bobalouie76
Member
Hi all,
It feels like it has been ages since I turned a pen. First the motor on my drill press died, thats fixed. Then I picked up a "new" lathe and had to work on it a bit, thats mostly done. Now that those things are behind me, its back to making wood chips.
So when I first started turning pens and I showed them to my father, I could tell he was wondering "where is mine?" I haven't spent much time with my father as of late and decided rather than just giving him one of the pens I had turned already, I would have him come over and we could make some together. So this past Saturday he came over. We went to Woodcraft and he picked out a couple kits and a piece of acrylic for one and a wood blank from my "inventory". It was pretty late when we finished, so I don't have pics of those 2 pens yet (he is going to take some and email them to me, I will post them when I get them).
I had a chance to turn another one myself though. Hope you all like it, my best finish yet, though it doesn't really show in the pictures. It is a Platinum Navigator in Spalted Tamarid. Comments welcome!
It feels like it has been ages since I turned a pen. First the motor on my drill press died, thats fixed. Then I picked up a "new" lathe and had to work on it a bit, thats mostly done. Now that those things are behind me, its back to making wood chips.
So when I first started turning pens and I showed them to my father, I could tell he was wondering "where is mine?" I haven't spent much time with my father as of late and decided rather than just giving him one of the pens I had turned already, I would have him come over and we could make some together. So this past Saturday he came over. We went to Woodcraft and he picked out a couple kits and a piece of acrylic for one and a wood blank from my "inventory". It was pretty late when we finished, so I don't have pics of those 2 pens yet (he is going to take some and email them to me, I will post them when I get them).
I had a chance to turn another one myself though. Hope you all like it, my best finish yet, though it doesn't really show in the pictures. It is a Platinum Navigator in Spalted Tamarid. Comments welcome!