My sons first pen and some old ones of mine

[SteveJ]

First two pics are of my son Matthew's (11 years old) first pen, turned today, 7/17/12. Made of mahogany.

Third pic is one turned from wood off an apple tree from my parents back yard. My dad taught me to turn pens and I inherited his Shopsmith when he passed away.

I hadn't turned a pen in a few years and this forum has challenged me to pick up my game a bit. I still love the look and feel of a nice smooth exotic natural pen, but have been trying to do some segmented and plastics.

I've actually got a huge piece of aspen burl that I might try to stabilize - I bet I could get a couple hundred pens out of it. So much to learn from you experts!

 

[OLDMAN5050]

Your Kid did great, hang on to that one........

 

[Glen Schumann]

Love your sons first pen. Makes me wish I had started at that age!

 

[Jim15]

Tell him he did a great job. Nice looking pen.

 

[TerryDowning]

Nice job and a great start.

If you're a Shopsmith owner check out shopsmith.net/forums. It's a great forum site for SS Users wanting to get the most out of their machines.