Woodworking Blog

It's been a while since I have had a decent amount of time in the workshop. I have really been snowed under with work for the last 4 months working on a new website. Those who have been through this process know how long everything takes, taking photos...

If your reading this blog, your probably a pen turner or know of someone who is a pen turner. I was on YouTube in the middle of uploading another video clip for the box making series when I stumbled on this little clip. If you have every been asked by...

We have just uploaded the Cambridge Hybrids pen kits onto the website. They are competitively priced starting at Just $20/kit ($25/kit if you buy them individually). Were probably cheaper than any other pen kit seller in the world. Plating of the pen...

I can't believe how long it's been since my last posting. I have been working hard to get this new web site up and running. We have totally upgraded the web site so that we have been able to bring in new functions and get rid of some of the annoying...

Were excited to bring into our range the European pen kits in the gun metal plating. The gun metal plate has always been a very popular finish with the pen kits. They offer a great alternative to the gold and chrome finishes. The gun metal plating in...

I have been making these boxes for quite a few years now. They are very popular in the wood galleries and I have process of making them down pat. The editor of the Australian Wood Review saw a few of my boxes at Bungendore Wood Works Gallery and asked...

We brought in the new Baron II Rollerballs with the new 12 facet pen grips because we thought they were a great improvement over the old 3 facet Barons. Numerous customer feedback has proven this to be the case. A natural follow on from the success of...

By popular demand, were bringing in some Camo pen blanks. This is a Baron pen kit with the new chip Camo pen blanks. We will be selling them for only $2.50 / blank. Size will be 20mm x 20mm x 125mm. These blanks are made in Taiwan rather than Main Land...

I get asked quite often how much do you sell your pens for? and can I make money from turning pens? My answer is often how much you get depends on what your selling and yes for sure you can make quite a bit of money from selling pens. How much I sell...

Huon Pine is a special and rare timber. It's even more special and rare when the timber features the bird's eye grain. You get the birds eye grain in the timber around the burly sections of the tree. The burl looks like a cancerous growth on sections...

Were introducing the dagger style letter openers into our growing range of pen kits and woodturning projects kits. Letter openers are a great way to match an additional item to that special hand made writing instrument. They particularly go well with...

What a wonderful week it was at Sturt. Unfortunately I couldn't stay for the entire week, I had to miss out on the Friday lesson because I was dragged screaming and kicking to a conference at Darling Harbour. Luckily I managed to work quick enough to...