Wild_Dingo
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Gidday you mob!! [8D]
Well somehow I finally found were you lot hide!!... a wonderful lady turner in Queensland Aussie sent me along here to learn so here I am!... 2 years after making my first pen I have arrived where everyone hangs out.. typical me always late to the party!!
So Ive no idea how to post pics but will figure it out sooner or later but for now a bit about meself eh?
Rightio... came to woodworking late in life but always had a penchant for timber and making stuff just never had the tools always the hard way carving with old rusty chisels cutting with blunt old handsaws and stuff like that... then back a few years I decided buggar it Im getting some tools after we sold a property and she got all her sewing kit to the tune of somewhere around 20K I did the same with setting up the shed!! [8D]
I bought whatever tools I thought I would need to make whatever I felt the urge to make then bought the ones I really needed [8)] had a ball buying and sorting through the tools and stuff... but when it came to turning wood Id never ONCE in my life been even remotely near a lathe let alone used one... so in my usual way I bought the biggest buggar that I could get at the time and said "IM TURNING WOOD!" note that I didnt say Im a woodturner cause Im not... but I tried my hand at a few things small 6 and 8in dia bowls and such then seemed to go smaller and smaller until I was making bowls 2in and less on this whopping great lathe!!... so I thought okay pens must be easy as right... RIGHT! it was simple easy and bloody wonderfully soothing... I must have turned over 50 in the first week had a ball [8D] using Jarrah Sheoak Tuart Huon Pine and Sassafras mostly
I kinda got over cocky then and thought okay I can do this... remember here Id never used a lathe before this thing... and I found a website by an Amish fella over in the states who was turning this MONSTER peice of timber into a huge bowl... I can do that he thinks!!!... and promply grabs up a bloody great lump of Jarrah burl that was destined for the fireplace yep this will do he thinks and lugs it to the lathe... fixed it in no wukkers easy as... turned it on... AND ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE!!! I mean this thing went demented chook on me!!! reached over and hit the off button lickety split and promptly sat down and had a smoko while me nerves settled again... didnt give up and still havent that Jarrah burl still awaits my next attempt at big bowl turning... when I get brave enough that is
So a few years down the track I havent got braver but life has changed somewhat from what it was and after my recently enforced sabbatical from all things shed I decided to get back into it... now Ive got about 10 dozen projects on the hop out there none of which Ive been near for 4 months now but Im gonna start another one!... so to that end I wandered up to Perth yesty (Our capital city about 200+ clicks away) and bought me some woodworking gear... retail therapy they call it [8D] and among the things I bought was a wee lathe just for pen making along with a range of pen inserts and a new mandrel and such goodies... so Ive now set the two lathes across from each other in the shed and have the Deliverance tape in the tape deck ready for the day I go out and start playin Dueling Lathes!!
Anyway Im a bit of a manic charector who enjoys a laugh a good yarn and learning new things plus sharing what Ive learnt along the way... with pens I enjoy the different the quirky and the unusual and intend to make presentation boxes totally from wood (ala no metal hinges) just have to reduce the sizes of the present wooden hinges I make for jewellery boxes and such.. no biggie just gotta get the bits and bobs right thats all easy as
Anyway Im 51 newly separated with 8 nippers and 3 going on 5 grandnippers and enjoy life to the max! [8D]
Cheers
Shane
Any translations needed just ask Im a bit FIG JAMish... should be able to work that one out eh? FIG JAM is an acronim I think its called anyway first letter of each of the 6 words that make up the 2 words... easy as!
A few of the many things Ive created since gaining the tools... the upload wont seem to allow me any more than this so I might post another post?
Anyway a circle of the first pens I turned including the timber species
A veneer/marquetry artwork I created called "Home before the storm" with Jarrah frame
And probably my favorite shed pic of the first mallet I made Jarrah headstock with Tuart handle all hand done by the way...
Cheers!
Well somehow I finally found were you lot hide!!... a wonderful lady turner in Queensland Aussie sent me along here to learn so here I am!... 2 years after making my first pen I have arrived where everyone hangs out.. typical me always late to the party!!
So Ive no idea how to post pics but will figure it out sooner or later but for now a bit about meself eh?
Rightio... came to woodworking late in life but always had a penchant for timber and making stuff just never had the tools always the hard way carving with old rusty chisels cutting with blunt old handsaws and stuff like that... then back a few years I decided buggar it Im getting some tools after we sold a property and she got all her sewing kit to the tune of somewhere around 20K I did the same with setting up the shed!! [8D]
I bought whatever tools I thought I would need to make whatever I felt the urge to make then bought the ones I really needed [8)] had a ball buying and sorting through the tools and stuff... but when it came to turning wood Id never ONCE in my life been even remotely near a lathe let alone used one... so in my usual way I bought the biggest buggar that I could get at the time and said "IM TURNING WOOD!" note that I didnt say Im a woodturner cause Im not... but I tried my hand at a few things small 6 and 8in dia bowls and such then seemed to go smaller and smaller until I was making bowls 2in and less on this whopping great lathe!!... so I thought okay pens must be easy as right... RIGHT! it was simple easy and bloody wonderfully soothing... I must have turned over 50 in the first week had a ball [8D] using Jarrah Sheoak Tuart Huon Pine and Sassafras mostly
I kinda got over cocky then and thought okay I can do this... remember here Id never used a lathe before this thing... and I found a website by an Amish fella over in the states who was turning this MONSTER peice of timber into a huge bowl... I can do that he thinks!!!... and promply grabs up a bloody great lump of Jarrah burl that was destined for the fireplace yep this will do he thinks and lugs it to the lathe... fixed it in no wukkers easy as... turned it on... AND ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE!!! I mean this thing went demented chook on me!!! reached over and hit the off button lickety split and promptly sat down and had a smoko while me nerves settled again... didnt give up and still havent that Jarrah burl still awaits my next attempt at big bowl turning... when I get brave enough that is
So a few years down the track I havent got braver but life has changed somewhat from what it was and after my recently enforced sabbatical from all things shed I decided to get back into it... now Ive got about 10 dozen projects on the hop out there none of which Ive been near for 4 months now but Im gonna start another one!... so to that end I wandered up to Perth yesty (Our capital city about 200+ clicks away) and bought me some woodworking gear... retail therapy they call it [8D] and among the things I bought was a wee lathe just for pen making along with a range of pen inserts and a new mandrel and such goodies... so Ive now set the two lathes across from each other in the shed and have the Deliverance tape in the tape deck ready for the day I go out and start playin Dueling Lathes!!
Anyway Im a bit of a manic charector who enjoys a laugh a good yarn and learning new things plus sharing what Ive learnt along the way... with pens I enjoy the different the quirky and the unusual and intend to make presentation boxes totally from wood (ala no metal hinges) just have to reduce the sizes of the present wooden hinges I make for jewellery boxes and such.. no biggie just gotta get the bits and bobs right thats all easy as
Anyway Im 51 newly separated with 8 nippers and 3 going on 5 grandnippers and enjoy life to the max! [8D]
Cheers
Shane
Any translations needed just ask Im a bit FIG JAMish... should be able to work that one out eh? FIG JAM is an acronim I think its called anyway first letter of each of the 6 words that make up the 2 words... easy as!
A few of the many things Ive created since gaining the tools... the upload wont seem to allow me any more than this so I might post another post?
Anyway a circle of the first pens I turned including the timber species
A veneer/marquetry artwork I created called "Home before the storm" with Jarrah frame
And probably my favorite shed pic of the first mallet I made Jarrah headstock with Tuart handle all hand done by the way...
Cheers!
