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Yes pens can be made from acrylic, but don't normal have any finish applied, apart from may be renascence wax, turners polish the acrylic with finer and finer abrasive, to get a high gloss finish. The wax helps to stop finger prints.

Steve, I have the Axminster, bought for me some years ago, nice rule, easy to read and the heads are cast iron, very pleased with it.

No, doubt it, yes.

Any with a 25mm stem? I am looking for a shorter rest for my perform, for use when turning short stuff between centres or on pen mandrels.

Glad you sorted out the picture hosting, just a couple of questions, got any work in progress pictures? And how about one with you sat on it? Looks interesting and very different, well done. :D Sorry no idea what to finish it with. :oops:

Hi, There are some help hint here, you need to link directly to the picture file, not to instructions for the hosting site to display the picture. The links you have posted do not work for me as it asks for a login to view the pictures.

Oh yes thanks for posting these pictures, its clear now. :D

You have just started on yet another slope. #-o Very nice pen, you will be making more! :whistle:

Now that is very nice, any chance of telling us how you did it?

Hi bean15, Welcome to the forum. :D Your link has been caught by our spam trap, it will leave you alone once you have a few more posts to your name, here in the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0mDg75zhR4 I am not a finishing expert but I think to achieve that sort of gloss you need to...

John, Sorry to hear about the knees. I have seen a number of turners who work from wheel chairs, the spinney side beckons. :roll:

Hi Aidan, I would not try for them being all exact copies, just very similar, that shows they are hand turned. :D Not mass produced on a cnc machine along with 1000's of others. #-o Toms idea is good, cut the profile you want in cardboard and mark the transitions on your work to guide yourself.

Philly does some nice wooden ones. :D 8)

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And at that size could be cut into a number of pen blanks and the odd bits used for light pulls, but finally the trimmings and shavings go in the sack for heating the shop in the cold (remember that :shock: ) of winter. 8) Not made any yew cuff links, yet, so there's another use for the little...

Lee, Very nice, I can hear that off beat exhaust note echoing in the shop, I love V twins. 8) :D And this one is carbon neutral. :roll:

A skill that we all learn to prefect. :whistle: :wink:

If you start running about shouting they don't like it up 'em, I am going to call the men in white coats. 8-[

Now that is a very nice box, I have made a number of boxes like that, as requests from people who have seen one on the side.

Ian, Also remember some of us have beards :norm: ,so that picture is no hook at all. [-( :roll: