For more information on using a mini metal lathe for wood, see the article from American Woodturner Magazine February 2013: "Mini Metal Lathe for Wood" (reprinted by permission of the American Association of Woodturners).

Handout from the Utah Symposium

For more information on making boxes with thin layers, see the article from American Woodturner Magazine April 2013: "Patterns Cut Through Thin Layers" (reprinted by permission of the American Association of Woodturners).

You can download drawings with dimensions for making your own pen parts on a metal lathe.

Feel free to use these plans to make pens for yourself. Please don’t make these parts to sell to others. (Talk to me if you want to make these parts for sale). Use these plans as a starting point to evolve your own designs.