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How would you approach making drum beater heads such as this?

http://www.wembleydrumcentre.com/imagecache/9ac8aa3c-2969-4493-bb81-9c620107922e_285x106.jpg

Obviously I would turn it on the...

Thanks for your kind words chaps. I particularly like that second one, as it's a colour scheme I have not used before and I was not too sure it would work out or be a 'muddy looking' mess, but I was...

Here's a couple of slimlines created for an order. Finished in what I like to call my 'Impressionist Range' due to the use of oil paints on the tubes. Comments welcomed...
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Thanks to you all for the comments and explanations.

The workshop is in for a treat now, I've ordered today this Axminster planer/jointer and this Axminster thicknesser and this Fox extractor and...

I'm a little confused and could do with some help (perhaps I'm just dumb?).

I mostly make pens and turned items, but more and more getting into other stuff and sell my products. In the past for...

That's possibly the case as these are the first two cigars I've made. I also did not have the right bushes for the pink Euro, so improvised by using bushes from other kits. :doh:
I'll agree about...

Here's a couple of new pens in different styles to those I've made before, with some new acrylics also.
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I trained in computer programming in college after leaving school, but then I trained as a TV cameraman and director. But I didn't work for too long in TV (money was crap), so my first career...

Hi all,

Looking for a little help and advice.

Has anyone got reasonably simple plans for an outside garden storage box that they could link or send me please? I'm not a really experienced...

Looking forward to seeing these buddy, hope they turn out well for you, as you've certainly put the research in and asked the right questions.

Best,
Chrome

Did you say it is going up on YouTube... I'm interested in picking up some good potential tips. But it's a bit of a long way for me to attend or for you to send DVDs being in the UK :D

Cheers,...

Micro dovetailing jigs for making pen and small jewellery boxes (cufflinks, rings etc.). Is there such things and are they available in the UK? :?

I'd like to dovetail hardwood and softwood...

I've just got a commission for a set of cufflinks, but not having made these before wondered if anyone could give any advice or point me in the right direction for information resources please? :D
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Now there's an interesting idea.... :rolleyes: :D

artme... the marks only show up in the photos, not really seen by the eye. :D

Cheers, Chrome

Gary's idea is certainly interesting... Might look into that. :2tsup:

To answer a few questions; my tools were VERY sharp but at low speeds the plastic 'chips' in a bit of an unpredictable way. I...

Hi All,

Lego does not turn well. I just thought I'd let you know in case anyone here was thinking of trying to turn it.

It's a real shame, as can you imagine the forms you could make with it......

Hi guys...

First Slimline I've finished in what I like to refer to as 'red chrome'. Body is of course my own acrylic.
Comments as always appreciated.
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Some really nice looking woods there Plantagenon... I hope you have lots of fun turning them all into some great pens. I look forward to seeing the pictures. :D
Best, Chrome

I finished my first ever turned hollow form bowl today. American Walnut with rare-earth magnets inset. It is just under 7.5 cm high 16.5 cm across with an opening of 7.6 cm.
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I'm posting this as a reminder to wear appropriate safety equipment... something I try to always do.

It really paid off and I had a lucky escape today... This drill chuck and broken bit left the...

Why thank you Pariss, your comments are very much appreciated. :D

Cheers, Chrome

This should help to sort out the conjecture... :rolleyes:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8293/7531417818_f223072d8f.jpg

Best, Chrome :D

Great work Greg :2tsup:

Here's a new 'Fat Boy' Slimline pencil I made today...

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Here's a couple of new pens from my own recent castings.

A slimline ballpoint...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8009/7479778652_d995f30209_c.jpg

And a Sierra...
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That sounds like a good way dr4g0nfly... :2tsup:

I'm thinking it could be moved a regular amount each time (that offset you mention) by marking some kind of scale on the back of the block attached...

This wonderful platter is obviously turned off center, I love the concentric banding, but anyone throw any light on how it was probably achieved and how I would emulate this kind of turning?
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Hmmm... Some good points. Food for thought... Thanks guys :D

Cheers, Chrome

Yep... I paint the brass tubes then cast in clear, using my own molds which are similar to the resin saver ones. You maybe cant see the resin, but it's there I can assure you. :U

Oh and I did spot...

It's an age-old secret practice lost in the mists of time that I have recently revived. I'm not sure I should pass on the ancient knowledge... but here goes... It involves a small paintbrush and oil...

Today's pencil, my first ever. Tube painting is supposed to represent Van Gogh's 'The Starry Night'... http://www.penturners.org/forum/images/smilies/redface.gif
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Yes I'm sorted on that one :D Turned Out Well

Cheers, Chrome

Wow, it's so difficult.

I read recently it's better to have higher prices as it's always easier to reduce prices than put them up...

I've been in business many years in one form or another...

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Thanks... It's a lovely piece of wood. To be honest I had a big dig-in as I was shaping near to the rim and rather than cut it down I decided to carve the edge. Glad you like it... its the best...

First time ever working with Sycamore, fourth ever bowl... 98mm high, 100mm wide, wall thickness approx 2.5-3mm finished with melamine lacquer and Fiddes wax polish. Fits lovely in the hands a...

Thanks for the positive comments guys, appreciated. The acrylic came about through a lot of experimentation with metal powders and glitters of different consistencies... more to come on that front...

Here's the two Sierra Elegance pens I managed to turn out today. Both from my own blanks, the wood one is bocote with inlays of walnut. Pens are in gold & gun metal. Constructive comments...

I don't know where my head was today, but I'm glad I made it through with my body fully intact! I'm a very safety conscious guy... breathing equipment, dust control, goggles or head shield etc.,...

Thanks for the advice guys, I intend to make another one from the same casting material tomorrow, so will give some of those techniques for finishing a go. I'll let you know how it goes for me. :U
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Ian,
I have two sets of digital scales that I bought on eBay. One does only up to 500 grammes in 0.01 gram increments and the other does up to 5 kilos in 0.1 gram increments, so I have it covered....

I 'ear' what you're saying :- (sorry couldn't help myself)

Thanks for the positive comments...

Cheers, Chrome

Thanks for the comments guys. Pariss, funnily enough we're thinking along exactly the same lines, before posting here I posted elsewhere and I described this pen as the 'Slimline Monet' and is the...

Hmmm...yes, you're right, well spotted, they're pretty faint. I always sand MM pads to 12000 then use 12000 cloth backed and fingertips before Hut Ultra Gloss Polish then Hut Crystal Coat using paper...

Here's my first Gatsby; Chrome/Gunmetal with a self-made cast blank in black which turned out with a single white/cream streak which I think looks like a wisp of smoke... :D

I'm enjoying...

Hi All,

This is a slimline made from my own clear resin casting (the second ever clear casting I've made). I just noticed in the photo there's a bit of plastic still stuck to the ball of the...

Thought you might like to see how it turned out... So, here's the pen from my first ever successful cast blank. An Americana 24kt Gold Fountain Pen... Pretty different I think... :D
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Here are my first pens that are not slimline... Bocote, Paduk and one of my first ever batch successfully cast resin blanks, that was made a few weeks ago (done a lot of casting since then). The...

Here's a slimline I just made from my first ever clear resin casting. I made my own 'resin-saver' molds and this id the first test. Two colors of matchsticks were stuck to the pen tubes using...

Thanks for your reply rsser. I know of the Munro, but not sure what "std Proformes" is or are? Also the Vicmarc hollowing support looks interesting, as whilst I'd seen it online, I've never seen it...

Guys, you misunderstand... this really wasn't an attempt to get members here to go to my blog (I'll admit it looks that way). :-

It's more a question whether you think this comparison might be...