Lee K
Member
Howdy!
Thought my first post should be a photo. I have only been turning since late October, been mostly tinkering with different things on my lathe to see what I like the most, and what likes ME the most.
I have done about 12 pens so far, and as expected, each gets better than the last. One thing I enjoy the most about woodworking is the wood itself, and what its capable of!
This particular piece of cherry, I have had around my shop for a couple of years, I turned two bowls from it and the prettiest part couldnt fit in the bowl, so I saved it for a pen! Its very figured, so I did my best to be careful, but the bottom of one of my blanks blew out during drilling. I stewed on that for awhile, until I read a thread here about turning off the 'stupid' part and putting something else back, so here it is. The blow-out replaced with a bit of solid surface 'sample' material I got from a local cabinet shop.
Looking forward to getting better with both my turnings and my photos (I also took some tips from the Photo your pens posts/narratives)
thanks, and I welcome any comments, critques, suggestions!
Thought my first post should be a photo. I have only been turning since late October, been mostly tinkering with different things on my lathe to see what I like the most, and what likes ME the most.
I have done about 12 pens so far, and as expected, each gets better than the last. One thing I enjoy the most about woodworking is the wood itself, and what its capable of!
This particular piece of cherry, I have had around my shop for a couple of years, I turned two bowls from it and the prettiest part couldnt fit in the bowl, so I saved it for a pen! Its very figured, so I did my best to be careful, but the bottom of one of my blanks blew out during drilling. I stewed on that for awhile, until I read a thread here about turning off the 'stupid' part and putting something else back, so here it is. The blow-out replaced with a bit of solid surface 'sample' material I got from a local cabinet shop.
Looking forward to getting better with both my turnings and my photos (I also took some tips from the Photo your pens posts/narratives)
thanks, and I welcome any comments, critques, suggestions!