Yay, My First Pen

[Don Gaiser]

Last night I cranked up my new Delta for the first time. I don't have anything to compare it to as this is my first lathe, but the 46-460 is quiet, smooth, and runs like a charm. The pen is a PSI slimline made from Cherry wood. The design is "ehh", and you can see where I chunked out a small piece from the center, but all in all I am very happy with it. I finished it with 6 coats of superglue, and polished it with Brasso metal polish, which was all I have at the moment. Worked pretty good actually. :cowboy:

Oh yeah, after just one pen, I am HOOKED!! Which is good considering how much I have spent already.

 

[Whaler]

Congratulations Don, you are off to a good start.

 

[artme]

You've done well. Nice turning.

 

[Mrs Rojo22]

Very Nice!

Robin

 

[Dan26]

Great job! Much better than my first pen.

 

[Majorbdk]

Nice Job. Got to love those 46-460 lathes.

 

[wdcav1952]

Beats the hell out of my first pen!! Great start.

 

[CSue]

Great start! Nice design, too. Things only get better from here on.

 

[Rick_G]

Sure beats my first pen. Now that you have made one it never stops. :biggrin:

 

[altaciii]

Great lookin 1st pen. I was told that the first pen I make was going to be the most expensive pen I'll ever make. Didn't quite understand the logic back then as a newby. I learned later what he meant after diving in with both feet. I still say, no matter what it cost to get started, I still enjoy creating new ones three years later. You are hooked now.

 

[george]

Very nice start; pretty soon you will be working great fountain pens and similar.

 

[ldb2000]

Good job !!! The first of many that I hope we will see from you .

 

[oops99]

Hey Don,

Great job on your first "ehh" design pen. I think there will be a lot of pen makers here saying "you ain't seen nuthin yet".
just to be able to save the "chunked piece" means that you are already to experiment>>>>>>>>That's a good thing<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Again, congrats on your first, and we are all waiting to see some more.

Tom/oops99

 

[Bree]

Wow! That's one darn fine first pen!! Great job and congrats on the 46-460!
:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

 

[GregHight]

Welcome to the Money Pit..
Great first pen!!!

 

[Freethinker]

Welcome to the Money Pit...

LOL.

You said it.

There's no stopping point. :biggrin:

The more pens you turn, the fancier you want to make them.

Ah well, you can't take the money with you, but you CAN leave behind some beautiful handcrafted pens and other objects for your friends and family to have and to hold...........

 

[Ligget]

Don congratulations on turning your first pen, it looks fantastic and is a great start to your penturning addiction. Remember to keep it in a safe place like many of us have done so in the years to come you can look back at it and see how well you have progressed!

 

[seamus7227]

Great Job Don! you will soon have the disease we all have!

 

[Chief Hill]

Welcome to the addiction. Walk before you can run. Your off to a good start.

 

[bruce119]

Don congratulations on turning your first pen, it looks fantastic and is a great start to your penturning addiction. Remember to keep it in a safe place like many of us have done so in the years to come you can look back at it and see how well you have progressed!

Congrats Don and as Ligget says be sure to hold on to that first one. Stash it somewhere DON'T give it away. You always keep your first one there will never be another.

Bruce