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I am a novice turner and woodworker, who can chew up many hours chewing up wood. I am also very good at spending money on my hobby.

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  • What happened to woodworking?

    I have always been amazed at the irony of everything that I have to do in order to play with wood.  The last few days have been spent trying to get my Tablesaw going after the three year hiatus.  It has turned into a bit of a chicken and egg matter.  I don’t have have…

  • New wood discovery

    Wow! I am blown away. A colleague of mine gave me some slices of trees that he had in his Quonset. These had been there for several years and he was wondering if I could use them. They happened to be about an inch thick, so they were perfect for pen blanks. I cut one…

  • Am I back?

    I posted in January of 2016 that I was going to start posting some of the past items… and I didn’t. Since that post, I have moved to a new position and a new province and city. Initially, I had to rent an apartment when I moved and didn’t have any way to keep up…

  • Delinquint Poster

    Well… haven’t I been neglectful of this blog for the last year?  I was showing something to my brother last week and realized that I haven’t posted anything to my blog in 2015… AT ALL. This doesn’t mean that I haven’t done any woodworking, but I have to admit that it has been a slow…

  • Segmented Pen & Pencil Set – Christmas Order

    I haven’t done a lot of “commercial” sales of pens and pencils yet, but my work has been noticed by a growing number of people through word-of-mouth.  I have been thinking about just how much I would like to do in the “business” of penturning, or wood turning in general, and I have honestly decidied…

  • Bagpipe Drone Holder Update

    A few months ago, I turned a flag holder pin for a Bagpipe Drone for my boss.  I had taken a picture or two of the painted and mounted pin so thought it was time to post it to the blog.  The original article can be viewed here.  

  • New Pen Styles and New Blanks

    Wow, I have been looking at these pens and blanks for  some time now.  They are a new style that my favourite supplier William Wood-Write in Ontario brings in from the US.  One is called the Victorian Style pen and the other is the Celtic pen.  The hardware for these pens are really beautiful and…

  • Bagpipe Drone Presentation Banner Mount

    My boss was presented a Pipe Banner at the Training Centre he commanded and he has had it hanging on a dowel in a flag holder in his office while he has been going back and forth in the summers.  Now that he has relinquished command, it is ready for a more permanent display.  Last…

  • New Change of Command Pens – Stage 3

    Well… they are pens.  The video explains why I am not overly pleased with the way these pens turned out.  I like the shape of most of the parts of this kit, but the centre band looks kind of out of place.  Perhaps with the correct bushings and a bit finer turning the bands will…

  • New Change of Command Pens – Stage 2

    Here are the blanks for the Change of Command pens ready for the lathe… at least for the drill.  I have found that if I put the blank on the chuck and then use my jacob’s chuck with a 7mm drill bit in the tail stock, I am able to get the hole drilled directly…