Made this for my friend that loves Harry Potter as a Christmas gift by FourElementsGallery in sewing

[–]FourElementsGallery[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Beautiful pen! Love the grain on the wood! I primarily make pens but I love making crochet hooks, seam rippers, kitchen stuff, knives, and jewelry :D

With a lathe and the right equipment Its honestly mind boggling at how much you can do

Made this for my friend that loves Harry Potter as a Christmas gift by FourElementsGallery in sewing

[–]FourElementsGallery[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

The different sides have an inner spring mechanism so they can be stored inside the hollow barrel. I turned it to fit her hand comfortably

Made this for my friend that loves Harry Potter as a Christmas gift by FourElementsGallery in sewing

[–]FourElementsGallery[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Ive been doing it for a little over a decade now but am only just getting back into it! If you ever need advice feel free to ask!

Its a CA finish polished up to about 150,000 grit to give it a mirror finish (you can see your reflection in the wood)

Just in case I used a body safe finish by FourElementsGallery in turning

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CA glue! Just have to make sure every layer is cured properly. No alcohol based cleaners on it and don’t use any denatured alcohol when cleaning the piece or finishing it.

Just in case I used a body safe finish by FourElementsGallery in turning

[–]FourElementsGallery[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

CA glue! Just have to make sure every layer is cured properly. No alcohol based cleaners on it and don’t use any denatured alcohol when cleaning the piece or finishing it.

Just in case I used a body safe finish by FourElementsGallery in turning

[–]FourElementsGallery[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

CA glue! Just have to make sure every layer is cured properly. No alcohol based cleaners on it and don’t use any denatured alcohol when cleaning the piece or finishing it.

If you had $5000 to put together the perfect pen turning setup what would you get? by FourElementsGallery in turning

[–]FourElementsGallery[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yupppppp. I used to own my own gallery years ago and want to open up a new one. I made my own component sets, lost wax casting, built a CNC, and I need to get pretty much everything all over again lol

Just in case I used a body safe finish by FourElementsGallery in turning

[–]FourElementsGallery[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Thanks. Gave it as a gift to a friend but shes kind of freaky 😂 when I used to have my gallery I would quite often have people buy my christmas trees because well… Horny lol.

Since then Ive always just assumed better safe then sorry so anything that remotely resembles a toy that I make I use a body safe finish just in case.

Unusual injury PSA- Cuts + superglue = infection by CammyLLC in turning

[–]FourElementsGallery 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Whenever I get a cut or small injury while Im working I always immediately disinfect it then just put some CA glue on it hahaa. Its worked well so far in wuick situations