greetings from the southwest.

[marc gardner]

I live about 6 miles from the Colorado River in Lake Havasu City AZ. Just getting started in pen turning. A very enjoyable pass time.

I have bad knees which rules out biking, hiking, walking, running and all that mobile stuff. I did build my own table low enough to sit at and am now working on my third batch of kits. When I get it cleaned up enough, I will post pics.

I use mostly pennstate kits, but will be looking at other kits to.

I look forward to chatting with all of my collegues in the association.

 

[rherrell]

Welcome!

 

[Longfellow]

Welcome

Welcome from Sunny St. Cloud, Fla. Home of beautiful Florida woods.

 

[Rollerbob]

Howdy from Texas, Marc. Sorry to hear about your knees. But it is ok, alot of us around here are built for comfort and not speed!

 

[igran7]

Welcome aboard Marc, glad you could join us. I look forward to seeing some of your creations.

 

[leehljp]

Welcome Marc. I have been to your town before and crossed the London Bridge! Had a good vacation in the area with my family.

Below is a link to a PDF file that goes over some of the aspects of pen turning from finish - to pens - to tools - to methods etc. It is not a detail of each part, but a good overview for pen turning. Hope it helps.

http://www.penturners.org/forum/showthread.php?t=42446

Also included below is a link to a recent post that gives some information that people wished they had known earlier in pen turning. Some good information by those that make pens.

http://www.penturners.org/forum/showthread.php?t=46654

 

[Ligget]

Welcome Marc, sorry to hear about your knees!

 

[Jim15]

Welcome Marc.

 

[seawolf]

Welcome from Tulsa Ok.
Mark

 

[BLLEHMAN]

Welcome Marc

 

[Fred]

Marc, Welcome to the Forum. Very glad to have you sign up for duty!

 

[waynewright]

Welcome from rainy Wilmington, DE

Wayne

 

[artistwood]

welcome from bloomington, indiana. you've reached a great site with loads of very knowledgable and friendly folks. if ya need anything, just ask.....have a good one....bear

 

[eck]

check out these links for some supplies (AS) and some how too's from yoyospin

http://www.yoyospin.com/
http://www.arizonasilhouette.com/

 

[CSue]

Welcome Marc,

I have the same setup as you - I have my lathe on an old dining room table that I sawed a foot or so off the legs. It has its advantages.

Welcome from sunny southern CA

 

[CSue]

And now that you've started turning pens, you might as well take your pictures any time. Cause it probably aint gonna be cleaned up any time soon.