First Pen

[Mog]

Bought a used lathe several weeks ago and finally got time to play with it today. Read everything I could here, studied everything I could online, talked to the great guys at Woodcraft and bought a couple of kits and blanks. Here's the results of my efforts.

Is this how it goes? You finish your first and think; Man, I can't believe I just made that. I think I'll make more.... And so it begins.

 

[dgerwin11]

Yep, that is how the addiction begins.

Great looking pen.

 

[Younka]

Great job!! Gets very addicting

 

[ericd]

Is this how it goes? You finish your first and think; Man, I can't believe I just made that. I think I'll make more.... And so it begins.

Exactly.

Nice job on your first pen.

Eric

 

[Drstrangefart]

I think I made 11 or 12 in two days when I got my first bit of lathe time. Great work! That pen looks fantastic.

 

[OKLAHOMAN]

Save that first one, look back at it every so often to judge your progress. Your proud if it and justifiably so but your journey has just begun, welcome to our little corner of the world.

 

[wiset1]

That's a sweet looking first turn! You'll be amazed at what you can learn here on the forum and the feedback is amazing. Welcome and keep them coming.

 

[soligen]

What an excellent first turn! much better than my first. Keep it up!

 

[Jim15]

Great first pen, nice job.

 

[G1Pens]

Very nice pen. Great job on the shape. Your finish looks fantastic.

 

[Robert111]

Really fine first pen! Congrats! Looks like you did a nice job of blending the curve of the upper barrel into the finial curve. You have an eye for good lines.

 

[hills4us]

Great job! Now you are hooked and what a pleasant addiction it is.

 

[bitshird]

Nice to see someone turn a first pen that wasn't a Slim Line, the Euros / Designers are not the easiest pen to turn properly, good work, like Roy said keep it and every so often compare your new work to it to see how much you've progressed..

 

[Joe Burns]

Nice job on the first pen. Much better than my first one. Welcome to the addiction.

Joe

 

[Mog]

Thanks for the nice words and encouragement.

 

[TerryDowning]

welcome to the vortex!! Nice Job on your first effort.

 

[cwolfs69]

yep that is how it goes. you have just entered the world of "nothing else but pens".

welcome to the obsession.

 

[thewishman]

Isn't it fun! Very nice pen, I would not have guessed it it your first one.

 

[KnB Polymers]

Hard to believe that's your first! You did a great job, keep it up!

 

[OldGrumpy]

Someone is going to have to come up with a Twelve Step Program for Pen Addicts!

 

[Rangertrek]

Very nice first effort. Yep, that is how it starts, and from now on you just keep throwing money into blanks, parts, etc.