Nice to Find You Guys

[nuturner]

I've been turning for about two years. Bowls, pepper mills, boxes, and the rest of the kinds of things new turners tend to start with. I never expected to get interested in pen turning but, after receiving the Kip Christensen and Rex Burningham book "Turning Pens and Pencils" last Christmas, I discovered that this pen turning thing can be quite challenging. I'm working with scrap wood at the moment. Don't want to waste good material.
But even with scrap wood it's a whole new world and I'm havin' lots of fun.

 

[Longfellow]

Welcome

Welcome from Sunny St. Cloud, Fla. Home of beautiful Florida wood.

 

[keithkarl2007]

welcome from Ireland, hope you have a small bank behind you as this can get quite addictive. You'll find yourself tempted in the classifieds every time you log on :biggrin::biggrin:

 

[PenTurnerfromMaine]

Welcome from Maine, this is an awesome place to learn..............and some about pens

 

[mitchm]

George, welcome from sunny South Africa!!

 

[hilltopper46]

Welcome from Wisconsin. I had a show last Saturday and sold a couple pens made from 'scrap wood' (of course the wood had been cut up and glued back together):biggrin:!

 

[Ligget]

Welcome to the IAP!

 

[GoodTurns]

good to be found! welcome to the addiction!

 

[wdcav1952]

George,

We are glad to have you here. Scrap wood, what's that? :wink:

There is a lot of information in our library. Sometimes it will answer questions you didn't even know you had!

 

[Wild Turkey]

George, Welcome to the IAP. Scrap wood in my shop is called FIG wood "found in garage" Some of it is pretty good stuff too!

 

[Fred]

George, we are glad you found us as well, although I wasn't aware we were lost.

Anyway, very glad to have you here on the Forum with us!

 

[USAFVET98]

Nice to be found.. Welcome from NEPA.

I've been turning for about two years. Bowls, pepper mills, boxes, and the rest of the kinds of things new turners tend to start with. I never expected to get interested in pen turning but, after receiving the Kip Christensen and Rex Burningham book "Turning Pens and Pencils" last Christmas, I discovered that this pen turning thing can be quite challenging. I'm working with scrap wood at the moment. Don't want to waste good material.
But even with scrap wood it's a whole new world and I'm havin' lots of fun.

 

[Rollerbob]

Howdy from Texas!

 

[ldb2000]

George , Welcome to the greatest source of information on penturning anywhere !!!
If you haven't already found it , the Library is the the place to find answers to almost anything you haven't even thought to ask about yet .
The people here are always willing and able to feed your soon to be growing addiction to penturning . Ask lots of questions and do lots of reading and you will be amazed how quickly you will be making beautiful pen creations .

 

[edman2]

George,
Welcome from the Sho-Me state of Missouri. So, show me some of your pens! :biggrin: Scrap wood pens are good. Got plenty of them myself!

 

[Jim15]

Welcome George.

 

[rherrell]

Welcome!

 

[leehljp]

Welcome George. This is great retirement work! :biggrin:

Below is a link to PDF file that is a general overview of tools, methods, pens and options that might be helpful to you in making pens. It does not go into detail of the many aspects at all, but just gives a general overview and options.

http://www.penturners.org/forum/showthread.php?t=42446

 

[eck]

try Acrylic.
http://www.arizonasilhouette.com/EPR_Pen_Blanks.htm