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Turning a pen in Malachite

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This is a video of me turning a Parker style pen in stone on a wood lathe with woodworking tools.

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5 Responses to “Turning a pen in Malachite”

  1. iampaulie Says:
    October 1st, 2006 at 12:04 pm

    Was the music added …
    Was the music added? I can’t work with it unless it’s trance or Cure sounding, eh?

  2. eagleab Says:
    October 1st, 2006 at 3:04 pm

    Well, Paulie, you …
    Well, Paulie, you are 58, I am 58, and what the heck is the Cure? You get more done with boogie woogie, except when you have to stop and dance.

  3. iampaulie Says:
    October 2nd, 2006 at 1:04 pm

    Ummm… I don’t …
    Ummm… I don’t like to give correct info over this here internet thingy, I’m actually younger… Try Youtube search “the cure”, ’tis wicked good…

  4. mosheeshel Says:
    October 12th, 2006 at 6:14 am

    Are the remains of …
    Are the remains of malachite (whatever is turned of the blank) good for anything (inlay and stuff)?

  5. eagleab Says:
    October 24th, 2006 at 9:31 am

    Since the Malachite …
    Since the Malachite is so soft, it is stablized before I turn it. So the remains are like plastic threads, not good for anything. By the way, the woodturners catalog, http://www.woodturnerscatalog.com, has malachite chips for inlay. They are also selling my book, Marketing Your Woodcraft, on page 87 of their new catalog.

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