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  1. 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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    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...
  3. Thread: Nurse Pen

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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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  4. 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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    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...
  6. 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.

    The Dura has a bigger...
  7. Thread: Fordite Hybrid

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    [emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787] thanks mate ...

    [emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787] thanks mate

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  8. Thread: Fordite Hybrid

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    Fordite Hybrid

    Antique bronze Dura click. Components are from Steve's Woodcraft.

    The blank I can't remember who it came from but it turned beautifully. Whatever you want to call it Fordite or Detroit Agate it...
  9. Thread: Model T Hybrid

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    Model T Hybrid

    A gun metal anvil EDC click pen. Components are from Steve's Woodcraft.

    The pen blank is a hybrid consisting of timber from a Model T and a blue Ford resin. The blank was made for me by Todd...
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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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    Gold Spanner Click

    A gold spanner pen. Components are from Steve's Woodcraft.

    Timber is in the old days known as slash pine, called plantation pine nowadays. It was cut very close to the heart of the log because of...
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    Sticky: Well done Sis Sent from my SM-G973F using...

    Well done Sis

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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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  14. 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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  15. Thread: P4tt

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    P4tt

    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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  16. 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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  17. 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...
  18. 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  24. 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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    A couple of Sierras

    Green and blue dyed maple dressed with gold and gun metal Sierra components. 474569474570474571474572474573474574

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    Hi Paul, All I use is a piece of A4 copy...

    Hi Paul,

    All I use is a piece of A4 copy paper, a piece of blue tack to hold the pen in place. I have a lamp either side and I don't zoom in. Focus the shot and take it. I crop the photo...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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...
  32. Thread: Gun stock

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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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    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...
  34. 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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  35. 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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  36. Beautiful pen Peter. Always loved this timber but...

    Beautiful pen Peter. Always loved this timber but yet to turn any.

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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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    Euge sorry I meant rosewoods Sent from my...

    Euge sorry I meant rosewoods

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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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    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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    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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    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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  43. 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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    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...
  45. 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...
  46. 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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  47. 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...
  48. Thread: Buckinghamia

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    Buckinghamia

    This is a new one for me. Buckinghamiais agenus of only two known species of trees, belonging to the plant familyProteaceae.They grow naturally only (endemic) in therainforests of the wet topic...
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    I think it may be macassar ebony. Sent from...

    I think it may be macassar ebony.

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  50. Thread: Xanthorrhoea

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    Xanthorrhoea

    Came home after work around 7pm and found this in my driveway. Was gifted it from another wood worker that doesn't turn. Early Easter present for me. Sorry for poor photo, will get a day time one...
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