Funline Pens

February 27, 2026

Seven members met to make pens at the Yavapai College woodturning lab. Although they’d made pens before, members had decided that project should be repeated. Susan Murphy led the project and gave an excellent presentation of the steps and equipment needed to make the pens. She went through each step of the directions that came with the pen kits and, as she went through them, showed all of the equipment to buy for pen making, from kits and wood to a mandrel and pen press. Barry Walter had donated pen kits and blanks for this project.

Everyone chose their wood, measured the lengths needed and went to the band saw to cut them before drilling holes in the wood. Then they sanded the tubes, glued them in holes and used a barrel trimmer to make each part the correct length. They mounted their pieces on the mandrel with spacers and bushings before turning the shapes of the pens. It was rewarding to learn together and finish a project in a few hours.