* Pen making Sorry about last week, I had fun. It was good seeing friends. Anyway, on with the update. So a few things have happened. I have bought a new chuck for the lathe and it is [MASSIVE!](https://i.imgur.com/fPL5tbc.jpg) The plan is to use the key chuck for something I use all the time and don’t need to change, so in my case that is … Continue reading Weekly update: Year 2 week 47: New tools, new design options

* pen making Yes that is a pm1 blank that was used to make that pen, no I don’t have any more. I should have some pm4, pm warm tone and pm cool tone, the cool tone is my favourite. But on to pm1, this is the [cap on](https://i.imgur.com/Wbbpvs7.jpg) and the [cap off](https://i.imgur.com/ZskgNi6.jpg) . This is a customer order who wanted a pen with a … Continue reading Weekly update: Year 2 week 46: Broken bits and ebonite

* Jowo Cracked Housings So, this has been a thorn in my side for a while now. First of all there were the problems making pens to fit Jowo nibs and having to learn how to get them right. Then finally when I managed that I started to get cracks in the housings which hold the feeds. I asked my supplier of Jowo nibs and … Continue reading Weekly update: Year 2 week 45: Roll Stops and Jowo Cracked housings

So…. Much…. Green! * Pen making So I have always said that I am for some reason drawn to green pens. This week is public proof of this. So let’s start with the green pen I put in the video. This is the latest of the Baetylus model pens I am doing, number 4 out of 5, each one a different type of material. This … Continue reading Year 2 week 44: Greeeeeeen!

* pen making So almost the end of the year (as far as finance goes), thought I would take this time into taking a look over what I have done in this hellish year that we have had. Turns out that I have been very busy, as you can see by the video. Yeah that’s right, most of those pens were made between last march … Continue reading Year 2 week 43: Ebonite