spitfire propeller. It was made from laminated fir or pine. The spitfire that this piece of propeller cam...
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18th June 2019, 09:41 AM
Thread: Blk Ti/ Ti Gold Cigar
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Hi mate. Yeah I like the hybrid style of t he...
Hi mate. Yeah I like the hybrid style of t he cigar pen. The timber not my choice but it was given for the specific job but turned out okay.
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17th June 2019, 11:22 PM
Thread: Blk Ti/ Ti Gold Cigar
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Blk Ti/ Ti Gold Cigar
Haven't made a cigar in quite a while. The first two are made from blackbutt. Not a timber that I would choose for a pen but it is from the bench tops of a million dollar home being built close to...
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30th May 2019, 11:14 PM
Thread: Just mayed it in time [emoji16]
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Just mayed it in time [emoji16]
My Game of Thrones set of 4 Metro Rollerballs. The Whispering Woods, Altavaddy Bridge and Wilding Pit are all White Oak and sourced from the film sites in Ireland. Winterfell is pine collected from...
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Gun stock
Euge probably need an ID on this. The gun stock already had stuff cut off of it and this is what is left. It smells very much like coachwood but not sure. Wondering if you have an idea.454702454703
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14th May 2019, 07:07 PM
Thread: May challenge - thank you gift, Beefwood
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Love beefwood. Great work on your pen. $2 CA was...
Love beefwood. Great work on your pen. $2 CA was what I first started with long ago. Always good to stabilize soft punky wood. I am being gifted a beefwood log and a couple of boxes of pen blanks on...
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14th May 2019, 02:05 PM
Thread: Mosquito KA 114
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Euge, yes there was a sweet smell to it. When...
Euge, yes there was a sweet smell to it. When sanded it created little fuzz balls as I call them
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14th May 2019, 10:58 AM
Thread: Mosquito KA 114
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Mosquito KA 114
A piece of wing spar from WW ll Mosquito Bomber dressed up with an Antique Metro Rollerball454470454471454472
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14th May 2019, 10:56 AM
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Beautiful pen Peter. Always loved this timber but...
Beautiful pen Peter. Always loved this timber but yet to turn any.
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13th May 2019, 11:28 AM
Thread: Next batch for May
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Next batch for May
Next 5 pens to be made. Going top to bottom. Game of Thrones timber, Altavaddy Bridge, Winterfeld Film Set, Whispering Woods and the Wilding Pit. The last one is timber from a WW II Mosquito...
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11th May 2019, 04:54 PM
Thread: NOT a challenge - a couple of Questions
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Euge sorry I meant rosewoods Sent from my...
Euge sorry I meant rosewoods
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11th May 2019, 03:26 PM
Thread: NOT a challenge - a couple of Questions
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Euge, I am for one that if I want a blank and it...
Euge, I am for one that if I want a blank and it is a certain price then I pay it. What I hate seeing especially with certified timber is when another pen crafter that money is no option buys all pen...
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11th May 2019, 06:49 AM
Thread: NOT a challenge - a couple of Questions
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For me it takes a couple of weeks. I have the...
For me it takes a couple of weeks. I have the components in the plating I like and always 12 blanks that I know will compliment the plating being used. I will take a blank out of the line up and...
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7th May 2019, 07:13 PM
Thread: NORMANBYA normanbyi AKA BLACK PALM
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Looks amazing Peter. So much fun to turn. Love...
Looks amazing Peter. So much fun to turn. Love the design with the streamline or as we first knew it, the Father Sing. Great pen holder as well
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6th May 2019, 08:57 PM
Thread: May Challenge #3 Buckinghamia
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May Challenge #3 Buckinghamia
This is a Chrome Work Shop Pencil dressed out in Buckinghamia. This is a thank you for our guild's wood store an who always finds that something different for me. 454040454041
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6th May 2019, 07:43 PM
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May Challenge #2 Christ Church College Great Hall
Freeing up more of my private stash. This time it is an Antique Brass Metro Rollerball dressed out with English White Oak from the high table of Christ Church College Great Hall.454036454037
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6th May 2019, 07:01 PM
Thread: May Challenge #1 The Model T
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May Challenge #1 The Model T
Well delving into my stash. The first cab off the rank is an Antique Silver Metro Rollerball dressed out with a piece of Shagbark Hickory whose previous life was a left hand spoke from a Model T...
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28th April 2019, 08:58 AM
Thread: Buckinghamia
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Peter, I spun a bit late last night to see it in...
Peter, I spun a bit late last night to see it in the round. The patterning is like that of a grevillia. If not knowing it was Buckinghamia it looks like a locally grown Silky Oak. I like the lighter...
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27th April 2019, 05:47 PM
Thread: April's Challenge
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April's Challenge
Be the last one for April for me. Piece of White Oak from the high table platform at Christchurch College in Oxford, England.453570453571
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27th April 2019, 02:10 PM
Thread: Buckinghamia
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The gentleman that looks after our wood shed at...
The gentleman that looks after our wood shed at the guild found a heap in the racking but it had bowed in the middle. Faced one edge and face. So I have blanks at 28 and 23 mmm. The ones in the photo...