workinforwood
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Here's a couple pens from Eugene in LA state prison. I read this letter and have to wonder...what's to motivate a person not to go to prison??? He has a full time job working for some humanitarian outfit where he makes something like $7.50 an hour. Basically half that money goes back into the prison system and he keeps the rest. He has quite a bit of tools, a turncrafter lathe, a 20" dewalt saw and more. The prison has craft shows too, where he can sell items and keep all the money. He purchases supplies from PSI, Berea and CSUSA by sending them a list of whatever he wants and a money order to pay for it. His pens are pretty good too. Not sure the finish on his wood, I'm going to say it's probably a friction polish, but his fit is pretty good and they are not out of round. I kept the red one, probably dyed box elder, and sent the others back. Don't really know if I was to keep one or all or what, so I split the difference. The red one is a bit underturned at the centerband, but he probably doesn't have calipers, or just hasn't reached that level of perfection yet. Pretty interesting anyhow.