First pen in the new shop.

[Gary Beasley]

We moved a few months ago and it's been slow redoing the shop. I got my stabilizing station and pen center up and running so I stabilized a handful of spalted crosscut cherry blanks, gave them a double pass yesterday, and turned a pen today. The blanks started out in the range of 19 grams and after the final pass one I weighed was at 57 grams. The pen was a Sierra and I polished the blank to a satin finish with just a little thin ca.

 

[LOIBLB]

Very well done.

 

[OZturner]

Beautiful Blank, Gary.
Stunning Colours, Superb Fit and Finish.
Congratulations,
Brian.

 

[Gary Beasley]

Thanks, hopefully I will be doing more at a reasonable pace.

 

[thewishman]

That is a gorgeous pen! Nice work on the wood, tripling its weight. Beautiful wood!

 

[mark james]

Beautiful blanks, and I like the satin finish.

 

[Hubert H]

Boy! That shop sure turns out nice pens. Congrats on the new shop.

 

[Gary Beasley]

Boy! That shop sure turns out nice pens. Congrats on the new shop.

LOL, I sure wish it worked that way. For some reason I have to go down there and make it happen, I haven't been able to convince the shop to do anything on its own besides generate cobwebs.