odexyn
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Hello everyone. As the title says I am in Springfield Missouri. I have been around woodworking all of my life, and started accumulating my shop about 6 years ago. About a month ago my wife said she thought turning pens would be fun. I haven't touch a lathe in over 10 years back in high school. So I went to grizzly and bought there 10x16 variable speed lathe and started down the rabbit hole. Not a week after buying the lathe I had an issue with the motor so I had to take it back. They exchanged it no problem and I went back home with a new machine. It also had motor problems so I took it back. They informed me that there may be a quality issue that they need to look further into and would not let me exchange it for the same model until they had an opportunity to pull there entire stock and test them. Well there was only one thing to do at that point; upgrade! I settled with spending twice as much on more lathe then I know what to do with; a Grizzly G0462. After getting it home and set up I set out to make a few pens. In the past month I have made just over 50 pens and can't stop. I have also made a few bowls and table legs. I don't know what I was thinking not getting a lathe sooner.
Thank you for having me as a member and I look forward to growing with you all and learning from you.
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Thank you for having me as a member and I look forward to growing with you all and learning from you.
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