 These
chrome bottle stopper kits from Rockler, attached to custom turned
handles, are both beautiful and functional.
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Within the Designer Series from Penn State Industries are
magnifying glass and letter opening kits that match the Designer Series pen
kits. I made these with bocote handles to match the pen I made earlier.
Bocote Magnifying Glass and
Letter Opener Page
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I just love the grain and color of bocote wood.
Contrasting this exotic wood with the 24kt gold in this Penn State Industries
Designer fountain pen kit produced fantastic results.
PSIDesignerPen.pdf 4.57 Mb
Bocote Fountain Pen
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This fun lathe project is inexpensive, and it can be
completed in just a few hours.
Zebrawood pencil page
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An important step in pen turning is
drilling a straight hole in the wood blank. This simple jig clamps to a
drill press and holds the blank straight.
Pen blank drilling jig page
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Bowl carving can be a lot of fun.
Choose from a variety of template patterns.
Carved bowl
patterns page
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This project shows how I designed
and built my custom router table.
Router
table page
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This project shows the step by step
process of building and painting a frame for a painted canvas.
Picture
frame page
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This project holds a 3 inch diameter
candle. When I originally came up with the design several years ago, I
made each piece out of 3/4 inch red oak. This version has a carob base
over two inches thick with carob top and legs that are one inch thick.
Candleholder1.pdf 10.5 Mb
3 inch
candle holder page
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 Making
a hardwood chess board with tight joints and good alignment can be a serious challenge. Check out this project
to see how I built this one with increased safety and a minimum of fuss.
Chessboard.pdf
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Chessboard Page
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