I promise I will make this short, or I will at least try to. The main thing I want to say is that I am open for business and accepting commissions on making custom pens and I am willing to work with people to construct a pen that they will be proud to own. Anyway, on with the usual update. As you can see in … Continue reading Fountain Pen Making update 10
I did it, i finally did it! My daughter has a pen that i made for her. It is something i am so looking forward to give to her, it is something she has been so excited to get. I cannot wait to see her little face light up. She has seen some of it because i needed to check to see if she wanted … Continue reading Fountain Pen Making update 9
So, the lathe broke this week. The small wheel that comes directly out of the motor was spinning, but the large wheel which drives the main axle with one set of gear wheels on wasn’t spinning and in turn the axle that drives the chuck wasn’t spinning. I figured the belt from the motor to the first axle was worn and looking at it the … Continue reading Fountain Pen Making update 8
Update is early this week as it is my birthday on Saturday and I am going out with friends tomorrow, due to these two things I won’t be in a fit state to do an update until Sunday at the earliest. It has been a good week. So I have taught myself some new techniques this week but I also had a bit of a … Continue reading Fountain Pen Making update 7
So the week started on a high and ended on a low point. The high was that I finished my pen and my wifes pen! Woo hoo! Mine is the green and my wifes pen is the red. So what new things have I done this week? Well as you can see I leaned how to put a curved end to the pen using a bastard file, I … Continue reading Fountain Pen Making update 5
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