Aberfanturning
Member
Hello All
I have worked with wood most of my life mainly repairing and building wooden sailing dinghies but have always wanted to do more woodturning as I did some many years ago.
I researched how to make pens and after quite a long period I was finally producing pens with which I thought were good enough to sell. Luckily other people thought so as well because they bought them. I mainly make variations on the slimline but with different length tubes and comfort rings for thicker and definitely more popular pens. Another popular seller is one piece pencils made using a standard kit.
I also make single and double pen boxes in a variety of hardwoods. A great deal of what I make is engraved (Box and Pen) using a laser engraver and I try to provide a very personal service to my customers.
I live in Wales in the UK and most of the wood I use is Spalted/Burr etc of UK hardwoods which I find my customers like and I have a decent supply of.
I have looked at this forum and have gained some very good ideas and in the future I hope to pass on some of my experience (which has all been learned the hard way).
Sean
I have worked with wood most of my life mainly repairing and building wooden sailing dinghies but have always wanted to do more woodturning as I did some many years ago.
I researched how to make pens and after quite a long period I was finally producing pens with which I thought were good enough to sell. Luckily other people thought so as well because they bought them. I mainly make variations on the slimline but with different length tubes and comfort rings for thicker and definitely more popular pens. Another popular seller is one piece pencils made using a standard kit.
I also make single and double pen boxes in a variety of hardwoods. A great deal of what I make is engraved (Box and Pen) using a laser engraver and I try to provide a very personal service to my customers.
I live in Wales in the UK and most of the wood I use is Spalted/Burr etc of UK hardwoods which I find my customers like and I have a decent supply of.
I have looked at this forum and have gained some very good ideas and in the future I hope to pass on some of my experience (which has all been learned the hard way).
Sean