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Greetings from Nebraska. Today during a blizzard here in Nebraska I made a PenPal style pen in honor and memory of Peter Hay. It is a...

I was always amazed how Peter's turning skills could turn a modest pen kit into something special. I'm looking forward to seeing more...

I went through several different iterations of mandrels until arriving at the combination of tooling that I use today. I find that I...

While this answer is not perfect, it will likely greatly improve your results: Do NOT lock your tailstock in place until you have...

If this were the case then the end is not 60 degree or the center point is not 60 degree. The center point needs to fit the end of...

When I very first tried penturning, it was a slimline and I had both barrels on the mandrel at the same time. I didn’t like the amount...

While this answer is not perfect, it will likely greatly improve your results: Do NOT lock your tailstock in place until you have...

Stunning

Got a nice piece of stabilized Afzelia Xylay and turned this using a Leveche Kit from Beaufort Ink.

Very nice, love the colors and nice combo too. Majestic is a lovely kit.

One of my recent pens. I used jumbo stabilized buckeye burl that I got from exotic blanks. I used a 3 step Mylands/ Yorkshire grit...

My experience with Butternut, aka white walnut, is in the flat work arena but I found it to be much softer than black walnut.

Between centers, no bushings, go light on the cuts until you get familiar with the technique. I hold the blank with one hand and tighten...

When I very first tried penturning, it was a slimline and I had both barrels on the mandrel at the same time. I didn’t like the amount...

Unfortunately, "Grading" of the blanks is subjective, but I THINK that is a regular (not blonde) stabilized Buckeye Burl. It is...