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Hello everyone, I am a 26 yo guy from Italy who has always wanted to use a lathe and in the last three years I've been in love with fountain pens, in these days I thought about the possibility to let these two passion merge. I had a regular small garage woodworking shop, I experienced a bit...

Hi my name is Rency I have some woodworking machines. Recently got an Inca 710 bandsaw. My first bandsaw ever. Played with it and made some cool bandsaw boxes, pencil holders and a spatula with it. And that was fun. Made me want to make more and started looking into wood turning. Started...

Hello everyone! I probably should have joined this forum months ago, but better late than never, right? I’m what would probably be classified as an apprentice pen turner, although I have made approximately 50 pens to date. I started in February of this year, and to say I love turning is a...

Hey all, Im new to pen making and Im gathering information for making a fountain pen from scratch nib and all. I have a plan roughed out for making a vacuum barreled fountain. I plan on recycling a bowling ball for the feed and using tubing for just about everything else. Im a student at UWM so...

Adam here, just turned my second pen--on a lathe I bought from a friend that introduced me to the hobby a month ago. Lots to learn and looking forward to using the resources on this forum to improve!

I am originally from Idaho. Because of space I decided to start a hobby working on small projects, and pen turning seemed really interesting. I have really enjoyed it and found this forum looking for new ideas. I am excited to learn ands view/read other peoples opinions. Here a link to my...

Hi I am Dave I just started turning about 2 months ago and would love some early feedback. Thanks!! feel free to look at more images on my etsy store

Greetings Fellow Human Pen Turners! I am an adult-stage human of average height and over 200 of your Earth pounds. I recently became interested in pen turning: a perfectly normal human activity that is performed occupationally or for pleasure by humans and not by extra terrestrial hominids...

Hi all, just wanted to say thank you and hello to everyone. I am a relatively new comer to pen turning, When the weather is nice I work in my garage on pen turning kits for our Lone Star Pen Club and myself and friends. I am learning with every new pen or block. I will continue to make kits...