Our Last Meeting
Mike Thomas shared with us last month how to make a nice decorative pen with only a Bic Pen filler rather than using a purchased pen kit.

These pens give you the freedom to make them into many different types such as a desk pen, pocket pen, utility pen, fancy or plain restricted only by the length of the Bic filler. The Bic pen filler is about 5 inches long (unless you snip it off a little). Mike made a long pen like a desk pen which could be used as a "refrigerator" pen or 'telephone' pen that was about 8 or 10 inches long.
Mike took a 3/4 x 3/4 piece of wood about 10 inches long, mounted in a chuck so that the end could be drilled. He drilled an 1/8 inch hole the depth of the filler, drilled a 5/32 counter bore for the base of the filler then brought up the tail center and finished turning. Shape and details can be a plan or a surprise; whatever you desire. Mike turned a bead about 4 inches up from the nib end to function as a stop when placed in the pen holder. The pen holder is simply a piece with a hole drilled through then turned to your desires, rare earth magnets glued into the back side and it can be place on any metal surface to keep the pen convenient.

Thank you, Mike, for sharing this clever, crafty piece of turning.
Unfortunately, the video of this demonstration is not available yet on YouTube. Different technical issues appeared this time and hopefully will be overcome later.
Videos of all previous demonstrations are available online on YouTube. They are on our YouTube channel Independence Woodturners. After clicking on the link, you can access any video by clicking on it's link or go to the "Playlists" tab and find them by demonstrator.
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