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KDM

KDM

Member
Joined
Nov 12, 2009
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Location
Redditch, England
Hi, all.

I have a metalworking lathe, but I've made myself a little tool rest so I can use it to turn small wood pieces, too. I fancy making a pen or two as gifts.

I recently removed a mahogany door frame and I'm gonna turn up a piece. I bought a pack of 7mm blanks. Looks like I need to make a mandrel now.

I'm quite excited about the potential end results!!
 
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CSue

CSue

Local Chapter Leader
Joined
Jan 16, 2007
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Location
Laveen, AZ, USA.
Welcome Ken. I'm looking forward to seeing some of your work.

Below are links to two threads/articles that have lots of information on pen turning. The first one is a very basic overview of the many aspects of getting into turning pens.
http://www.penturners.org/forum/showthread.php?t=42446

The second link has postings by different pen turners and what they wish they had known earlier:
http://www.penturners.org/forum/showthread.php?t=46654


Here is another link - a PDF on the acronyms used here. I am sure you know many but this will help with those you don't.

http://content.penturners.org/articl...9/Acronyms.pdf
 
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