duncsuss
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A couple of years ago, a work colleague gave me his spare lathe (a 1943 Dunlap) and my wife bought me a pen-making class at the local Woodcraft store as a birthday present.
That was fun -- so I started making Slimlines, then Slimlines without the center band, then Sierra/Mesa, then a couple other varieties.
A kind soul on WoodWorkingTalk shared some flame box elder, and it called for something a bit more special -- as a thank you, I made him a fountain pen (again from one of the standard kits). The result was okay (actually I think it's better than "ok") it has made me think about making pens without using the kits -- and the very helpful tutorials watch_art posted here & at the FountainPenNetwork nudged me into action.
Yesterday I got some taps and dies ... this morning I drilled and tapped a scrap piece of acrylic acetate to receive the section from an Olympian kit (M10 x 1 thread). It's the first time I ever put a thread on anything, so I'm quite pleased with my achievement :biggrin:
I'll just keep practicing making threads till I get a collet chuck (in between making kit pens and turning bowls!)
That was fun -- so I started making Slimlines, then Slimlines without the center band, then Sierra/Mesa, then a couple other varieties.
A kind soul on WoodWorkingTalk shared some flame box elder, and it called for something a bit more special -- as a thank you, I made him a fountain pen (again from one of the standard kits). The result was okay (actually I think it's better than "ok") it has made me think about making pens without using the kits -- and the very helpful tutorials watch_art posted here & at the FountainPenNetwork nudged me into action.
Yesterday I got some taps and dies ... this morning I drilled and tapped a scrap piece of acrylic acetate to receive the section from an Olympian kit (M10 x 1 thread). It's the first time I ever put a thread on anything, so I'm quite pleased with my achievement :biggrin:
I'll just keep practicing making threads till I get a collet chuck (in between making kit pens and turning bowls!)
