I recently finished up a cutting board for my sister-in-law. Shhhhh — don’t tell her. It’s supposed to be a surprise. Follow along, and I will show you in just a few steps how I made it.
Category: Woodworking
Turning My First Wood Bowl
I absolutely love the adventure of woodworking. I’m thankful to the Creator for giving us this abundant and useful resource we call wood. Think about what wood has meant to the progress of civilization over the centuries. Ok—I digress. This past weekend I decided to expand my woodworking skills to bowl turning. This was…
30 Caliber Bolt Action Pens
I absolutely love these bolt action pens. The bolt-action mechanism is an ingenious design which smoothly extends and retracts the ink refill. Just look at the detail in the rifle clips. The pen tip resembles a bullet, attached to a 30 caliber cartridge. These make great gifts for hunters and shooting enthusiasts.
How to Make an American Patriot Bolt-Action Pen
Make an American Patriot Bolt-Action Pen I love the men and women who serve this great country, and I love the American Patriot pens that commemorate our patriots’ sacrifice and service. I recently gave away a couple of these beautiful pens and received a huge response–over 800 entries. In this tutorial I will show…
The Osage Orange Archery Pen
A while back I came across some instructions for using an aluminum arrow and the Slimline pen kit to create a rather unique pen. You can download instructions for making this pen here. Thanks to Don Ward for sharing these instructions.






