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I may have asked this before but not in the last few years. As the new shop gets closer to complete (February?) I am contemplating the...

I pulled some dusty boxes out from the corners of the shop last week and found all my pen turning supplies and kits. So, I turned myself...

I've tried the plastic parts bag technique and do not like to coating I get from it. Always seems to need more sanding to get it even...

Great work.

My first 3 thoughts were: Watch Parts Pen - Ernie liked to use as many different parts as possible, not just the gears. Racing - this...

I love the attention given to the alignment of each element. Very well done. 👍 👍 👍

This has conkerberry, sheoak and Huon pine with some black veneer. The squares and ends are an inch off a bought blank.

Mark said everything for me. Ernie was proud of his watch parts blanks. A pen with two straight barrels would be suitable for some watch...

Most interesting solution I must say and will have to definitely give it a try. I have loads of small scraps of Craft Foam and this...

Hi Bob, Tony's first sentence summed the options concisely. I switched from paper towel to craft foam several years ago, and no longer...

This has conkerberry, sheoak and Huon pine with some black veneer. The squares and ends are an inch off a bought blank.

I use the blue nitrile gloves from HF to apply CA to my pens and have NEVER had the glue eat through the glove. What type of CA do you...

Whichever CA you choose try using the craft foam as an applicator. You use less CA because all of it ends up on the blank and none of...

Bob; I do not apply CA while wearing gloves. (I DO use gloves while gluing in tubes) I use "craft foam" as an applicator. It comes...

Thanks Tony for taking the time to reply. Surfing around on YouTube this morning I think the best procedural technique I've found...