Where did you get the nice piece of wood?

Beautiful! Gloves are not a good idea. 😖

Nice pen. The first thing I got after using a vise to assemble a pen was a pen press. Next I purchased a blank drilling vise. There is no comparison between the two. The next thing was getting blanks and pen kits at the best price I can. This is a wonderful hobby I sell enough to keep me supplied in parts.

Hello, I am wondering what you polished the CA finish with?

Where do you get the actual pen kit from I want to start making some but not sure where to find the kit

I have a lathe and ur right there awsome

How fast do they sell ?

oh - i need to try this!!

Nice video. As far as pricing goes, your price is your price, if you’re too high the market will bring you down. Negative comments are going to come if you said you charged 5 dollars. Your pen is worth what you and your customer have agreed upon (although you probably want to disclose the break and repair). In the hand turned pen marketplace people are pricing their pens below actual cost due to the hobby aspect of it. In order to have a viable business you need to factor in all the costs, not just the cost of the wood and kit. Most people don’t include cost for the lathe/shop equipment, your labor (not just the time for turning the wood, but all the time spent to buy everything and setup), marketing costs, supplies, and rent for the shop space. When you factor all that into your price as well as the CAD exchange rates, then I don’t think your price is excessive. I think it would be hard to get that in the DFW Texas market unless you get a unique niche, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t a fair price. I wish I could sell hand turned pens for a business because I love the process, but for me the economics aren’t there and I keep my corporate job. If more people explained pricing from a business perspective maybe it would help raise the water level for all ships.

$80 for a pen made of what I’m assuming is amboyna burl isn’t bad. Most pen blanks from amboyna are around $30 per set, plus the kit, plus the tools, plus the hours it took to learn how to make it. If you don’t like the price that’s because it’s not for you. Good job on the pen keep it up

Looks awesome!!

Just watching this makes me miss making pens thank you for reminding me how amazing it was

Nice looking pen but I’m going to say that is price gouging at $80.00. $28 to $32 at the most a slim line should go for

Not to bag on anything and I’m also a carpenter/ woodworker for my 9-5 and as a hobby for over 30 years anyway to make a short story long 😳 it’s a 110$ pen after you spend around 1k in tools 😁

Where do you get the pen parts

$80 for a slimline seems pretty steep.

How much does it cost to build one?

What's your stance on the carbide insert tools you have? Would you take them over the traditional turning tools?

I see everyone turning these, and I have turned a few myself, but I still don't understand the draw.

Did you sell it at $80 or just saying it worth $80? Look more like $20

Is that purple heart wood? I ask because I use it in my wood turning and thought it turns purple in the sun. I'm gonna try the heat gun and check it out.

What are you using to polish the pen besides super glue

New sub 😊

Awesome

It's good to see you making a pen (mostly) without a drill press and also without a pen press. This is something I'm going to try now that I've seen it done without those things. Thanks.

How long did it take to turn and assemble the pen?

what tool was that for the shaping?

Ok so I watched a video of yours and you saved me £130 by showing me I can use a clamp as a pen press and now you have saved me a further god knows how much on showing me that I can just make my own sand disk….. why you don’t have 50k plus subscribers is beyond me as your style of filming and talking is far better than some with 100k subscribers! Keep up the great work don’t give up keep going make 2023 the year your channel grows!

you used super glue as a finish?!?!

I just found and subscribed to your channel. I just purchased a lathe and this would be a perfect first project. Thanks for sharing video!

Hi, linda caneta torneada! Estou a pensar fazer algumas, mas até agora não encontrei lojas online que tenham este material na UE. Países fora da União Europeia fica tudo muito mais caro por causa da alfandega, fica tudo retido e as taxas são altas.

I am not sure who turns in U.S.A, but it is hard to see if there is even a market for it in America. I wanted to get into making and selling pens, but I haven't the slightest clue on what to even do

Nice pen! I have a Slimline on the lathe right now, triple dyed maple burl. Is that Amboyna? The 2-tone is my favorite.

Depending on the wood type, I can see this being an $80 pen. But given the chip that had to be repaired, I feel that's too much. personally wouldn't sell a repaired pen for more than 75% of what I originally wanted to list it for

You shouldn't be wearing gloves on a lathe.

You should try a fountain pen kit

"I like to pull it out, stick it in the other end as well" 🤣

Thank you, this is what I have been looking for. I have watched hundreds of hours of YT videos on turning and want to give it a go.

Thank you for sharing. Great information.

Any chance I could send you a couple blanks of wood and you could turn them into pens for me? I want to give it as a little gift to the first furniture customer I've had. I think a pen from the same wood as the project would be kinda neat. Thanks! (I'd obviously pay for shipping and time and materials too)

Great project 👍. Love the channel. Subscribed. Like to do a sticker swap with you to put on my board in my work shop.

How much was the pen kit and wood?

I bought a handmade wooden pen the other day and the guy said he bought a lathe during covid because he was bored and I wanted to know how he did it 😂

Where do you sell your pens?

Looks like Amboyna Burl

You sold it for $80

Very beautiful pen! Great job!

hey man, great vid. just wanted you to know you tool rest is way to far away from the blank on the lathe. you want it to be about 1/8 of an inch away so your tool doesn't get caught and isnt as hard to control.

@HighSpeedWood You can put the tubs on the mandrel turn it on then sand it.

I have a planer and a jointer and I still made a sanding disk for my lathe because it is better for small or delicate things like segmented rings.