THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE!!!!!

[wolftat]

Location:

Woodcraft Store
239a memorial ave west Springfield ma

Date:

 

[pappy531]

How can I join IAP? Can I show up to the next meeting in May? I found this site a while ago and have been unable to attend a meetining until now. I am from Leicester, MA. just outside of Worcester. Hopefully I will see you in May.

Mike Pappas

 

[pensbydesign]

come on down mike hope to see you there.

 

[toddlajoie]

I'm still up for a Photo Demo if everyone thinks it's a good idea...

 

[JerrySambrook]

Just as long as:
1) YOU ain't modelling
2) Steve ain't modelling
3) Charlie ain't modelling
4) I SURE AS HECK ain't modelling

 

[toddlajoie]

Just as long as:
1) YOU ain't modelling
...

No photos can ever be taken of me. The judge was very clear on that point after the last "incident"... I am also legally forbidden from singing in public...

 

[pensbydesign]

just as long as:
1) YOU ain't modelling
2) Steve ain't modelling
3) Charlie ain't modelling
4) I SURE AS HECK ain't modelling


to bad i was going to wear clean underwear and everthing

 

[greenmtnguy]

Hey Jerry missed me. I am taking posing lessons from Charlie.

 

[JerrySambrook]

No Alton, I just wanted Todd's camera to break quickly, so I left you and Neil in the fray.

 

[greenmtnguy]

Neil and I are quietly planning retaliation.

 

[NewLondon88]

Neil and I are quietly planning retaliation.

just remember .. 500 feet .. schoolyard .. nuff said. :tongue:

 

[JerrySambrook]

500 feet? that is slingshot distance!!

 

[NewLondon88]

500 feet? that is slingshot distance!!

Then back up so they can't reach you.

wimp..

 

[greenmtnguy]

I think we can get shrapnel to go 600 ft. This will be momentous. Never mind what that means Jerry. You will know soon enough. Rubs hands together in excitement.

 

[JerrySambrook]

Rubs hands together in excitement.

There must be farm animals around? Or Charlie?

Now I know why Christian is so quiet around you two, and why he came down on his own last time

 

[greenmtnguy]

I haven't seen Charlie. He is mad that Home Depot doesn't sell Semtex.

 

[Pen&FishingCT]

i'm in neil.:biggrin:

 

[JerrySambrook]

Dave,

Does Neil know you are in him? :laugh:

 

[toddlajoie]

Anything special we need to do or bring for tomorrow? Stuff to Turn? Stuff to Turn Said Stuff With?, Stuff to Show Off? Food, Cash for Food, Oil for Food or Will Work for Food?

If anyone has any samples of Jr Gent pens, I'd appreciate taking a look at them. I've never seen one knowing what it was and was thinking of adding it to the list of stuff I can make. Also interested in people's opinions on postable vs non-postable versions.

I'd like to ask anyone who has anything they use for taking photos, pen stands, props, IIRC Neil said he had a tent, etc. I'll be bringing an array of photo stuff, but since I'm new to turning, I don't have much stuff specific to pen photos, and the more stuff we have to play with, the less we'll have to talk to Jerry...

 

[NewLondon88]

and the more stuff we have to play with, the less we'll have to talk to Jerry...

Can we vote for you for something? :tongue:

 

[pappy531]

Sorry,
i can't make this months meeting, I'll be leaving for vacation that weekend. See you at the next one. Also, any suggestions on how to cut up a bowling ball? i just received 3 bowling balls and I have heard that they make great pen blanks or filler pieces. I should get enough blanks to share.

Pappy

 

[wolftat]

Sorry,
i can't make this months meeting, I'll be leaving for vacation that weekend. See you at the next one. Also, any suggestions on how to cut up a bowling ball? i just received 3 bowling balls and I have heard that they make great pen blanks or filler pieces. I should get enough blanks to share.

Pappy

Get the saw running full speed and try for a strike.

 

[Andrewsignore]

im interested in making it to the may meeting im new to iap but i live in hartford county ctin bristol let me know please

 

[pensbydesign]

welcome Andrew, we usually meet in west Springfield ma at woodcraft, every other month 3rd Sunday 11 to 4. i believe we are meeting in may but see its posted with a lot of ???
hope to get a definite date soon

 

[Andrewsignore]

thanks for telling me ill keep checking to make sure of the def date thanks for being inviting aswell and when i do go should i bring my case with pens to show what ive made

 

[Andrewsignore]

Sorry,
i can't make this months meeting, I'll be leaving for vacation that weekend. See you at the next one. Also, any suggestions on how to cut up a bowling ball? i just received 3 bowling balls and I have heard that they make great pen blanks or filler pieces. I should get enough blanks to share.

Pappy

resaw on the band saw then lay the flat side down and i would cut them on my radial arm saw

 

[pfde4]

New to IAP, and turning. I will try to make if work does not interfere. Looking forward to the ride and meeting other turners.

 

[ThomJ]

Hmm the 17th of July, thats a good excuse not to go to a family reunion

 

[pensbydesign]

wondering who will be attending the next meeting and how are members doing with the challenge?

 

[wolftat]

I'll be there and I actually had time to make a pen.

 

[Real]

I'm planning on being there and Mathieu should coming along also.

Real

 

[Jjartwood]

May meeting pen challenge

Looking forward to the may meeting,
SOooo if I got this right,it's something you wear and/or could wear,no wood or
plastic,lets see, flesh is out(it started to stink about day 3)tattoo's are out
( people have been kind of reluctant to give them up) of corse bone has been overdone,and is to easy a choice,I thought about precious metals but I had
visions of spooky Gloria's face when she caught me melting down her jewelry.
Maybe had I not embraced the 60's lifestyle with such determination I could think of something more than wrapping string around a tube and CA'ing the crap out of it.
Although,if it's ugly enough,Ill just tell people that it's modern art and it's not
easy being simplistically utilitarian on a primal level devoid of modern man's need to compensate.
It's a darn pen
Markeace:

 

[toddlajoie]

I'll be there, Haven't had a chance to make a successful challenge pen yet, been swamped at work, but who knows, maybe something will fall together by then.

 

[pensbydesign]

meeting time coming up soon haven't heard any one who would like to show a quick demo of how they do there finish, i will prep a few blanks hoping there will be some takers.

 

[russde]

New to the NE (moved to Boston in January), new to turning (bought a lathe in April) and new to turning pens (made a slimline from woodturningz on Friday).
So, where is the meeting? When?

 

[pensbydesign]

welcome to the ne area, the meeting info is the first post on this page. hope you make the trip

 

[holmqer]

I plan to attend, but doubt that I will have a challange pen made in time

 

[Finatic]

Can't make this one. Getting home on Sunday. Hopefully the next.
R

 

[toddlajoie]

Fastest finish I have available is the Hut Sticks... I'll prep an appropriate blank (IMO. they are a good finish for the right woods...) and can show those...

I'd offer to do CA, but mine usually takes a few days, so I don't think most people will hang around...

 

[pensbydesign]

thanks Tod,