WriteON
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Moderators…hope I'm posting in the right area. Sorry if this subject has been covered before. Thanks, Frank
I'm taking a lathe break for cup of conversation. Don't you enjoy when people ask you how you got started. With me it was a pure accident or meant to be…not sure. I went into PSI one day looking for a lathe stand for a Taig pool cue lathe. When I told my pen making buddy I was there he tells me he is finished with his spindle lathe…do I want it for pool cue repair. I tell him I can't use it for my application. He tells me to take the lathe and make pens. I give him a look. So I go onto YouTube…watch a few pen turning videos…decide I can follow the steps. I give him $125 for his stuff….cost about $1000 to support it (dust collector, tools,bench, misc, etc). I turn my first pen and ask myself what heck did I just get involved with. There is nothing normal about putting a pointed chisel against a turning object. I was ok after the second turning. I'm really enjoying turning pens. It's fun and creative. I'm spending money like a drunkin sailor but that's ok. Spending on a hobby rocks. I have not sold a thing so far. I give stuff away or charge the cost of parts. I have no idea where this this going and I'm not concerned. I enjoy having my own homemade collection for now. I'll figure it out in time. Most likely it'll tie in with some charity or fund raiser. Anyway how did you get influenced to turn. Let's hear some real stories. Your TURN.
I'm taking a lathe break for cup of conversation. Don't you enjoy when people ask you how you got started. With me it was a pure accident or meant to be…not sure. I went into PSI one day looking for a lathe stand for a Taig pool cue lathe. When I told my pen making buddy I was there he tells me he is finished with his spindle lathe…do I want it for pool cue repair. I tell him I can't use it for my application. He tells me to take the lathe and make pens. I give him a look. So I go onto YouTube…watch a few pen turning videos…decide I can follow the steps. I give him $125 for his stuff….cost about $1000 to support it (dust collector, tools,bench, misc, etc). I turn my first pen and ask myself what heck did I just get involved with. There is nothing normal about putting a pointed chisel against a turning object. I was ok after the second turning. I'm really enjoying turning pens. It's fun and creative. I'm spending money like a drunkin sailor but that's ok. Spending on a hobby rocks. I have not sold a thing so far. I give stuff away or charge the cost of parts. I have no idea where this this going and I'm not concerned. I enjoy having my own homemade collection for now. I'll figure it out in time. Most likely it'll tie in with some charity or fund raiser. Anyway how did you get influenced to turn. Let's hear some real stories. Your TURN.