This Cigar Pen and Pencil Assembly Guide is written with the Rotur kits in mind but can be used as a general guide for most types of kits. Required Tools 7mm Drill Bit. 9/16″ x 9/16″ x5″ Pen Blank. Pen Mandrel. Slimline Bushings. Glue (Thick CA or Epoxy). Sandpaper/Finish. Drill or Drill Press Barrel Trimmer/Disc…
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This Cigar Pen and Pencil Assembly Guide is written with the Rotur kits in mind but can be used as a general guide for most types of kits. Kit Features 24 Kt. gold plated with epoxy coating. Smooth twist operation. Pen and Pencil designed with similar components as a matching set. Heavy weight, elegant design. Pencil…
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This Rollerball & Fountain Pens Assembly Guide is written with the Rotur kits in mind but can be used as a general guide for most types of kits. Kit Features: Heavy plating with either 24kt gold or satin finishing. Elegant, contemporary design combined with old and new styling. Screw on cap with quarter turn…
Read MoreOlivers Woodturning Newsletter Issue 1 Issue 1 Oliver’s Woodturning takes its first steps Well, this is the first newsletter from Olivers Woodturning. Don’t worry there won’t be an ongoing bombardment of junk mail from us clogging up your inboxes. We will only send something out every few weeks if there something that…
Read MoreThe Kent Woodturners exhibition & sale runs from the 1st to the 16th November 2014. The event can be found at North Barn, Aylesford Priory, Aylesford, Kent, ME20 7BX, and entry is free. For more info please visit The Kent Woodturners. If you need travel directions, you can get them here.
Read MoreThe Garden of England Woodturners annual exhibition and sale takes place on the 25th October 2014. Admission is free, and the exhibition can be found at Dunkirk Village Hall, London Road, Dunkirk, Faversham, Kent, ME13 9LF. For more information, please visit The Garden of England Woodturners. If you need travel directions you can get them here.
Read MoreAlan Currans returns with this tutorial on Pen Making. The trouble with woodturning in general is that you need a lot of equipment and, sadly, pen turning is no exception. However, good news is at hand – with some of the items that you’ll need you have no option but to make them yourself,…
Read MoreIn this 15 minute video from Robert Sorby, Nick Agar demonstrates spiralling and decorating using Robert Sorby’s classic spiralling and texturing tools. If you’d like to try this for yourself, you can purchase the tools using these links: 370/0 Micro Spiralling Tool & 330H Robert Sorby Spiralling System.
Read MoreAlan Currans has written this tutorial on Finishing Pens with Superglue (CA). If you search the web for information on finishing pens with superglue (CA) you will find numerous articles and videos. To my mind the definitive explanation of this technique can be found on an Australian website (www.timberbits.com) run by a chap called David…
Read MoreWhen we launched we stated that we wanted to support woodturners and provide a platform for you to share ideas. Forum member Brody Lambden has kicked things off by writing a useful Segmented Vase Tutorial that describes how he created an offset segmented vase. Thanks Brody, you have been awarded 1500 reward points for your efforts.…
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