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Nice work. I've been known to lust after a dedicated pen lathe :doh:

Hmm, actually not exactly the same, the pens 5 6 and 7 from left to right are the BT-401s, you will notice the centre band is slightly shorter than the other pens. Except for that they all use the...

Figured I would make enough pens for each of my staff and one for my boss. Mainly CSUSA "European" style pens in titanium plate with three of the BT-401 "Mont Blanc" style 24k plate - despite the...

Time for a resurrection:

Grinder: what your credit card looks like it has been through after a visit to the Working With Wood Show

Faceshield: what you now wish you had been wearing before you...

No no. My headstock with the problem was a DVR3000, that DVR3000 is no longer my problem.

It remains unfixed.

It remains with Trend.

I will never see it again.

Trend have replaced my...

Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnegatory :(

Well it has been three months since I received my loaner DVR3000 from Trend Timbers while they tried to work with Teknatool in fixing my vibrating headstock. I got a call on Friday and my fix had...

G'day Neil,

Shot you a PM if you have a minute to check it :)

Wow, thanks everyone who voted for my review, I do hope you found it of use.

Huge thanks to Woodworking Warehouse for the prize. Its timing is very fortuitous as I have been planing on...

Out of warranty on the electronics, however the mechanicals have five years according to the Teknatool site.

Unfortunatly Trend has been unable to test anything of this as they are still waiting...

Yeah I'm down with that. What I am getting at is part of the commercial pen mills useage is to square the ends off down to the tubes, and to clean the glue out of the tubes with the little fluted...

Looks awesome, BS! Very keen to hear how the trial goes. Don't forget something to clean the glue out with.

Thanks everyone, if we can keep it on an even keel that would be great as I would hate to have the mods shut the thread down.

Jim and others have it dead right, I still have a lathe to turn on so...

I hear what you're saying, WW. If Trend didn't give me a loaner I would be a lot more vocal, but I just can't fault Trend's customer service. Teknatool on the other hand...

Unfortuntatly not. Spoke to Trend on Saturday and basically we are at the mercy of Teknatool NZ getting some parts out. Adrian is being good about it and letting me hold on to the loaner as long as...

Cool post thanks, Amos.

Very nice save, and so very striking!

G'day Gil,

Because this little bowl was so small I was able to use the Macro function on my camera. This blog article gives some tips for taking pictures of small items like pens etc.

I reckon it looks pretty good.

When you say ridges, are you talking the area I have circled below?

What finish are you using? If it is CA, my very limited experience has found it likes to...

Not as yet, but I haven't contacted Trend in the last week or so. For now I have been enjoying the week downstairs so I might give Adrian a bell next week when I am back at work.

No, not Scraps the dog, but scraps of wood. But you knew I meant that, right?

Anyhoo, one of the things I wanted to do this week is some kind of glue-up turning, any kind, didn't matter what. ...

Got the sneaky feeling it's a lace sheoak and possibly a jarrah but am not sure as I've had the blanks kicking around for a couple of years now.

Nice work, Kyhal! :o Very impressive :2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

Two different woods, same wipe on poly. The red one doesn't look as smooth because of the grain the thin wipe on poly hasn't been able to fill, this also is why there is a little bit of texture to...

I'm going to try and document my trials and tribulations of using the Wipe On Polyurethane (WOP) method for no other reason than it gives me something to do :roll:

Here is my first attempt, I'm...

Whaaaaaaaaaat? You're not going to cast your own flywheel in concrete al-la old school style?

Thanks Les. I really respect and admire your work, so always keen to know how and why you do things.

Got it up there, not something I'd recomend anyone try on their own *phew*

Jim,

Decided I'll persevere and find the joists instead, so what if there a few more holes in the ceiling... :whistling2:

Why the band, Les? Blank too short?

Nice one, Sam.

I finally knocked up an order of five acrylics in the Titanium European yesterday but I didn't get any pics before the little lady already grabbed them for the guy at her work who...

Thanks Jim. Unfortunatly the stud finder won't pick up the joists I know are there from a hole in the ceiling in another part of the garage.

No idea, not even 100% sure it is Silky Oak (although I think it is...)



That bloody knot almost undid the hole thing. I didn't know how deep into the blank it went and once I turned it round...

Thanks for the reply, Bob.

I'll drop GPW a line to see if they have official stats for the JET unit as I can't find anything in the manual.

BTW, your attached image isn't showing..?

About f60 from memory and then a slight tweak in photoshop.

Thanks for the reply, Jim.

The workshop (OK, it's a garage) is under the house. The ceiling is attached to 40mm battens which are in turn attached to larger joists supporting the floor above. Do...

This is an unpaid, unendorsed review, product fully purchased by reviewer

After way too many years of not having a decent dust extraction and air filtration system I finally bit the bullet for...

Or at least I think it is silky oak...

Anyway, this is my first Junior Gent II from CSUSA and I have enjoyed putting it together. The quality of the fittings is definitely a step up from other...

Made post in wrong spot

Thanks for the replies, everyone. I hope you enjoyed the post which of course was tongue in cheek (mostly :q)

Morning Amos,

Neil (our benevolant dictator aka Ubeaut) posted to the thread russell made about different finishes and had a bit to say about comments on Shellawax Glow, one in particular:
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Another sharp look pen, Sam.



Try taking the shot from a lower angle looking back along then pen, and get the lights right on top of it, just so they are out of frame. Might help.

RP, the CSUSA European is the same style as the Carbatec BT-401 Mont Blanc style kit, both use the "Cross" style refills, commonly found in most starter kits. The ballpoint doesn't feel too bad, but...

I reckon your photography isn't as bad as you think. You might pick up some photo tips from this blog article and here is a thread about my basic lightbox.

Thanks for the kind replies, everyone. I'll persevere with the Glow on some other blanks this week and see where the journey takes me. I've got a length of unknown hardwood which I'll give a go and...

First pen for a weeks now and thought I would make a start on chrissie presents. This is the Titanium European from CSUSA and some red gum from a mate who had to fell a tree when building his house....

Well done, Russell. Welcome to the start of the addiction.

G'day Pat,

That was the inaugural run of my new Mancuum™ as I only got it last week, the first cleanup took almost a bag and a half of shavings. It'll get a good run this week as I plan to spend...

Lovely looking platter, TL. :2tsup:

Like most blokes I hate vacuuming. It's a sucky little job (pun intended) that we blokes don't like to do and will attempt to avoid at all costs. We’ll even go so far as to feign injury - say like...