Wow, so, 4 months in (roughly). Now let me work this out, if I work on the lathe an average of 20 minutes in the morning 3 days a week, followed by about 40 minutes on the last two days of the week. Add this to the 30 minutes at lunch time a day all week and then about 30 minutes after work on monday … Continue reading Pen Making Update 16: Fevers and invisible pens

Bit low on pictures this week and for that I apologise. I have been having some pretty major issues this week. The drive belt on the lathe frayed to the point of being dangerous so we had to shut the lathe down until a new one was bought. It’s not my lathe so I had no control over how long it would take to repair. … Continue reading Pen Making Update 15: Birthday girl NPD and the problem with lathes (Details in comments)

Well, I will start with the disasters for this week: the ebonite cap I really liked the red see through one I loved which would have looked so damned cool Oh well, I will tell you something. When I broke that red blank I uttered… Well shouted a number of words which would turn your ears blue. To say I was mad would be an … Continue reading Pen Making Update 14