Woodworking Blog

We have introduced the Spring Blossom Rollerball Pen Kit into our range. Introductory Special at only $13.99AUD each. With the popularity of the higher end pen kits, we have been asked by numerous pen turners to design a pen that has the features of an...

We have just introduced 3 new Australian Made pen blanks into our range. Pixie, Crumble Violet and Pearl Opal. These 3 blanks have very striking colour and would be an excellent complement to your pen range...

Fountain pen Cartridges. When you purchase the higher end fountain pen kits (eg. Baron II, Sedona and Roman Harvest Pen kits just to mention a few), you will notice that you get 2 additional parts in the set. The first part is the disposable ink...

I was asked by a friend to go with him to Vietnam because he couldn’t work out why they could supply plywood cheaper than the Chinese. Well this is the plywood plant. As you can see, it like going back into the stone ages. Logs are loaded in by hand...

We have introduced the SN (Senior) Gent Kits into our range. With the popularity of the JR Gent pen kits, we have been asked by numerous pen turners to design a pen that looks similar to the JR Gents but more suited for the larger stronger men who...

After cutting up the Huon pine logs into veneer flitches, we sent them down to veneer slices at Britton Brothers in Smithton. After soaking in the vat for a few weeks to get the fibers nice and soft, they were put through the veneer slicer. We have...

Was experimenting making a Manly Sea Eagles (the team everyone loves to hate) pen for weekend. This is a Roman Harvest without all the engravings. I substituted the engraved bits with resin to attempt to make a maroon and white pen. The acrylic turned...

We have just introduced a small range of EU made pen blanks. We started with the animal skin blanks. I ended up importing about 25 different types. These blanks are a good contrast to the acrylic I currently sell. The vivid colors and striking patterns...

Following our great success with the perfume pens, we have introduced a new range of perfume atomizers into our range. Available in both the full size perfume atomizer and the pocket perfume atomizers. They are both made in Taiwan to very high...

News from the Birds Eye Huon Pine Log. We ended up cutting up over 500m2 of high quality Birds Eye Huon Pine veneer some of which are over 2.4m long. They will make some very nice panels. Received a shipment from Dayacom this week. The perfume pen and...

Just come back from Tasmania again. This trip we cut up some of the Spalted Sassafras logs that was really rotten. Really rotten means that the fungus and rot has gone through it and produced some really nice staining in the timber. Some of the logs...

We started to slowly peel back the layers 23mm at a time and flipping the log around once each side was ready. Cutting the boards back produced some really highly figured boards beautiful for boxes and cabinet doors - not to mention the most amazing...