So I am driving down the road and low and behold I find myself wanting to park beside the woods and go cut a few limbs to see how they would look on a pen. No I wouldn't actually do that unless I had permission. But I just can't seem to look at trees the same any more. Shoot I even looked at my azealia? (Not sure how to spell it) Bushes the other day and said, Hmmmm. I have to get help. I am driving my wife insane. Lol
HELP!!! CANT GET THOUGHTS OUT OF MY MIND!!!!!
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hewunch
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Welcome to the asylum! You have got the bug. I am afraid there is no cure.
seamus7227
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.....BETTER KNOWN AS INFECTED WITH THE VIRUS THAT BIT ALL OF US!!!:biggrin:
That is the vortex that is talked about so much on here.
That is the vortex that is talked about so much on here.
Displaced Canadian
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It gets worse with time. Someday soon someone will give you a nice picture and instead of saying,"Thank you." The first words out of your mouth will be,"This frame would make a nice pen." So prepare your self and put a mattress in the dog house because Murphy's law states that it will be a gift from a dear friend/relative of your wife's.
Bobalu
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We all do the same. Some more than others. I've gotten some really nice pen blanks that way. However, if you start watching the trees more than the road ahead, or if you start a road trip and suddenly get cold sweats because you realize you forgot to pack a bow saw, you might want to seek professional help.
BSea
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I don't get it. Why do you think you need help?
I mean doesn't everybody wonder what wood looks like on the inside? It doesn't mean you are obsessing . . . . . . . . . . . . . hold on, I have a call . . . . . . .
Hello? What kind of burl. OOOOOOH, and you say I can come over & cut some? Great, see ya soon. (click)
As I was saying, It doesn't mean you are obsessing to much over a hobby.
I mean doesn't everybody wonder what wood looks like on the inside? It doesn't mean you are obsessing . . . . . . . . . . . . . hold on, I have a call . . . . . . . Hello? What kind of burl. OOOOOOH, and you say I can come over & cut some? Great, see ya soon. (click)
As I was saying, It doesn't mean you are obsessing to much over a hobby.
pianomanpj
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Some have it worse than others - Curtis makes pens from things he finds in the cat box!!! 
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:biggrin:Rick P
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Dude you got it rather mild......with my family at the museum and all I can think is "Damn would that make an awesome pile of turning material!" Most hunters see a caribou rack and think "wow that would look great in my livingroom" Me? "There has to be 30 Jr Gents in that bad boy!"
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widows son
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I am making blanks from old bowling balls and a 1950's tackle box with a broken hinge. The tackle box was madefrom a green marbled plastic. The blank looks nice so far. Lots of layers.
Rick P
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Interesting post some pics when you get the tackle box pen finished........great now I'm going to be squirreling away plastic boxes too. The wife is just gonna LOVE this development!:bulgy-eyes:
Parson
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My buddy has a prosthetic leg and I looked at it and wondered if I could get a pen or two out of it. Evidently, the sickness can get much worse than you've got it.
firewhatfire
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Last 2 I cut up were full of termites so be careful what you bring home. Wife get mad to find a stump full of termites in the freezer(trying to kill em)
paintspill
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well count me in. a few weeks back i was flying up the highway and spotted a burl about 30 feet up a tree and a hundred yards or so in the bush. at 110 kph (70 mph) yeah i got it bad.
jasontg99
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RichB
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Soon you will be making everything in to a pen. In your thoughts. I went through this and I think my son is still thinking. He wants to see what everything will look in a blank. It is quite a Vortex but a lot of fun.
Old Lar
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I carry a saw and branch nipper when I travel. Sage brush and shelterbelts are not safe. Now when you start picking up road killed pheasants-then you are hooked....
(I don't really do that, but I thought about it though)
(I don't really do that, but I thought about it though)
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LMAO!!
Displaced Canadian
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No, when you put the femur on the lathe it crumbles too much when you get down to the center. The arm bones work much bette.... Ah, never mind
Brentda1
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OHHHH!!!! So I am not the only one. That makes me feel a little better. I can cancel the appointment I scheduled with the psychiatrist now. 
76winger
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I don't have a problem getting by the woods, it's the firewood piles that all around that draws me in!
h0race
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Amen brother... I do the same thing on my commute to work and back...
Frank Nemke sr
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You think you have it bad !!!! My son sells firewood and I turn pens. Theres NO help for either of us
Rick P
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Well you could be a meth addict.........
Rick P
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Now, if you found a human skeleton in the woods, would you take, maybe, a leg bone.....naaaaa, I'm not going there!
Jakolof island here in Alaska is a former Russian penal colony and Leper colony. The island is littered with bones! Some with what looks like burls on them........sure wish I could say the thought DIDN"T cross my mind but mother always said no one likes a lier!
cwolfs69
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the wife got home from work tonight and as usual went to the back yard to look at her plants. She mentioned that her little tree had some dead wood on top. i made the statement that she needed to prune the plant. all the while, all i could think about was, "can i make pens out of that wood".
I guess that stands for ( making every tree holler ) if so yea I am an addict
Depends on how long has it been cut. If it is fresh it needs to be dried out. You can look for other threads to see how
Rick P
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LOL funny! But what I meant is there are far worse things to be obsessive about than penturning........I had my share of substance abuse issues over the years, Tracy never complains about my wood turning or bow collecting habits!
Yea I guess if you put it like that you are very much right. I like the fact that you said had. that is a good sign.
Sancho
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Soon people will describe you as,"seeing the world in pens".
The other day at work I needed to sign for something, and the delivery guy offered me his Bic disposable pen. I had to bite my tongue and count to ten. Then I realized what a "pen snob" I had become.
This obsession of ours will change us all.
The other day at work I needed to sign for something, and the delivery guy offered me his Bic disposable pen. I had to bite my tongue and count to ten. Then I realized what a "pen snob" I had become.
This obsession of ours will change us all.
intillzah
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When we get in a freight shipment, I look at the pallets for material, I've gotten some good stuff from pallets before..
I for one have gotten to the point that not writing with one of my "creations" is something that is kinda traumatic...
I for one have gotten to the point that not writing with one of my "creations" is something that is kinda traumatic...
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hewunch
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Bruce Fifer (fiferb) and I were sitting at a service last year dedicating a memorial to soldiers. I looked at the pew in front of me. And one of the many strips in the back of it was REALLY curly. And I said, "you thinking what I'm thinking?"
He said, "That it would make a nice pen?"
"Yep"
He said, "That it would make a nice pen?"
"Yep"