turning pens

Good evening all, I Have been woodworking and running a business in the woodworking field for a lot of years and have decided to slow down and start having fun woodworking again. I am jumping in with both feet and all my Ornamental Mills and my lathe. I have turned for many years as well but...

This is a fauxstone pen and a majestic pen kit. To prepare the blanks for turning, I first CA glued hardwood to the blank to strengthen the blank. I drilled using 3 or 4 progressively larger bits. When turning, I used reverse rake tools at 3600rpm. I believe these problems occurred during...

Hi folks, I am brand new to this forum and still trying to figure out all the ins and outs of it. About eight months ago I got into pen making mainly because I was asked to make twenty pens for a lady who was travelling to France and wanted to give her family members pen gifts. It was a...