Thanks to Smitty :bananen_smilies039:for sponsoring this contest, to Landon :bananen_smilies039:for hosting, and for the prize providers:bananen_smilies039:! I learned a lot making this thing - it took about 6 weeks from start to finish. This was my first successful segmented pen – although there are plenty of flaws. My first try at segmenting was for the PITH – made 6 blanks, none of which survived to become a pen:crying:. Thought this contest would be a good reason to try it again. This pen will be going to my Dad:cowboy:.
Let me also give some thanks :highfive:to where it is due: I learned a lot from Rich Klienhenz's and Don Ward's books that went into this pen.
There have been some posts questioning the segmented pens in the beginners contest. I can't speak for the others, but I do "qualify" as a beginner per the contest rules. I bought my first and only lathe on 7/28/12 at the local Rockler after my daughter had expressed interest in starting a pen turning business (she had made one at the local Woodcraft for Grandpa the previous Christmas). This is my 22nd pen – I'm an accountant and keep a detailed spreadsheet of my expenses and the pens I make. Woodworking has been a hobby of mine since I was a kid, usually doing one project a year (2011 was a chicken coop, 2010 was a stand for a birdcage made from a log, 2009 was a pirate themed bunk bed for the boys). But I have never done things this small or on a lathe before.
Thanks again for everyone's efforts in the BASH!
Dave Lyons