Hello from Slovakia + first works
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tomtedesco
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Welcome from Colorado, very nice looking pens.
Woodchipper
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Welcome to the forum.
My grandparents are from Slovakia. It was the Austria-Hungarian Empire in their day.
My grandparents are from Slovakia. It was the Austria-Hungarian Empire in their day.
Lovely do you maybe know from wich part?
btw i was also visit cleveland 3 years agobud_008
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Welcome from Oklahoma! Nice work!
Welcome from Texas, Dominik
Nice pens - thanks for sharing. Be sure to post these or some other pens in the Show Off Your Pens Forum. We have a new member drawing each month from both the Introductions & the Show Off Your Pens forums, so you'll want to be sure you get into both drawings.
Edgar
Nice pens - thanks for sharing. Be sure to post these or some other pens in the Show Off Your Pens Forum. We have a new member drawing each month from both the Introductions & the Show Off Your Pens forums, so you'll want to be sure you get into both drawings.
Edgar
MRDucks2
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thewishman
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Welcome Dominik! Nice pens.
rholiday
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Welcome from South Carolina.
DJBPenmaker
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Welcome from the UK. Got a daughter in law from Slovakia [emoji106] by the way, nice pens.
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Ligget
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Welcome from Scotland Dominik, good work on the pens shown!
Jim15
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Welcome Dominik.
leehljp
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Welcome Dominik.
Great wood and nice pens. You are doing great for first pens and I know that you are excited. These are better than my first few!
You did ask and I will pass on my observations - there are two things that may improve the pens:
It appears that I can see either turning (chisel) marks or course sand paper marks. I would guess chisel. That would suggest chisel needs sharpening. If it was sandpaper, finer sandpaper will take the marks out. Also, sand parallel to the lathe - or longways when the lathe is stopped.
If it is the chisel, very few people come into pen making with the ability to properly sharpen a chisel for turning pens. That usually comes later after they have turned several.
Another thing about the marks is that sometimes that is from the type of chisel used for the type of wood. If you don't have carbide inserts on a chisel then you will have to sharpen the chisel.
On softer grain woods - a skew does much better;
On harder woods, a skew will work good but a scraper will work better on very hard woods in general.
Hope this helps. Lots of great helpful people here with lots of experience!
Great wood and nice pens. You are doing great for first pens and I know that you are excited. These are better than my first few!
You did ask and I will pass on my observations - there are two things that may improve the pens:
It appears that I can see either turning (chisel) marks or course sand paper marks. I would guess chisel. That would suggest chisel needs sharpening. If it was sandpaper, finer sandpaper will take the marks out. Also, sand parallel to the lathe - or longways when the lathe is stopped.
If it is the chisel, very few people come into pen making with the ability to properly sharpen a chisel for turning pens. That usually comes later after they have turned several.
Another thing about the marks is that sometimes that is from the type of chisel used for the type of wood. If you don't have carbide inserts on a chisel then you will have to sharpen the chisel.
On softer grain woods - a skew does much better;
On harder woods, a skew will work good but a scraper will work better on very hard woods in general.
Hope this helps. Lots of great helpful people here with lots of experience!
OZturner
Member
Welcome Dominik from Sydney Australia.
Nice Pens.
Brian.
Nice Pens.
Brian.
Welcome Dominik.
Great wood and nice pens. You are doing great for first pens and I know that you are excited. These are better than my first few!
You did ask and I will pass on my observations - there are two things that may improve the pens:
It appears that I can see either turning (chisel) marks or course sand paper marks. I would guess chisel. That would suggest chisel needs sharpening. If it was sandpaper, finer sandpaper will take the marks out. Also, sand parallel to the lathe - or longways when the lathe is stopped.
If it is the chisel, very few people come into pen making with the ability to properly sharpen a chisel for turning pens. That usually comes later after they have turned several.
Another thing about the marks is that sometimes that is from the type of chisel used for the type of wood. If you don't have carbide inserts on a chisel then you will have to sharpen the chisel.
On softer grain woods - a skew does much better;
On harder woods, a skew will work good but a scraper will work better on very hard woods in general.
Hope this helps. Lots of great helpful people here with lots of experience!
hello
thank you for advose and nice machine i jist today receive new lathe this first pen i made in smaaaal micro proxxon lathe i know about sharpening and all this staff we will see in new piecesSent from my iPhone using Penturners.org mobile app