Bullet pens

These are 30 calibre cartridges or bullet pens. the one on the right is cocobolo wood and other is made of a deer horn.

Tools for turninng

This is a jig I made from two pieces of hard wood, a 2" x 2" x 2" ash with a 90 degree slot cut as indicated, and a piece of 3/4 in x 4" x 6" as the base, then screwed together as shown. This is to hold the blank in an upright position for drilling and also trimming with a milling tool. I also drilled a 1/2 inch hole in the base (as shown) to allow for the drill bit to pass throw while drilling the blank.

Then the blank is cut (allowing an eight of an inch on each end of the blank to allow for trimming) and its ready for the drilling procedure. Clamped the blank onto the jig to be drilled on a drillpress. Its ready to glue in the tube now which came with the pen kit. I usually let the glue dry overnight since I use gorrilla glue, which dries slower. Then do the trimming and its ready for turning.

These pens are made from cocobolo wood, the bottom pens in refered to as " Executive pen",and the pen above is "Polaris" style pen. Both of these have the twist mechanisms

This is the pen that belonged to the post of Feb 15th of the maple and african blackwood at 30 degree angle cuts

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This pen is from pieces of 3/4 x 3/4 maple and african blackwood cut to the size of the tubes for both the top and bottom of the pen. The pieces are drilled on a drill press lengthwise using the correct size of drill bit according to the particular pen kit you are making. I made a jig from two pieces of hardwood to place them on the drillpress and clamp it into the jig to drill straight thru to accept the tube to be glued in once pieces are all cut. After the drilling, using a miter saw setting it at 30 degrees, cut the different wood to the size you desire to fit onto the tubes. Then I glue the pieces unto the tubes using gorrilla glue, or any other type of ca glue, making sure that I leave at lest 1/8 inch of wood over the edge of the tubes to allow for trimming the ends with a milling tool in the drillpress. Mill the ends in the same jig and clamp, and your ready to do the turning. I follow the instructions that are sent with the penkit for turning and assembly making sure I have the right bushing set that is requried for each different type of pen. When the turning is complete, its time to do the finishing while its still on the lathe. I use group of grit sand papers starting with 220,320,400,600,1200,1500. After I get the finish I desire, I use turner's polish applying 2 or 3 coats, then about 4 or 5 coats of bees wax, that should do it. Now its time to assembly, so just follow the instructions that come with the penkit

Olive tree in the wild

This is an Olive tree, found in Israel

power pen kit

This pen is made of laminated wood (Bocote, maple,) glued and turned on a lathe.I use many different types of wood.