Thread: my new toy and first trials

Off to a great start

I have one too, but I think Gawdelpus has made more pens on it than me

Nice what did it set you back.
David

Hehe ! You are really getting into the "Dark side " now The only thing I would suggest is a flexable drive cable connected to the winder handle and run from a variable speed drill, hate to think how many times you have to wind that little handle per pen blank lol. Neil may be "wright" lol, but I only got as far as straight flats and one semi spiral set of flats ,none of the fancy sqiggles ans jiggles it can do .
Have fun with it you can also do profiles if you want a curved patterned surface ,so much you can play with ,fill the grooves with colored epoxy or such and turn them down for an interesting effect ,Ah well if you thought you had some time to yourself that's taken care of now cheers ~ John

Originally Posted by dj_pnevans

Nice what did it set you back.
David

hi david i got it at the brissy wood show from carrolls normally 400 but about 360 heres a link CWS Store - Beall Pen Wizard | Carroll's Woodcraft Supplies
troy

was a show special

I almost bought one when they were first released in America, but the postage was a but much then, and the $$ was a lot lower. Good to see them about the same price now from an Aussie supplier.

It looked like it was a lot of work to do each pen though. Is there much setting up and fiddling to do each pen?

Russell.

Originally Posted by BoomerangInfo

It looked like it was a lot of work to do each pen though. Is there much setting up and fiddling to do each pen?

Yes, but it takes pen finishing to another level, so you should expect some extra effort