Pen and Pencil Set

This pen and pencil set is something that I've done before. The pencil is one of the drop lead workshop pencil kits and the pen is a standard ballpoint kit.

This time though, I used the CNC to mill the hinge recesses and the pen recesses. This was always the tricky part of making a pen box, but the CNC makes it much easier and leaves a much better finish. As the wood is pine it's difficult to get a good finish to the recesses, but the CNC leaves a good enough finish that it could be left bare, after some sanding.

The outside of the box was stained.

The hinges and catch aren't as nice as I'd like. I think I may try coming up with my own hinges and catches, maybe milled from brass or aluminium.

Workshop Pencil/Droplead Pencil

I've been looking at buying a droplead pencil for quite a while now, I almost bought one at the Dulwich Picture Gallery, but didn't. Then I thought Why don't I make one? I had a look at the pencil kits and saw a 'Workshop Pencil' kit. It looked like a droplead pencil, so I ordered one. i had some purple acrylic so I made this:

I really like this pencil, it's smooth to write with and there's plenty of lead laid down when writing (the lead is 5.6mm dia).

Due to thinking I'd lost part of the kit I ordered a second kit, so I can make another one. Hmm. Green?